Shiny Benjamin

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Born
Shiny Benjamin

Kollam, Kerala, India
OccupationFilm director
AwardsNational Film Award for Best Biographical Film 2018
Shiny Benjamin
The Director, Shiny Jacob Benjamin at the presentation of her film ‘In Return Just a Book’, during the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2016), in Panaji, Goa on November 24, 2016.jpg
Shiny Benjamin, IFFI (2016)
Born
Shiny Benjamin

Kollam, Kerala, India
OccupationFilm director
AwardsNational Film Award for Best Biographical Film 2018

Shiny Benjamin, (also known Shiny Jacob Benjamin[1][2] born in Karavaloor, Punalur, Kollam) is a National Award-winning Indian director of documentaries and docufictions, from Trivandrum, Kerala.[3][4]

Shiny Benjamin began her career as journalist, and had been a documentary director since 1999. She worked as a feature writer with the Malayalam newspapers Malayala Manorama and Mathrubhumi before joining Asianet (TV channel), the first Malayalam satellite television channel. Later, she worked with Indiavision, the first news channel in Malayalam, as a chief producer for the television channel JaiHind TV and Jaihind Middle East. Shiny is the younger daughter of K.O.Benjamin and Sosamma Benjamin. Her education began at Karavaloor AMMHS and continued at St. Gorety Girls High School, followed by St. John's College, Anchal. She has been honoured with 20 awards including five National Awards and eight Kerala State Film Awards for documentaries and docufictions.[5][6]

Filmography

YearTitleScriptShort Description
2017The Swords of Liberty Beear PrasadDescribes the life and death of Velu Thambi Dalawa.[7][8]
2014In Return: Just a BookPaul ZachariaA docufiction inspired by Indian author Perumpadam Sreedharan’s novel on Fyodor Dostoevsky.[9][10]
2013Translated Lives - A Migration Revisited Paul ZachariaA documentary about the lives of Malayali women who emigrated to Germany in the 1960s to become nurses.[2]
2012Between a Rock and a Hard Place Paul ZachariaA documentary about the lives of five Kerala women.
2010Ottayal (One Woman: Alone)Shiny BenjaminDescribes the life of Daya Bai who fought for the right of Gonds in Madhya Pradesh.[11]
2006 Bhagya-Singer in a DemocracyShiny BenjaminLife of a migrant young woman from Karnataka who makes a living by singing on trains.
2005 Nizhalukal (Shadows)Shiny BenjaminTells the story of the lives of young victims of sexual abuse and rape.
2004Mazha (Rain)Shiny BenjaminDescribes the monsoons of Kerala.
2003Avan (He)Shiny BenjaminA film which explores the world of homosexual sex workers.
2002Namukkum Avarkkum Idayil (In Between) Shiny BenjaminThe film explores the topic of cruelty against animals.
2001Murivunangatha Balyangal (Wounded Childhood)Shiny BenjaminA film on child abuse.
2001Devil Worshippers Shiny BenjaminA documentary exploring the belief and practice of black magic in Kerala.
2000 Kanayi Kazchakal (Kanayis Artscape) Shiny BenjaminA brief study of the art and personality of Kanayi Kunhiraman, India’s foremost contemporary sculptor.

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