%0 Journal Article %A Ganguly, Suranjan %T Mapping Interiors: An Interview with Adoor Gopalakrishnan %D 1997 %J Asian Cinema, %V 9 %N 1 %P 1-17 %@ 2049-6710 %R https://doi.org/10.1386/ac.9.1.1_7 %K Chitralekha Film Cooperative %K India %K Chitralekha Film Society %K filmmaker %K Kathakali %K Adoor Gopalakrishnan %I Intellect, %X Adoor Gopalakrishnan is widely regarded as India's greatest living filmmaker after Mrinal Sen. Born in 1941 in Kerala, a state in southern India, he belongs to a family with strong links to the performing arts, especially Kathakali, a highly-stylised form of dance drama. From the age of eight, Gopalakrishnan began acting for the stage, and has produced over twenty plays, several written by him. %U https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ac.9.1.1_7