Jean-Luc Godard created his own path in making films: Adoor Gopalakrishnan | VIDEO

Jean-Luc Godard, who revolutionised popular cinema in 1960 with his debut feature “Breathless” and stood for years as one of the world's most vital and provocative directors has passed away. He was 91.

Godard defied convention over a long career that began in the 1950s as a film critic. He rewrote rules for camera, sound and narrative. His films propelled Jean-Paul Belmondo to stardom and his controversial modern nativity play “Hail Mary” grabbed headlines when Pope John Paul II denounced it in 1985.