Remembering Dr M M Alex
Remembering Dr M M Alex
The earliest image of Dr M M Alex, who had been my college mate
in C MS college Kottayam in the seventies , is of a lean boy dressed in Kaavi, an
affinity he has kept till his end .He has been then seen more with Aravindhan
or Sethu. We parted company for several
years. Then suddenly he makes an appearance
in Madras as an actor in Tamil and Malayalam
>By that time he had some memorable roles in raajavintxe makan and thoovanathumbikal
I remember him introducing me Lohithadas , who as a playwright has just won an academy award winning playwright . Three of us walked from the lanes
of Taj to Gemini. Lohi made history with his scripts and cinema. Alex left
altogether cinema
I think he did the
wise thing at an young age .He has then started working on a video cassette on
shabarimala Ayyappan, one of the first in the direction He started immersed in
vedic literature and ha s established Vedik India society. It seems his
lectures on Hinduism were a hit in the Us universities.
He was not only guru to heaven seekers but was in the
company of parliamentarians, judges and industrialists. I remember him ordering
a
ship of coal to Chennai when a company wanted it badly. Though he could dabble
in the money making game he cut it short. I remember an occasion when he refused
crores worth of an offer if it materiliased
, a lesson I have also imbibed
He knew the intricacies of the labyrinthine paths in
politics and religion and business and coursed through it effortlessly which
many could not do .Many become a prisoner of money or power or fame.
One thing kept him
preoccupied . His passion for cinema .He was a notable villain in the eighties
and could have made some films but he has turned his mind to otherworldly pursuits
a change I have observed every morning during our walks through thiruvanmiyur
beach, Chennai. I also remembr him actively campaigning for special jury award for
jyothirmayi for he brilliant performance ,as a jury member of the national film
awards. He got married and have two successful kids
He enjoyed life and extorted everybody to do the same. A passion
he has had till his last moments,which many shared this day
My pranaaams
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