TIMELESS TALES END

Master filmmaker whose frames spoke of the poetry of life, passes away. But his legacy lives on Film editor Beena Paul and director T V Chandran pay their last respects to Shaji N Karun at his residence in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday | BP DEEPU

- APARNA NAIR @T'Puram

HE setting is quite in keeping with the dim-lit, aesthetic and poignant frames that Shaji N Karun's camera generated. The stage was set for acquaintances, some who worked with him over the years, and others who knew him as an auteur who minted magic from the world of reality.

To filmmaker and film archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Shaji was the mentor he could call up for any advice. Their familiarity dates back to Dungarpur's student days at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). The bond deepened when Dungarpur shot Celluloid Man, a documentary on veteran archivist P K Nair.