Malayalam cinema's sharpest observer, Sreenivasan, masterfully mirrored societal truths, not predicting the future but revealing enduring human nature and power dynamics. His films, like 'Sandesham' and 'Ayaal Kadhayezhuthukayanu,' eerily foreshadowed real-life events, from political family rifts to bureaucratic squabbles, proving his profound understanding of how society repeats its mistakes.