Aravindan and Shaji N Karun

A recent article in Cinema Mangalam provides us with some curious insights about the relationship between Shaji N. Karun and late Aravindan.
In the interview Shaji says Aravindan never contacted him after Piravi, his master piece. Shaji, the former cinematographer and ardent disciple of Aravindan tellsabout the coccus that used to surround Aravindan in his later days.
Aravindan was always among that gang of drunkards, Shaji says. That gang had never ceased to try to break Shaji's relationship with Aravindan.And they did manage it, at the end.
Shaji says there was not a single person with any spark of creativity in that circle.
And Aravindan never realized that they were all actually killing his talent.
And now it is this very same vicious group is behind the present gossip that he too was responsible for Aravindan's sudden demise- Shaji alleges.