The cliched references to Thalassery, a coastal town in Kerala’s Malabar, often centres around the three Cs — cricket, cakes and circus. There is historical validity to these attributions, and in the 1980s and 1990s, a touch of notoriety was added too due to a spate of political murders.
Often a Thalassery native, conscious of the blood and gore, would mention his place as Kannur or Kozhikode before getting more granular and mentioning a village close to Thalassery. The stigma was real before Sreenivasan became a crutch to lean on. “Oh from Thalassery, you know our Sreenivasan’s place,” would be the proud refrain.
When the creative genius passed away on Saturday, leaving a fine body of celluloid work, the geographical axis between Thalassery and Koothuparambu lost its favourite son. Sreenivasan, 69, had a flair for the theatrical from a young age.
Sreenivasan, a Thalassery legend, becomes part of history
Remembering Sreenivasan: Thalassery’s iconic filmmaker who blended humor and socio-political themes in Malayalam cinema.
