G. Aravindan was the son of famous comedy writer M. N. Govindan Nair Aravindan started his professional lifein as a cartoonist in Mathrubhumi journal. He established himself as a noted cartoonist in early 1960s with his cartoon series Cheriya Manushyarum Valiya Lokavum[ which dealt with the adventures of the central characters Ramu and Guruji, mingled with political and social satires . He played a major role in establishing theatre and music clubs namely Navarangam and Sopanam. He became associated with eminent theatre figure Kavalam Narayanan Panikker which accelerated his activities in the field of professional play. They created several plays like Kaali and Avanavan Kadamba Aravindan was working as an officer in revenue board when he got associated with artist Devan, playwrightThikkodiyan and writer Pattathuvila Karunakaran.The first film directed by Aravindan, Utharayanam(1974) came out as a product from this group; the film was produced by Karunakaran and the story was written by Thikkodiyan. The early works of Aravindan was influenced by the group; for example the spiritualism factor which can be seen in his early works can be attributed to satirist Sanjayan and mystic paintings of K.C.S. Panikker . Aravindan's second film Kanchana Seetha was released 3years later in 1977. The film was retake on the Ramayana. This film is credited with formation of a new stream of filmmaking called independent filmmaking .