Govindan Aravindan
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6.6 Uttarayanam/ Throne of Capricorn (1974) 6.5 Thampu/ Circus Tent (1978) 6.5 Kummatty/ Bogeyman (1979) 6.8 Esthappan/ Twilight (1980) | Links: |
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Govindan Aravindan (1935), already
a cartoonist known for the series "Cheriya Manushyarum Valiya Lokavum/ Small People and Big World" (1961-73),
directed
Uttarayanam/ Throne of Capricorn (1974), scripted by playwright Thikkodiyan (born P. Kunjanandan Nair),
the mythological Kanchana Sita/ Golden Sita (1977), an adaptation of Sreekantan Nair's 1961 play,
Thampu/ Circus Tent (1978), shot in black and white in a documentarian style,
Kummatty/ Bogeyman (1979), the story about a magician scripted by playwright Kavalam Narayana Panicker,
Esthappan/ Twilight (1980), a mystical allegory about an eccentric fisherman,
Pokkuveyil (1981), with a soundtrack by flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia and poet Balachandran Chullikkadu in the lead role,
Chidambaram (1985), an adaptation of a story by Cheruthuruthy Velappan Sreeraman,
Oridathu/ And There Was a Village (1986)
and
Vasthuhara/ The Dispossessed (1991), based on another Sreeraman story.
He became a leader of "parallel cinema" in Malayalam from Kerala. Aravindan died in 1991.
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