Vayalar’s Classics gets a reintepretation as Paintings, courtesy KV Jyothilal

Came across this fantastic re-interpretation of a magical kind altogether the other day, based on a small report in the Malayala Manorama daily. KV Jyothilal, an accomplished and experienced artist from Kollam has done this exquisite series of paintings based on the Malayalam Classics that we have grown up on, and have come to love and cherish. He has done a series on his favorites composed by Vayalar and another series dedicated to the classics by P Bhaskaran.

It is quite commendable and the more you go through his ontepretation of Vayalar’s compositions, one is amazed at the different layers and textures that he reveals, that is the best part about the sets. He had just completed an exhibition of the series last week,  a tiny report of the same that stoked my curiosity. And thank God, he did have the good faculties to have uploaded all of it as separate blogs termed Nirakkoottam ( a play on the term Nirakkoottu – color palette). I have attempted to showcase his creation against the celluloid original  ( as available on the Web ) that was his inspiration so that it becomes easy to put them in perspective. He has in total, painted 32 interpretations of his beloved classics of which only 10 have been displayed online. Here  are a few from the series.

Song : Indravallari Poochoodivarum

Music : G Devarajan
Movie : Gandharvashethram (1972)

Song : Sanyasini

Music : G Devarajan

Movie : Rajahamsam (1974)

Song : Shankupushpam Kannezhuthumbol

Music : G Devarajan

Movie : Shakunthala (1965)

You could go through the rest of the series at Artist KV Jyothilal’s personal blog here.