DC book fair begins

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 14-day carnival of books, DC Intenational Book Fair, began at Kanakakkunnu Palace grounds on Wednesday. Filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli released the collection of Adoor Gopalakrishnan's film scripts: 'Adoor Gopalakrishnante 11 Thirakathakal' at the inaugural function to commemorate the 100th year of Indian Cinema.
"The book will give a lot of opportunities for film lovers to learn the intricacies of script writing and the adaptation of a literary work to cinema.Adoor considers each person in the audience a true 'rasika' or a pure 'sahrudaya' and gives equal participation for the filmmaker and the viewer in his films. The book will be a great tribute to Indian Cinema and its lovers," Kasaravalli said.
Jnanpith awardee O N V Kurup expressed his anxiety over the declining reading habits and love for Malayalam among children. Film critic C S Venkiteswaran was presentintroduced Adoor's book to the audience addressing it as a 'gem' in film literature.