A prominent film critic in malayalam, G P Ramachandran is the winner of the 2006 National Film Award for Best Film Critic. ‘Cinemayum Malayaliyude Jeevithavum’, ( Cinema and the Life of Malayalees ) ‘Malayala Cinema – Desham, Bhasha, Samskaram’, ( Malayalam Cinema, Region , Language , Culture ) ‘Lokacinema kazhchayum sthalakalangalum’,( World Cinema , Views and Places ) are his main works. He is also a receiver of several awards like Kerala State Film Award, Kerala Sahitya Academy Award. He has also served as a jury member for National-State Film and Television awards.