Kerala State Chalachitra Academy

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Kerala State Chalachitra Academy

Founded	August 1998 (August 1998)
Type	Government-aided academy
Focus	Promotion of cinema
Location	Thiruvananthapuram
Area served	The State of Kerala, India
Key people	Ranjith (chairman) Ajoy C (secretary) Prem Kumar - Vice Chairman
Website	keralafilm.com

Kerala State Chalachitra Academy (lit. 'Motion Picture Academy of the Kerala State'),Trivandrum is an autonomous non-profit institution working under the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. It was founded in August 1998 for the promotion of cinema in Kerala, considering that cinema is the most popular art form in Kerala.^[1] The academy was first of its kind in India and was formed on the basis of the Karant committee report (1980), which proposed the formation of a national film academy. Under the leadership of T K Ramakrishnan, The Minister for Cultural Affairs appointed Shaji N.Karun as its first chairman.