Malayalam cinema owes a lot to the PWD Rest House at Shoranur. Many screenplays were born from certain rooms at the rest house on a tiny hill in a serene locale away from the din of the town.
But it was room number one on the eastern side of the rest house that saw celebrated screenwriter A.K. Lohithadas evolve as a write of flourish and flair as he wrote most of his three dozen-odd scripts lounging on the easy-chair in the room. The room has such a repute that some writers ask for it specifically, trusting on its talismanic charm.
“Several people are asking for this particular room, and they want to use this particular easy-chair used by Lohithadas,” said Sivakaran K. aka Unni, who served as a watchman at the rest house for four decades.
