kochi john paul was always at the forefront of the fight to liberate poor and downtrodden people from their helplessness and his majesty will remain here like a fragrance of a flower said writer and critic m k sanoo he was inaugurating the john paul commemoration function organised by chavara cultural centre on monday sanoo said that paul was keen on helping people and he extended a helping hand to the people who are suffering from all strata of life irrespective of class or religion writer balachandran chullikkad who delivered a speech at the function said that john pauls magical craftsmanship which easily handled a variety of themes should be an academic material for the future generation paul worked with different directors like iv sasi bharathan mohan joshiy and pg viswambharan who handled the art of filmmaking in different ways but as a writer he was comfortable with all of them said chullikkad adding that many of his films that were not successful at the box office were better than his successful movies director mohan thomas mathew shibu chakravarthy fr jacob palakkappalli congress leader k v thomas and others were present at the function meanwhile cultural minister saji cherian said at another function in the city that the government will bear the cost of the treatment of john paul the government has already granted rs 2 lakh as financial aid for his treatment we have asked his family to give details of additional expenses of the treatment and the government will bear that amount also said the cultural affairs minister