Sukumari, one of the most colorful personalities in the Malayalam film industry for nearly six decades - and who was lovingly called "Amma" - passed away at a Chennai hospital Tuesday evening. Sukumari, 73, suffered burn ...
Veteran Malayalam Actor Thilakan passes away following a cardiac arrest in the early hours on Monday ( 24 September 2012 )....
Actor and singer Joseph Rodriguez, fondly known as Saigal Joseph, 83, passed away on 23.06.2012. Joseph was a singer-actor in some major Tamil plays and over 300 films in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.He is survived by wife Treasa, daughter Gilda and son Antony. Hailing from Pambayimoola near Edakochi, he began his career as a singer in the Edakochi-Aroor ferry service. His life took a detour after meeting the late Augustine Joseph (father of singer K J Yesudas). After watching his performance in the boat, Augustine advised him to go to Chennai and pursue a career in singing and acting. Later, he managed to become a member of the Sree Sakthy drama troupe. Sivaji Ganesan, a member of the team, listened to Joseph’s song and prefixed ‘Saigal’ to his name. He soon became popular in the drama circles as Saigal Joseph. He was also part of Sivaji’s troupe, and performed on various stages in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore. His major Tamil films include ‘Raman Ethanai Ramanadi’, ‘Naan En Piranthen’ and ‘Nam Naadu’. He also launched Velankanni Musicals, a Chenna -based music troupe Saigal the man who has quenched the juice of music in all its sphere. He had to spend many years in small roles in the filmdom.
Malayalam Veteran actor Jose Prakash passes away. Jose Prakash, who has acted in nearly 300 movies as villain and in character roles, was recently honored with J C Daniel award, Kerala Government's highest film honor ...
Veteran actress and a well-known mother figure in Malayalam films for a long time, Aranmula Ponnamma , 96, died at a private hospital at Trivandrum on 21 February 2011 .
M. L. Varghese(1960 – 3 February 2011). Machan Varghese has acted in many of the Malayalam Movies and thus has a lead in the Comedy field.
Santha Devi, better known by her stage name Kozhikode Santha Devi, is an Indian Malayalam film and stage actress.
Malayalam cinema has lost Subair, a leading character actor, who has done umpteen ‘villain roles’. Subair (48) died of a massive heart attack around 8 pm on Wednesday (August 18) at a private hospital in Kochi...
M K Kamalam, who was the heroine of the first Malayalam talkie Balan, has died.
Famous comedian, Director and Screen Writer Cochin Haneefa (59) passed away at a private hospital in Chennai on Tuesday.
Renowned Malayalam actor of yesteryear Adoor Bhavani, 82, who played memorable roles in a number of films, including Chemmeen, Mudiyanaya Puthran and Thulabharam, passed away at her residence in Adoor on Sunday afternoon.
