Lekhayude Maranam (1983)

Lekhayude Maranam : Oru Flashback (1983)

“ The Demise of Lekha : A Flashback ” – (Lit. Translation)

Lekhayude Maranam : Oru Flashback, had KG George bringing in yet another technique into his diverse portfolio of narrative styles – that of a movie about movie making, predominantly told in flashbacks. Based on the life and times of actress Shoba, Bharat Gopy as the film director Suresh with whom the debutante falls in love, subsequently leading to an unfortunate turn of events, brought in the measured performance that is a hallmark of all of KG George’s onscreen creations. Post Yavanika the previous year, Bharat Gopy would go on to be a part of five more productions, including the highly debatable debacle Elavamkodu Desam (1998), and would be the only actor KG George seems to have repeated most, for his productions.

Bharat Gopy as Suresh Babu : An Overview

Bharat Gopy’s Suresh Babu is equal parts hypocrite and skirt-chaser, who cleverly conceals it all underneath his veneer of perceived (?) creativity, most of the times to convince himself. To him, Lekha, the nubile and upcoming actress is another opportunity that could be exploited till it was available, to furthur his means. He has no qualms in basing his “new-found solace” on a clever lie, just to get her between the sheets.

Suresh Babu’s “success” lies in keeping his personal equations open-ended, possible of being interpreted in a whole lot of ways, and all of them true from the observer’s standpoint. It is this haziness that also helps him wiggle out of his predicament, citing surprisingly, his respect towards the institution called marriage, whose vehement denial brought them together in the first place.