Vipindas
[citation needed] Vipindas was born in 1938 in Pazhayannur, Thrissur, Kerala, as the son of Pallippatta Sankaran Nair and Lakshmi Amma.He had no formal education in photography but was able to assist veteran Bollywood cinematographer Beevashom for three years.It was followed by Prathidhwani, directed by him but filmed by veteran director I. V. Sasi.This film established the successful collaboration of Sasi and Vipindas.Backer, Fazil, Hariharan, Joshiy, K. Madhu, Padmarajan and Bharathan.