MADHAVA SANDHYA - MACTA Honours Actor MADHU

On 28 th February 2013, a  grand function  to honour veteran Actor, Producer, Director Madhu on completion of 50 years in Malayalam Cinema was organized by MACTA ( Malayalam cine Technicians' Association )  along with the entire Film Industry was held at the Fine Arts Club Auditorium, Ernakulam. In the same function many of the Kerala state Film Award winners were also honoured.

My association with Shri. Madhu started in 1971 when I did my debut as cinematographer for john Abraham's Malayalam film VIDYARTHIKALE ITHILE ITHILE. Over the years we have worked in many films such as Itha Ivide Vare, Padayottam etc  and we are going to work in a forthcoming film too. I am happy that in my tenure as MACTA Chairman this function was organized with the co-operation of the entire Film Industry and MACTA family.

Here are some photos taken on that happy occassion:

Prof.  O.N.V.Kurup arriving

V.B.K.Menon, Kaloor Dennis, M.T. Madhu, Shahul Hameed, Mohan

Minister K.Babu , O.N.V,   Madhu,  M.T. Yesu Das

Lighting of the lamp by Adoor

Memento presented by Veteran Producer T.E.Vasudevan

24 Frames special issue  released by Ramachandra Babu & received by Prof.O.N.V

Ramachandra Babu & Jayaram

Madhu, Ramachandra Babu, Mohanlal & Mamta Mohandas

24 Frames Special Edition

MACTA Chairman's Page

Jnanapith Award for ONV

At last our poet par excellence ONV was yesterday conferred with the 2007 Jnanapith Award for his contribution to Literature.This award had been long overdue to ONV and comes to a Malayalam poet for the second time after G.Sankara Kurup had been honoured in 1965. This has come as a great honour to the Malayalam language itself.

I had personally come in to contact with him many years back when he had written the lyrics of the films I have been associated with. Since then I had maintained personal relationship with him on many occasions, the last on being at the marriage function of playback singer Aparna Rajeev, his grand daughter.

Given below is a photo taken at the Pooja Ceremony of the film MIZHIGAL SAAKSHI directed by Ashok R Nath, The occasion was the confluence three great personalities singer K.J.Yesudas, Music Composer Mastero Dakshinamoorthy Swami and eminent lyricist ONV.

Producer Das, Yesudas, Dakshinamoorthy Swami, ONV and me

During the shooting of the Krishanattam sequence at the Mugathala Murari Temple , he visited our sets to witness the picturising of the song written by him and sung by his grand daughter Aparna Rajeev.

Anil Mughathala, Ramu Mangalapally, Kochu Preman, ONV, Ashok R Nath, Vineeth, Sukumari and me

I wish him a very long and fruitful life with many more honours being showered upon our own Poet Laureate ONV.