K.P. Kesava Menon Hall was unusually jam-packed on Monday evening. As the monsoon clouds stayed away from Kozhikode’s skies, literature lovers from near and afar poured in to honour the city’s most famous resident, who will turn 90 this month.
‘Sukritham’, the five-day event organised by the Mathrubhumi Group to mark writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair’s birthday celebrations, had a solemn start, with filmmaker Maniratnam and historian Manu S. Pillai paying him glowing tributes.
Recalling his visit to Kozhikode 30 years ago to meet MT, Mr. Maniratnam, who opened the event, said he had wanted the writer to pen the script for Bombay. “We had a nice discussion. He did not write Bombay for me, but gave me the thought for what was my most loved film, Iruvar. I am indebted to him for that,” he said.
