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Adoor Gopalakrishnan

The writer, a filmmaker, studied at Gandhigram Rural Institute, Tamil Nadu.

Protect the film archive. This can’t be done by handing it to a corporation

Tue, Apr 05, 2022

Adoor Gopalakrishnan writes: As a museum and a storehouse, the upkeep of a film archive is an enormously expensive affair. This is something no profit-making body would want to take on

Government must see that cinema is art, not just entertainment

Fri, May 28, 2021

Adoor Gopalakrishnan writes: Successive administrations have undermined filmmaking, increased censorship, and burdened films with advertisements and notices that ruin viewers’ mood and burden the producers.

Those who denigrate Mahatma’s legacy today must answer: Is it possible to imagine India without Gandhi?

Tue, Oct 15, 2019

He lived a life of such absolute austerity and honesty, that anyone who watched could only learn and be inspired. Gandhiji used to say that his life is his message — and there was no duality about what he professed and practised.