Newspaper Boy Director P Ramdas Passes Away
Yesteryear veteran director P Ramdas, who introduced the neo-realistic wave in Malayalam cinema during the 1950s through his path breaking movie Newspaper Boy, has passed away at a hospital here. Ramdas (83) died following age-related ailments yesterday. He is survived by his two sons, family sources said.
Breaking
the
traditional
notions
and
techniques
of
cinema,
he
stepped
into
the
tinsel
town
with
Newspaper
Boy,
a
social
drama
on
the
lives
of
a
printing
worker
and
his
family,
at
the
age
of
22.
Though
the
movie,
released
on
May
13,
1955,
bombed
at
the
box
office,
it
won
wide
critical
acclaim.
Ramdas
also
produced
two
more
feature
films--
Nirapara
in
1976
and
Vadakaveettile
Adithi
in
1981.
However, financial setbacks forced the veteran to keep away from mainstream cinema world for the rest of his life. Kerala government had honoured him by presenting him with the prestigious JC Daniel Award in 2007.
PTI