- Chevalier
dans ordre des arts et lettres (knight of arts and letters) by
French government
- Chairman,
Chalachitra Academy
- Member,
Board of Studies, Inst of Journalism, tvpm
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'Piravi' - Mention spéciale (1989), Cannes
-Chicago
award for the second best film,
-Silver
Lapase Grand Jury award, Lokarno International film festival
-East-West
Center Award, Hawai
- 'Vanaprastham'
- won Swarna Kamal for Best Picture and National Award for Best
Editing.
-The film also won six Kerala State awards
-It was selected for screening at Cannes and other international
festivals.
- grand jury prize for the best film at the 19th International
Istanbul Film Festival.
- Vanaprastham done the rounds of international film festival
circuit - 22 in all including the London Film Festival.
- It
was also screened in the Indian Panorama section of the 31st International
Film Festival of India to be held in New Delhi in January.
Films Presented in Cannes
1999, Vanaprastham
1994, Swaham
1989, Piravi
"Sham's vision", a 27 minute documentary directed
by Shaji on the Agra based celebrated master of embroidery Shams-ud-din,
has been adjudged the best film at the Second International Film
Festival of Arts and Crafts at Namur, Belgium.
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