Veteran director Adoor Gopalakrishnan spoke about starting his career with theatre during a discussion in the living legend Series at the ongoing Bharat Rang Mahotsav
The living legend Series of 18th Bharat Rang Mahotsav had the honour to host legendary veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Born in the era of British India, Adoor Gopalakrishnan is an eminent director and story writer. An award winning artist in the field of film making, Gopalakrishnan has given the audience amazing artworks likeSwayamvaram and Randaanum. He has also been associated with the roots of theatre in the long run.
Discussing about his beginning in the field of theatre, he said, “The power of stage is so great that nobody can control it when it attracts you. When it attracted me, I realised that theatre is my area and I devoted my life to it. There is no other feeling like theatre and this is its beauty.”
When the audience asked about his genre of films and the idea behind the themes, he said, “The protagonist of my film is a character who has been left behind by passage of time. It revolves around crisis of misfits.”
As the impact of natural beauty of Kerala has dominated the space in his films, Gopalakrishnan explained, “I prefer to involve all the five major elements of earth in my films.”
Focussing on the trend of today’s cinema, Gopalakrishnan mentioned, “The popular cinema of today is the confined cinema. It is in limit to what the audience wants to see. Audience does not want to think when they watch cinema.”