77-Year-Old Veteran Malayalam Director KG George Passes Away
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Famous director KG George, who is remembered for his outstanding Malayalam films from the 1980s that struck a balance between art and mainstream cinema and served as an inspiration to later generations of filmmakers, has passed away at an old-age home in Kerala. He was 77.
The political comedy “Panchavadi Palam,” the noir psychological thriller “Irakal” (Victims, 1985), “Yavanika” (The Curtain), and “Adaminte Variyellu” (Adam’s Rib, 1983), which depicted the tale of three women trying to flee patriarchal oppression, were among George’s famous films.
Born Kulakkattil Geevarghese George in Thiruvalla, Kerala, he started working in films as Ramu Kariat’s assistant. In 1975, George made his feature film debut with the critically acclaimed film “Swapnadanam.” Over the next 15 years, several films came out, including “Kolangal” (1981’s Silhouettes), “Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback” (1983), and “Mattoral” (1988’s The Other Person).
“Mela,” one of George’s most revolutionary pictures, came out in 1980. The film explores the life of a dwarf circus clown and highlights how society sometimes treats people with disabilities as outsiders. It contained several dwarf performers and had Raghu, a short-statured actor, in the starring role. “Mela” delves deeply into the inner lives of circus clowns, a topic that has always fascinated readers because of the emotional struggles these characters have while living in a tough environment. It showed how societal prejudices frequently prevented them from living lives of dignity. Early in the 1990s, George slowed down, and his final full-length picture, “Elavamkodu Desam,” was released in 1998.
A school of filmmaking that rejected formulaic song and dance productions without imitating the style of art-house film directors like G Aravindan and Adoor Gopalakrishnan, KG George, Padmarajan, and Bharathan, became known as the proponents of what was then known as “middlestream cinema” in the 1980s. Years after his most well-known films came out, George’s work continued to influence a new wave of Malayalam directors, including Lijo Jose Pellissery. In 2017, a documentary about him with the working title “8 1/2 Intercuts” paid homage to Federico Fellini, George’s favorite filmmaker.
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