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Govindan Aravindan (23 January 1935 – 15 March 1991) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, musician, cartoonist, and painter. [1] . He was one of the pioneers of parallel cinema in Malayalam. [2] .
Govindan Aravindan was one of India’s greatest filmmakers and a leading light during the golden age of Malayalam cinema in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a man of many talents — painter, cartoonist, musician, theatre director and filmmaker. The autodidact's films were marked by an entirely original approach to cinema.
Mar 15, 2024 · The scene described above is the crux of the movie Chidambaram (1985), directed by Govindan Aravindan, popularly known as G. Aravindan. A pioneer of Malayalam art-house cinema, his death on 15 March 1991—when he was only 56 years old—came as a shock to the Kerala film industry.
Govindan Aravindan, popularly known as G. Aravindan, left behind a legacy of 11 feature films and several documentaries. Besides these, he produced one of the longest-running commentaries on contemporary society in Kerala through his weekly cartoon page, which ran from 1961 to the early 1970s.
Mar 13, 2022 · Esthappan is a 1980 Malayalam film written and directed by G. Aravindan. Aravindan also co-composed the music and edited the film. Rajan Kakkanadan, Krishnapuram Leela, Sudharma and Shobhana...
Feb 11, 2016 · G. Aravindan explored new experiential terrains, unfolded new connections and erased boundaries between genres, forms and styles.
Govindan Aravindan was born on 21 January 1935 in Kottayam, Kerala, India. He was a director and writer, known for Esthappan (1980), Vasthuhara (1991) and Oridathu (1987). He died on 16 March 1991 in Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
