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30 MaY 2010
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in time

C SafatChandfan *"r born on 16 February 19s8. He hao

his education in MG College, Trivandrum and at Dharmadam. During his
student years, was involved in the resistance against emergency After are ,,
rivers which flow back in time is the concept
obtaining his graduation, he travelled all over India, working as an ^. -^^t
of llY.rr"ries
the film we were working on when this 0r".fi. iniia"ni t
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accountant in a construction Company. His appreenticeship in filmmaking first met sarat way back in 1683 or 84, on"
tioni ;;#il""""
"p-pl-n"0.
was from Late Sri.G Aravindan, and the Late lohn Abraham. During the where he was waitino to oo to the location -pr*r"rai
"u"nrjin
of JlraA"o Oy
1980's he was involved with Samkramanam, a radical magazine published Sivaprasad. Sarat wai Assiitant cameraman
in that Rlm. Later in 1986,
ftom Kochi. He was also involved with the agitation for conservation of we worked together in Kp sasi,s documenta
was associate to Sasi and he worked the camera
ry Living in fear in wnicn f
Silent Valley. fJr one scheduie anO
For ten yea6, he worked in Saudi Arabia as Education Promotion that was the begining of our ftiendship,
Consultant for the British Council.
-
bonding which tas-ted ti a re* "r"ti""+
p"f ij,Jt"'io.,",
9l'd.:iTmltic norrs ag.o wt# O""tn
decided to intervene on an April fool moming.
He was one of the first to realise the potential of the new electronic
Sarat made three documentaries with a-VHS camera
media in the 1980s. In the late eighties he started making docunlentary .--
t986
, he bouont
"iJi"r",,an
E am Asthmikkum Mumpe a vtoeo oliourie
films on VHS. He also took it as a mission to screen his owrl fihl$ and
others'films on people's issues throughout the length ald breddth of *.y,:llo:1,,,':.,usi i-o.ro Bis Dams - a
envtronment tt impact of the proposed pooyankutty
piyiir,Iili'-o o"n
rn"
Kerala and the neighbouring states. Saratchandran often be((nlle an hydel proiect and a
video Rlm on the Save Westem Ghats Mar;h.
active participant in the struggles he do€umented. His screenrrr(ls l)layed
Then he decided to 90 to Saudi Arabia and work
a pivotal role in raising public awareness on environmel)l .llxl (livllxl lo( tls - as Education
Promotion consuttant in th; British councit
to the debates on environmental issues and peopl€'s strrxflk's nr K|rdl.r' in nV.oii. ao*ii, *i, .
He was the artistic director of the VIBGYOR fihrr ft'\lrv,rl, lrxlnlr
make enough money to buy a 16mm ."r".j tuii'io'ru.","
,so:': meaningtut firms. Wel, buying"ndior"
y a rOmm c-anrerJ jiO no,
2010, At the time of his demise he was workin(l oll (kx rrrllr'lll,lrrt'5 oll :1{1-af
work out but he came back with digital ViOeo-cumera in iSgli. -'-
industrial pollution due to a gelatin factory near lrl( lr{rr, .rrr(l ,r lrlrrr inr lll(' -*e.e
current state of ChaliYar river. .When we decided to make films togetner we JJa. aOout
one thing; we wont make sob sob films on p"opio pioorurr,
While kavelling by train, Sarat met with an a( ( ( l{'r rl I x . rr ( | r,rl,rkt (ly stories about collective affirmative action by people
iu'*iri t"rr
on 3lst March 2010.
to
wil.packaee rheir bis, bie ftp*'",iJ-litii"
t iir"
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rii:r"'ui.to.,..
Father: Dr. Chandrasekharan Nair f,:: tt around to others so as to ,,Infiorm, Inspire dno
Initiate" simildr actions elsewhere. That is what '"
Mother : Sarada we tra"e #"n-f -
Wife : Sudha the last 12 vea6.
No people could be as different as Sarat and
mys€lf. I ar
crowd, Sarat loves to be among people, I have iJ'frl;;s;'
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remembering sarat rememDerin9 sarat

millions ( most of whom I did not like because he had all sorts of ftiends
and I used to tell him that I admire his capacity to put up with them).
Our views on cinema were also different. we used to fight while shooting ; rruJocoJ*Bud
and we used to fight while editing. Our film making was an endless
succession of arguments and dis agreements which always used to end
in a big hug or two pegs. Our method of film making was amusing to
m"re,na | "
some and highly initating to others. Our fights were never personal, it
was about how to make our film cinematically more efficient and politically
more relevant. Perhaps it was these disagreements which gave strength
to our films. v r,rornDlocot,!eJ 6coJ5cBelerlo c(o)rala]l6rBcaorlolmlel,
We made four films together, Aaliyar me Final Srugle on lhe 6ltncomco] oslcooa, rordcolcepc olcdorgrolocoror
oOmld6j.
anti poflution struggle by the people chaliyar against Mavoor raYons, The oleml*g;o, .lt.mioel cr.o
coJcoco(D eofmlcoxJogfl
Eitter Drink on the initial days of the Plachimada struggle Only An Axe -acslmscm(xci.
co GncrcuEdol o),lo€oc(0)lolrml.
Away on the campaign to save Silent Valley and new threats to the oocooerueLlo8'm1ca5c, oooorocerd'
valley and 4. Thousand Days And A Drem a four-year history of the cDccucontl
"Od. a)rl,roooororm;,olol4;c_rcnlaoc
a5lod, ro.rarorlocoelo3o;gp uoorjoromloE ,lrrnnlrm
,rro,rrileonpltoe.,,
Plachimada struggle. We have three fllms in difErent stages of production lol608'l ,'reJcgcalo 6ro6iBplos m)col)ABo.
Gtalo))oacorElloom rorord, rcroiolcooE
right now. Sarat was also doing a film on the anti pollution struggle nulacoJo.i]ocaoloJcm;. mlcnlocrurseioonpila;o
against a gelatine factory on the banks of Chalakudy river. etroro;ctcdlg eruxonud. oooord,
cuglaioeJolsccolcool:j tueJ,logol6nfiolcoavl4
sarat is widely known for the passion he had in taking issue-based "tetalltoro.ue,oEgruagceni
films to the people and conducting screenings in villages and schools. He docflE_oiomQ)lo o6,cera;msrmd; prm;o6)(o.
oonDlslo pcrod6,lol{
used to organize NOTrAM, a tavelling documentary film festival which (Ddd6ildocojlo'ldocoE rcncorcvd "6crnros;
lvoau.lg;. cDa)cploco)l odd6xordiloj .Om1d5)l €a)
he had to discontinue for nnancial reasons. ocotolcml. Gnocplos rer2i[rol.urur8ommoroiool
We were shooting last month in chaliyar for a new film we are ecrdeeeror.#.1.,L,,
cor.i c.,ogs}o'lm.'cor.olm). .,a,. g.,oJ[rBo.ncdcoe,.iem]oeLcooo
doing on the state of the river chaliyar and it's people ten years after a,srrel
9l5rE poroooocol p,tcideelo:clc.oo. tttc$oE
the factory closed down. We are in the film, both of us retuming after ru',l oa' ecm;oilonl .sloBl6)rdrul
Glmjooool(Dod oJer s(D*'lao),ruo,r*
ten yea6 to the river (we knew the river and it's people in their bad
cotsro6r*e,lerlo.op".r";,".,i;uj;T'T#J,ffi?';Tffi
days), we meet people talk to them about how they fought to get
their river back and show the river slowly retuming back to pre-factory ocotolml. :il
"gnntg1o eroronu8 oddo141g. oraooetrBddmim, ;O*;rrn;
days. we have named the film fre River Which Flowed Eack ( aff)trutr' c,,Jca7oa>1(fi oacolcgom;laceolcor
.,og"g r%*uE, .g,rncolrJ ".a1rr
Pirakottozhukiya Nadi ). 5)66)c*c9lo @cHlo(mJcolcrmJ.
Today morning (April 2nd) I was suppoesd to catch the morning
cAoponr'loE aelsroro n]rom;.urorlrn6roJl
Venad express to Thrippunithura, sit with Sarat and do a first cut of the o6,cfl oro]mlsaorelJ6neco o0o)c
film before going to Calicut for our last shooting schedule. o6rEftc ffuoo66Bo8€6isotello e,Jcooo)locorl
craco.,cggolonercorlal(m;. ,lr"rf
If only I could go back in time and bring back to llfe... Sarat my a0)cdo)roro8,*lJ2[loso)]o ascni o,reunocoler;o
*.,f ejj;ncllpclJo.. nua*loif
beloved ftiend, my colleague, my unborn brothet o,elererrord, mtoooei.Jg)m ocuolo itur(l)oioon€ococo)
omlosJcocoscord, rcnoj)
if only we could complete the three films toqeth('r, p(Ecoocoo. .)]Rc6xorD)co)
crooDc6ruc€DJorlo mlouJo)Bcd(\rej
if only we could fight and hug and fight ',vhile In.rklrxl llEm, 1:llr:"-:.,
cu,)olep 5tocud@oJoct(Do (ruc€.Djocdl(rn(o)coatolcml
if only we could share these films to the pe(4)l(' llr othcr parts of pd,. Grdrol(Ugl, ffuco.)co6m
dococ{o) oal(o)cela,u8 ad,og6.nD1(oE 6,el6rro
the world, .l6rD),.loloao4cud"vocnoi ms
if only we could dream of making a milla(nr ilrr|\ l(xfll|cr, onlnor oro;oro;mloEdldelos otolt(Dco6ucorcoi
ocol oooomnon! nulnrf oara.
if only t could hear hear his reassuntl(l vol(.' d(l tltt, eo5ma,lso.lo 6,a&iloc.dls"lcorru;o cclcuercoiloacgpcoE
oslg emalot"tsb,o
if only *fl*T"JF o,..:olomlcn1oE.g3op;os rrollorcoeu. oooJm-l.rD cu1,lore,col
a 6u0€o ls(Qiierl o ru'lcq)do oaloer Co,J,&Gl o teierlo
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lost. That must have been his next favorite, misiaying stuff; from tiny
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u0od"rlmofiA cnco,Jlo@filcil fft6ooc6rDo cnlrtootoAcnlrmlo (Dts6cdl ot1
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mrcolcaorrrelcuolcmcoced oosmo). m-rcce,olle.,looccor cu}urlmjroragi)er)os pC I'lo to Dams A Pooyamkutty Tale 0988)
fiu6lorSoccorocosc.lo(o)ocm mtcnloco1)oo,l(1)3(no og)Cm crUdgLA,lOXOr;o O,trOOemo Ellam Asthamikkum Munpe (1989)
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Chaliyar . . The Final Struggle
elo t1lBduomo coJcerlgp mJcold)jtnrrud(dr6.)(r)o.rJo p(o)loelRlco rorool,olo 2uE Co-directed wrth P Baburaj (1999) Special Mention, MIFF 2000,
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Kanavu (Dream),
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a film on a tribal children's commune in Wynad of Kerala (2001)
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The Bitter Drink
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"o(mcoE ".:;roilco.r Co-directed with P Eaburaj, (2003) on the Plachimada struggle
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Evicted from lush.ce
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a video report on l,luthanga massacre (2003)
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Only An Axe Away
Co-drrected with P Babura) (2005) on Silent Valley
Jeevan ry award for Best documentary
Jury Prize, lYumbai International Film Festival,2008

1000 Days and A Dream

Co-directed wrth P Baburaj (2006) on Plachimada struggle
1oth lYumbai lnternationa Film Festival (MIFF) Indian Jury Award Winner

Yourg Truly John (2oo9)

a vldeo essay on lohn Abraham, the f /m maker

To die for land - the ultinate sacrince

on Chengara land struggle
Also, involved in the making of:
Living in Fear by K P Sasi (1985)
The Eighteenth Elephant - 3 Monologues by P Balan (2001)
Purooravas, Malayalm feature film by Sivaprasad (1986)
Narmada A Valley Retuses to Die by K P Sasi in (1989)
Ek Alag Mausam a Hindi feature film by K P Sasi in (2000)
The Turtle People by Surabhi Sharma (2002)
Express Hlghway. The Road to Distruction by Sanju Surendran (2004)

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 P Eaburaj
Ajith Kumar
Elizabeth
Sreemith
Razi
K. Rajagopal
Ashalatha
V Bhattathiri
K.R Manol
Priyaranjanlal
Sasikumar
Gouridasan Nair
Baiju Chandran
Sajan
Raghu
Neeraja Rajendran
S. Suresh Babu
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