G. AravindanG. Aravindan.

G. Aravindan (Govindan Aravindan in some references, 23 January 1935 to 15 March 1991) was an Indian film director, cartoonist, screenwriter and musician and one of the pioneers of parallel cinema in Malayalam. He was known for his unorthodox way of filmmaking; he changed his cinematic forms consistently, and experimented in storytelling without regular narrative styles. He studied at the Karapuzha NSS English high school and CMS College in Kottayam and, in 1955, graduated in botany from the University College Trivandrum (University of Travancore at the time).