Madhusudhanan developed an early interest in art and cinema, and went to art school at the College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum, and subsequently, to the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda.

His paintings have been exhibited widely in India and abroad. He is currently working on a series of paintings and films based on Indian silent cinema.

The brilliance of colour and composition in his films owes itself to his deep rooted visual culture.

He has been honoured twice for his masterful use of the film medium by the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA), and he has received several international awards for his short fiction films.

Bioscope, his first feature film, has received 3 International awards, and it has been shown at several International film festivals across the world. It also received five awards at the Kerala State Film Awards 2009.

The sum of his works reflect a pre-occupation with art and cinema interwoven with memory and history in its cinematic and pictorial structure.

Selected Exhibitions

Bioscope – 2008

• Osian's Cinefan Asian & Arab Film Festival, India - July 2008
• Thrissoor International Film Festival, India - August 2008
• Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil - October 2008
• South Asian International Film Festival, New York - October 2008
• San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival, San Francisco - November 2008
• International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany - November 2008
• River to River Film Festival, Florence - December 2008
• Fajr International Film Festival, Iran - January 2009
• NJISACF, New Jersy, USA - April 2009

History is a Silent Film – 2007

Outstanding Short Films From International Festivals, Museum Of Modern Art , New York (Moma) - June 2007

Prospects - Contemporary Art from India , Rome Film Festival, October 17 to October 27, 2007, showing 10 Indian artists: Suboudh Gupta, Sharmila Samant, Vivan Sundaram, Pushpamala N, Jitish Kallat, Tejal Shah, Sonia Khurana, Tushar Joag, KM Madhusudhanan, N. S. Harsha

Film on Film, Berwick-upon-Tweed International Film and Media Arts Festival , UK –September, 2007



Self Portrait – 2001

Outstanding Short Films From International Festivals, Museum Of Modern Art , New York (Moma) - May 2002

Best Film, Thessaloniki - 2001

Opening Film, Busan Short Film Festival , Korea - May 2002

Chilean International Short Film Festival, Santiago , Chile - Nov 2001

Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival , France – Feb 2002

Tampere International Film Ferstival , Finland – March 2002

International Short Film Festival, Granada , Spain – April 2002

Kinofilm2002 Manchester International Short Film Festival , Uk – Oct 2002

Uppsala International Short Film Festival , Sweden – Oct 2002



Story of Suja – 1998

Another World Film Festival, Asian Social Forum, Hyderabad – Jan 2003

Other Worlds Are Breathing, World Social Forum, Mumbai – Jan 2004