Govindan Aravindan

Govindan Aravindan

January 21, 1935 · 91 years old

Govindan Aravindan was a pioneering filmmaker from Kerala and considered one of the greatest Indian directors. He was known for his unorthodox way of filmmaking; he changed his cinematic forms consistently and experimented in storytelling without regular narrative styles. His first movie was 'Uthara…

Known For

8 titles
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Kummatty

Kummatty

1979 · 1h 30m · Movie

A magician who entertains children temporarily transforms his young spectators of a village into animals. However, a boy transformed into a dog misses the moment to break the spell and has to wait for the magician to return.

7.3
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Chidambaram

Chidambaram

1985 · 1h 43m · Movie

Muniyandi (Sreenivasan), a laborer in the farm, believes and respects Shivakami (Smita Patil). Muniyandi brings Shivakami to the farm after marrying her. She soon befriends Shankaran (Gopi). But one day Muniyandi catches Shankaran...

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Vasthuhara

Vasthuhara

1991 · 1h 43m · Movie

The story is told through the eyes of Venu, a Malayali government officer sent on a mission to rehabilitate refugees from Calcutta to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

7.5
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Kanchana Sita

Kanchana Sita

1978 · 1h 30m · Movie

Rama, who doubts about the chastity of Sita at last finds his own children and went for salvation.

7.1
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Esthappan

Esthappan

1980 · 1h 34m · Movie

In a seashore village, Esthappan's miraculous figure unfolds through the contradictory narrations of people.

7.0
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Thampu

Thampu

1978 · 2h 9m · Movie

Besides a long glittering river, some men raise a pole. A tent balloons up. Where there was wide sand and the sound of water lapping, there is now a truck, chairs, hoops, stools, ropes, goats, a lioness, a pair of fat girls, some ...

7.4
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Oridathu

Oridathu

1987 · 1h 52m · Movie

The movie narrates the story of a remote village and the incidents pertaining to the electrification during the post-independence period of India.

7.5
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Marattam

Marattam

1988 · 1h 30m · Movie

Panicker's one-act play deals with the relation of identification between an actor and his or her role. The action takes place on the eve of the last act of the Kathakali piece Keechakavadham (The Killing of Keechaka).

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