Ratheesh KrishnaVadhyar (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ratheesh) wrote,@ 2008-01-29 18:40:00 |
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Veteran actor Bharath Gopi passed away.
I haven’t yet got a chance to see Kodiyettam, for which Bharath Gopi received the National Award for best actor. But I have watched most of his other films, starting from Peruvazhiyambalam to unforgettable characters in movies like Chidambaram, Yavanika, Kallan Pavithran, Panchavadippalam, Kattathe Kilikkoodu, Aarorumariyathe, and many others. He, along with Nedumudi Venu, under directors like Mohan and Bharathan have given us several brilliant and moving films during the 1980s, which all were based on simple story-threads that heavily depended upon the sensitive portrayals of characters. That era is gone forever.
Bharath Gopi's ability to transform himself to widely different types roles was amazing. When we see him as a sadistic father in Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njanum or as the kind-hearted landlord in Swaham we wouldn’t feel even for a moment that the person we see on screen is doing any sort of "acting".
As a film director, I think Ulsavappittennu was his best, and it showed Mohanlal in a type of role that he had never done before or after.
I haven’t yet got a chance to see Kodiyettam, for which Bharath Gopi received the National Award for best actor. But I have watched most of his other films, starting from Peruvazhiyambalam to unforgettable characters in movies like Chidambaram, Yavanika, Kallan Pavithran, Panchavadippalam, Kattathe Kilikkoodu, Aarorumariyathe, and many others. He, along with Nedumudi Venu, under directors like Mohan and Bharathan have given us several brilliant and moving films during the 1980s, which all were based on simple story-threads that heavily depended upon the sensitive portrayals of characters. That era is gone forever.
Bharath Gopi's ability to transform himself to widely different types roles was amazing. When we see him as a sadistic father in Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njanum or as the kind-hearted landlord in Swaham we wouldn’t feel even for a moment that the person we see on screen is doing any sort of "acting".
As a film director, I think Ulsavappittennu was his best, and it showed Mohanlal in a type of role that he had never done before or after.
