B K Nair
Acting
Biography
Dear friends, This is artist B. K. Nair (Balakrishnan Nair). He was one of the early photographers of Chirayinkeezhu and was the founder of Sreekumar Studio, which was active in Chirayinkeezhu village. He was active in the amateur drama he was drama script writer and director also. He was the mentor of many prominent people in that field, including G. Sankara Pillai. He was an integral part of the early films of Sri. Adoor Gopalakrishnan from the Swayamvaram
Known For
Mathilukal ('Walls') is a free adaptation of the novelette of the same name, written by the celebrated Malayalam writer, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Autobiographical in character, it is set against the background of India’s freedom struggle in the ’40s when he was serving a term of imprisonment in the Trivandrum Central Jail. When the film opens, we see Basheer in a police lock-up, quite at home in the company of a few petty criminals. He has been languishing there for more than a year now without a trial.
Mathilukal
A young man narrates two conflicting accounts of his life, changing the details and incidents in both, as he slowly approaches madness.
Anantaram
Vishwam and Sita, who resist the opposition from their families, elope and marry. The unemployed couple begin a happier married life, but soon land in a sea of perils without a source of income.
Swayamvaram
Unni is the last male heir of a decaying feudal family in rural Kerala. His inability to accept the socio-economic changes of a new society causes him to gradually withdraw into isolation and paranoia.