John Abraham (11 August 1937 – 31 May 1987) was an Indian filmmaker, short story writer and screenwriter who worked mainly in Malayalam cinema.
[1][2] He completed his intermediate studies in CMS College Kottayam staying with his grandfather, who nurtured John's talent in his early days.
[10] Under John, the Odessa Collective came into existence in 1984 with a street drama in Fort Kochi named Nayykali (The game of dogs).
Odessa was an attempt by a group of movie enthusiasts to change the history of film production and distribution by making it a collaborative effort with the public and thus act as an empowering and liberating medium.
[11] For the financing of the first film produced by Odessa, John and his friends travelled through villages and collected money from the general public.
Another collection of his stories has been published posthumously under the title John Abrahaminte Kathakal by Pakshikkottam Books, Thiruvananthapuram in 1993.
He was not identified by the hospital authorities, and allegedly not given due attention and medical care, which caused his condition to deteriorate, leading to his death on 31 May.
In a Facebook post, Ekbal said the doctors failed to diagnose internal bleeding suffered by John and to check his blood pressure which could have prevented him from slipping into a shock through a timely surgery.