R. Sarath

These findings have been a landmark in the history of Ravi Varma paintings and was a turning point in his career as an innovative documentary maker as he won many international awards for the same.

Bhumikku Oru Charamagitam (A Requiem to Earth), a short film on eco-feministic aesthetics based on the renowned Malayalam poem by legendary poet O. N. V. Kurup was greatly appreciated for its docu-fictional style and has been screened before elite audience, both at home and abroad.

[3][4] His third feature film Seelabathi—another drama set in rural Kerala that revolves around the experiences of two young people who come from outside the village—received positive remarks from critics.

[7] In his next Malayalam language feature, Sarath inter-weaved yet another complex theme—that of conflict of belief, the perpetual disagreement between orthodox and unorthodox paths of religion.

[8] R. Sarath, a post graduate in English Literature and Journalism, is retired as Deputy of Visual Communication at Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala.