Govindan Aravindan

Born: 21 January 1935

Died: 15 March 1991

He popularly known as G. Aravindan, was a film director, screenwriter, musician, cartoonist and painter from Kerala, India.
He studied in CMS College kottayam.
He was one of the pioneers of Parallel Cinema in Malayalam and is considered one of the greatest filmmakers in India.
He was known for his unorthodox way of filmmaking; he changed his cinematic forms consistently and experimented in storytelling without regular narrative styles.
Before venturing into the film field, he was an established cartoonist.
He had also worked with documentaries and theatre.
He also occasionally directed music for other filmmakers.
The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990.
In this period he did a number of documentaries and short films.
He composed music for films like Aaro Oral, Piravi and Ore Thooval Pakshikal. Aravindan’s 1989 film Unni had a starcast mainly consisting of foreigners.
His final project Vasthuhara (1991) about refugees in Bengal was based on C. V. Sreeraman’s short story in the same name.
The film had Mohanlal and Neena Gupta in major roles.
He died on 15 March 1991, before the release of Vasthuhara.