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Jijo Punnoose: The man who was a film institute unto himself
TK Rajeev Kumar is a National award-winning director. Here, he talks of the influence of filmmaker Jijo Punnoose on his work
I never thought I’d end up becoming a filmmaker.
Sure, I was interested in mono-acting and mimicry, Kerala’s popular pastime — while in school in Kottayam, I had participated in youth festivals and won many trophies in these events.
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But films were a whole other world.
In 1977, both my parents were transferred to Thiruvananthapuram and since then, Kerala’s capital city has been my base. I joined University College and took an active part in college theatre.
In 1978, the university organised an international film festival.
This was my first experience with global cinema. Until then, I knew only of Prem Nazir, Sathyan and Madu. During the festival, I watched Akira Kurosawa’s Throne Of Blood. After this film, I realised that cinema has a language —