Ask him anything and he has a definite opinion about it. Cool and vibrant, Shanker Ramakrishnan, director and writer, draws me into the memoirs of yester years and briefs me about his plans for the coming days.

“It had been films since the begining. Our family owned this theatre named MP and there began my love for films,” recollects Shanker.

MP Theatre closed down in the mid eighties but his teachers at Christ Nagar kept Shanker’s interest in literature and films intact. One name that Shanker kept repeating through out the interview was Anoop Menon. “Anoop and me walked through the unfamiliar lanes in the city. We were together for the youth festivals and all other cultural activities. We travelled to the roots of Malayalam literature. British Library then, was a cultural hub for us,” adds Shanker.