Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback

Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback
Poster
Directed byK. G. George
Screenplay byS. L. Puram Sadanandan
Story byK. G. George
Produced byInnocent
StarringBharath Gopi
Nalini
Mammootty
CinematographyShaji N. Karun
Edited byM. N. Appu
Music byM. B. Sreenivasan
Release date
  • 12 November 1983 (1983-11-12)
Running time
172 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback (lit.'The death of Lekha, a flashback') is a 1983 Malayalam-language film by K. G. George[2][3] and produced by Innocent.[4] The film was controversial because of the protagonist's similarities to the actress Shoba, whose suicide was highly publicized. In his biography, even though KG George admits that his inspiration to make the movie was indeed the suicide of Shobha, he says that more importantly it was his long-time dream to make a cinema about 'cinema', which had never been tried before in the Malayalam industry at the time.[1][5][6]

The film was a commercial success. Although it did not receive any of the Kerala state Film awards, it garnered widespread critical acclaim and received awards outside Kerala. It was screened at several movie festivals namely the International Movie festival under the Indian Panorama division held in Bombay and also at the London Film Festival.

  1. ^ a b Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press. p. 461. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.
  2. ^ "Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Veteran actor Innocent passes away". Onmanorama. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ Sunil, K. P. (25 December 1980). "Why do our actresses commit suicide?". The Illustrated Weekly of India. Vol. 109. p. 39.
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