KG George: Drawing and Reading | Cinema

2023-09-24 19:34:44

Monday Sep 25, 2023

KG George was very popular in school because of his drawing skills. While in class, I would draw pictures of Gandhiji, MGR and Premnazir in oil paint. Draw at home and give to friends. They will show it to the teachers as well. All the students had a kind of admiration for George as a painter. At that time, he used to pay attention to the cartoons of Kerala Bhushan and Malayalam Manorama weekly, which were done in the local barber shop. Many people have asked George why he did not take the film seriously later on. He had only commercial activity. The thought of taking pictures seriously has come to the world of cinema before. But painting played a major role in shaping George’s sense of beauty and vision. Even while studying at the institute, he used to write titles for his friends’ films. Wrote titles for many Hindi films. The title of the first film Swapnadanam also belongs to George. Along with painting, he was also active in reading. In the early days, the books and magazines that were brought to neighboring houses were mainly read. Organized and read short stories and detective stories from many places. It is only later that reading takes a new turn. The workers of the American organization called Peace Cops have a big role in it. That’s when George’s friendship with world-class foreign news magazines such as Time, Saturday Evening Post and Newsweek began. Read on deshabhimani.com