Gautaman Bhaskaran's book releasing on Sept 17
Popular journalist, writer, columnist, and film-theatre critic Gautaman Bhaskaran's book 'Adoor Gopalakrishnan: A Life in Cinema', based on the life of renowned Malayalam director Adoor Gopalakrishnan, will be released on September 17 by the Alliance Française of Madras in association with the Courtyard by Marriott.
'Adoor Gopalakrishnan: A Life in Cinema' is the first authorized biography of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner.
"Gautaman Bhaskaran traces the ebbs and flows of the life this enigmatic director. From his birth during the Quit India movement to his lonely childhood at his uncles’ house; from life at Gandhigram, where Adoor studied economics and politics, to his days and nights at the Pune Film Institute; and from his first film, Swayamwaram, to his latest, Oru Pennum Rantaanum, Bhaskaran’s lucid narrative tracks the twists and turns of Gopalakrishnan’s life, finding an uncommon man and a rare auteur," a press release said.
Gautaman Bhaskaran is a popular figure in print media with an experience of 35 years in India’s best daily newspapers The Statesman and The Hindu. He is also known for his write-ups for a variety of other publications across the globe: Hindustan Times and The Week in India, Gulf Times and Gulf News in the Gulf, The Japan Times in Japan and Sight and Sound and Screen International in Britain. He covers major international film festivals, including Cannes. He lives in Chennai with his wife and son.
