29/04/2025
Obituary: Shaji N. Karun (1952–2025)
Indian cinema mourns the loss of one of its most lyrical and profound storytellers.
Shaji N. Karun, master filmmaker, visionary cinematographer, and poet of the human spirit, passed away on 28th April 2025.
He was 73.
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Born on January 1, 1952, Shaji N. Karun began his artistic journey through the lens, crafting visuals of unmatched depth and poignancy in Malayalam cinema.
But it was his directorial debut, Piravi (1988), that announced to the world a voice of rare tenderness — a voice that could turn silence into music, loss into poetry, and pain into cinema.
His works, including masterpieces like Swaham, Vanaprastham, and Olu, transcended language and region, earning standing ovations at the Cannes Film Festival, and touching hearts across the globe.
In an industry often obsessed with noise and spectacle, Shaji N. Karun dared to whisper.
And his whispers echoed louder than most shouts ever could.
Through themes of longing, grief, identity, and the passage of time, he painted not just frames but worlds — patient, aching, human.
He made cinema that breathed, bled, and healed.
With his passing, we lose a filmmaker who taught us that the greatest stories are often told in stillness.
That real power lies not in drama, but in empathy.
Not in excess, but in essence.
Farewell, Shaji sir.
Your light will continue to flicker in every silent sunset, every unseen tear, every breathless frame that longs to find meaning.
You are gone from sight — but never from the spirit of cinema.
Om Shanti.
Rest in light.
Obituary: Shaji N. Karun (1952–2025)
Today, Indian cinema mourns the loss of one of its most lyrical and profound storytellers.
Shaji N. Karun, master filmmaker, visionary cinematographer, and poet of the human spirit, passed away on 28th April 2025.
He was 73.
Born on January 1, 1952, Shaji N. Karun began his artistic journey through the lens, crafting visuals of unmatched depth and poignancy in Malayalam cinema.
But it was his directorial debut, Piravi (1988), that announced to the world a voice of rare tenderness — a voice that could turn silence into music, loss into poetry, and pain into cinema.
His works, including masterpieces like Swaham, Vanaprastham, and Olu, transcended language and region, earning standing ovations at the Cannes Film Festival, and touching hearts across the globe.
In an industry often obsessed with noise and spectacle, Shaji N. Karun dared to whisper.
And his whispers echoed louder than most shouts ever could.
Through themes of longing, grief, identity, and the passage of time, he painted not just frames but worlds — patient, aching, human.
He made cinema that breathed, bled, and healed.
With his passing, we lose a filmmaker who taught us that the greatest stories are often told in stillness.
That real power lies not in drama, but in empathy.
Not in excess, but in essence.
Farewell, Shaji sir.
Your light will continue to flicker in every silent sunset, every unseen tear, every breathless frame that longs to find meaning.
You are gone from sight — but never from the spirit of cinema.
Om Shanti.
Rest in light.
