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The Kerala authorities connected Friday (October 31, 2025) appointed Academy Award-winning dependable decorator Resul Pookutty the chairperson of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy.
He volition beryllium replacing histrion Prem Kumar who was appointed the interim chairperson successful September 2024 pursuing the resignation of filmmaker Ranjith. Mr. Prem Kumar was besides holding the station of the vice-chairperson of the academy. Actor Kukku Parameswaran has present been appointed the vice-chairperson.
As per the authorities bid issued connected Friday, the wide assembly and the enforcement committee was past reconstituted successful March 2022. Some of the caller faces successful the wide assembly see filmmaker Amal Neerad, screenwriter Syam Pushkaran and vocalist Sithara Krishnakumar. The reconstitution of the committees is being carried retired astatine a clip erstwhile hardly 7 months stay successful the existent government’s term.
The Chalachitra Academy is simply a cardinal instauration nether the Culture department, which organises the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) and the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK), coordinates the activities related to the Kerala State Film Awards, and is besides progressive successful promoting movie studies and probe arsenic good arsenic archiving work.
