Yesterday on the occasion of a mutual friend's daughter's marriage a unique meeting of old time associates from SWAPNADANAM days took place took place. Mohammed Bappu (Parsi) who was based in Bombay wanted to produce films in Malayalam and had contacted K.G.George to Direct it. All he wanted was a good film and never interfered in the project and gave full freedom to go ahead. P.A.Latheef was in charge of the production and the film SWAPNADANAM became a reality and the rest is history. It won many Awards in the State and National level and had become a landmark in Malayalam films. Mohammed Bappu wanted his friend, Jitin Shyam, a Malayali but working in the Hindi film industry as Music Director to compose songs for the film. But ultimately there were no songs in SWAPNADANAM and he could not be accommodated in the film. Kabeer Raothar's first film LUBNA (Hindi) was also produced by Mohammed Bappu. While we were doing the film SWAPNADANAM, Sankaran Kutty the all-in-all person in Malayalam film Industry was working in the Vijaya Laboratory at Madras .
Though we used to meet each other individually, this was the first occasion that we all were together and it was recorded for posterity in the photo given below!
Though we used to meet each other individually, this was the first occasion that we all were together and it was recorded for posterity in the photo given below!
Producer Mohammed Bapu, myself, Sankaran Kutty, K.G.George,Kabeer Raothar & Jitin Shyam
Its very disappointing that we dont get to see KG George in action nowadays. Most of his works were landmark movies, much ahead of their time. They always used to leave a haunting effect in the viewer's mind. Movies like Yavanika, Irakal, Adaminte ..., Mattoraal were classics. Only movies where he disappointed were Ilavankodu Desam and Ee kannikoodi...
ReplyDeleteHoping to see the great combo of KG and Mammootty back in action !!!