{{Short description|Indian film director and screenwriter (1956–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Harikumar | birth_date = {{Birth date text|1956}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and given age|2024|5|6|68|df=yes}} | death_place = Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India | occupation = {{hlist|Director|scriptwriter}} | years_active = 1981–2022 | spouse = Chandrika | children = 2 }}
'''Harikumar''' (1956 – 6 May 2024) was an Indian screenwriter and film director, who worked in Malayalam films.<ref name="a497">{{cite web | author=| title=Harikumar Death News: Malayalam filmmaker Harikumar passes away at 68 after a long battle with cancer | website=The Times of India | date=6 May 2024 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/malayalam-filmmaker-harikumar-passes-away-at-68-after-a-long-battle-with-cancer/articleshow/109890032.cms | access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/entertainment/malayalam-film-director-says-awards-rigged-mulls-legal-action-98249.html |title=Malayalam film director says awards rigged, mulls legal action, Entertainment - Mathrubhumi English News Online |access-date=16 September 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140916134011/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/entertainment/malayalam-film-director-says-awards-rigged-mulls-legal-action-98249.html |archive-date=16 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=1964|title=Harikumar|website=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metromatinee.com/artist/Harikumar-809 |title=Harikumar - Profile and Biography | Director Harikumar latest Photo Gallery | Video Gallery | Harikumar Filimography |Harikumar Films and Cinemas | Harikumar Awards and Nominations |website=www.metromatinee.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140916133956/http://www.metromatinee.com/artist/Harikumar-809 |archive-date=16 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He wrote screenplay, story, and dialogues for more than 20 Malayalam films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=director&artist=Harikumar|title=Profile of Malayalam Director Harikumar|website=en.msidb.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharatstudent.com/news/4-120392/harikumars-next-film-gets-title|title=Harikumar's next film gets title - Malayalam Movie News|website=Bharatstudent}}</ref> He directed films including ''Sukrutham'', ''Ayanam'', and ''Udhyanapalakan''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Director-Harikumars-next-is-with-Lal/articleshow/17870324.cms|title=Director Harikumar's next is with Lal - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=10 January 2017 }}</ref> He was a member of the National Film Awards Jury in 2005 and 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/harikumar-in-national-award-jury-malayalam-news-38926|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318041621/https://www.indiaglitz.com/harikumar-in-national-award-jury-malayalam-news-38926|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 March 2023|title=- Malayalam News|website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://m.thehindu.com/features/cinema/filming-a-brief-extraordinary-life/article6412386.ece/ |title=Filming a brief, extraordinary life - the Hindu: Mobile Edition |website=The Hindu |access-date=16 September 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141215005344/http://m.thehindu.com/features/cinema/filming-a-brief-extraordinary-life/article6412386.ece/ |archive-date=15 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://quintdaily.com/2017/08/clint-malayalam-movie-review-clint-movie-rating-3-out-of-5-news-public-talk/|title=Clint Malayalam movie Review, Clint Movie Rating (3/5) News – Public Talk – QuintDaily|last=quintdaily|date=11 August 2017|publisher=}}</ref> Harikumar died from cancer in Thiruvananthapuram, on 6 May 2024, aged 68.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Malayalam filmmaker Harikumar passes away at 68 after a long battle with cancer |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/malayalam-filmmaker-harikumar-passes-away-at-68-after-a-long-battle-with-cancer/articleshow/109890032.cms |access-date=6 May 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Malayalam Filmmaker Harikumar Dies at 68 after a Long Battle with Cancer |url=https://www.newsx.com/entertainment/malayalam-filmmaker-harikumar-dies-at-68-after-a-long-battle-with-cancer/ |access-date=6 May 2024 |website=Newsx |date=6 May 2024 |language=}}</ref>
==Partial filmography== ===As director===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- " ! Year ! Film ! Writer |- | 1981 |''Aambal Poovu'' | Himself, Perumpadavam Sreedharan |- | 1982 |''Snehapoorvam Meera'' | |- | 1983 |''Oru Swakaryam'' | Himself |- | rowspan=2|1985 |''Puli Varunne Puli'' | Himself |- |''Ayanam'' | |- | 1987 |''Jaalakam'' | Balachandran Chullikkadu |- | 1988 |''Oozham'' | Balachandran Chullikkadu |- | 1991 |''Ezhunnallathu'' | S. Bhasurachandran |- | 1994 |''Sukrutham'' | M. T. Vasudevan Nair |- | 1996 |''Udyanapalakan'' | A. K. Lohithadas |- | 2000 |''Swayamvara Panthal'' | Sreenivasan |- | 2001 |''Pularvettam'' | |- | 2007 |''Paranju Theeratha Visheshangal'' | Kaloor Dennis |- | 2010 |''Sadgamaya'' | Shatrughnan |- | 2017 |''Clint'' | K .V .Mohankumar |- | 2022 |''Autorickshawkarante Bharya'' | M. Mukundan |- |}
===Story=== * Aambalppoovu (1981) * Snehapoorvam Meera (1982) * Oru Swakaaryam (1983) * Puli Varunne Puli (1985) * Ezhunnellathu (1991) * Kallan Kappalil Thanne (1992) * ''Kaattum Mazhayum'' (2015)
===Screenplay=== * Snehapoorvam Meera (1982) * Oru Swakaaryam (1983) * Puli Varunne Puli (1985) * Ayanam (1985) * Pularvettam (2001)
===Dialogue=== * Oru Swakaaryam (1983) * Puli Varunne Puli (1985) * Pularvettam (2001)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0363034}}
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