Rajiv Vijay Raghavan
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Rajiv Vijay Raghavan | |
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| Born | 29 May 1958 |
| Alma mater | Film and Television Institute of India |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1981–present |
Rajiv Vijay Raghavan (born 29 May 1958) is an Indian director, script writer, and producer. His debut feature film was Margam. He has also made a number of documentaries. He is an alumnus of the Film & TV Institute of India, Pune, and assisted G. Aravindan.[1]
Rajiv Vijay Raghavan[2] was born on 29 May 1958 in Kottayam, Kerala, South-western India.
He was active in politics and literature in his college days at Kottayam and was a council member of the University Students Union of Kerala University during 1977–78.[citation needed] After graduating in commerce, he joined the Film & TV Institute of India, Pune, during 1979–81.[citation needed]
Raghavan took a job in Canara Bank in 1981 and worked there for 10 years. He became closely acquainted with G. Aravindan and assisted him on six feature films during 1981–1991. Raghavan's debut documentary film, Sister Alphonsa of Bharananganam (1986), which portrays the life of Saint Alphonsa (Sister Alphonsa then), won the National Film Award for best biographical documentary.[3] After resigning from Canara Bank, Raghavan worked as a producer in the Centre for Development of Imaging Technology, Kerala (C-DIT) during 1991-98 and made documentaries such as Kesari (1992), Ruin of the Commons (1993), Nirmithi (1994), and Seeds of Malabar (1996). On 2003, under the banner of Image commune, a collective founded for the sake of promoting independent films, he made his milestone film, Margam (The Path).