The late K.Karunakaran might be the only political stalwart who had taken criticism in his stride The late K.Karunakaran was probably the only political stalwart in Kerala who took criticism in his stride. Those times,when a multitude of television channels were absent, newspapers used to tear him to pieces when he was Chief Minister and otherwise. He wouldn't mind even calumny against him. For a fact, it should be noted that the very concept of the UDF then was based on protecting the interests of various communities. Karunakaran would visit Guruvayur temple every first of the Malayalam month of Chingam. That was the way of his passion about Hinduism. But then, he was close to various community leaders. And they trusted him. With regard to J.C.Daniel not having been accepted as the first Malayalam film maker, some confidantes of Karunakaran might have told him that his was not a talking film in Malayalam and that was that.