As an Artist (2014)

The documentary film is about a person named "Njeralathu Harigovindan", who is a traditional folk musician, plays a percussion instrument called "Idakka", in a small village called Angadipuram in Kerala, where he tries to save an art form from extinction, despite facing stern opposition from the village people and the politicians, and protests in his own way against the caste discrimination which is prevalent in Kerala temples. He is the son of Late Mr. Njeralathu Ramapodhuval who is a national award winning folk musician. Harigovindan, after his father passed away in 1996, started performing at various places around the world. 12 years after his father's demise, he built a temple school called "Kalashram" which means "The temple for arts", where he installed his father's musical instrument as the idol in that temple, and it is open for all to visit. He also preserves and exhibits all the traditional folk instruments of Kerala in a museum called "Kerala musical instruments showroom", where he also has an archival section. According to him, "for an artist, the art is god".