On the 26th death anniversary of cartoonist-director G. Aravindan, an exhibition of his cartoons and Aravindan caricatures done by various cartoonists got under way at Nanappa Art gallery on Karrikamuri Crossroads on Wednesday.
With long texts containing images and expressions from a bygone era, the cartoons present a world that inhabited Malayali life in the 1960s and 1970s.
Aravindan’s cartoons displayed at the gallery are from his series ‘Cheriya Manushyarum Valiya Lokavum’ and Kerala Cartoon Academy has collaborated in the exhibition.
The exhibition, on till March 19, is in the run up to the cartoon-caricature mela, CariToon, which will get under way in Kochi from May 4 to 8.
Fond memories
Writer K.L. Mohanavarma recalled his friendship with the film-maker that began at the Kerala University hostel in the 1950s.
He said Aravindan searched for a means of communication that surpassed words, even images. Poet M. Sarita Varma, whose childhood memories of Aravindan, who was her father writer N. Mohanan’s bosom pal, etched a not-so-familiar picture of the auteur.
Actor Urmila Unni said she owed it to the auteur for bringing her to the world of cinema through his Marattam .