Shanavas, son of actor Prem Nazir, tried his luck in the movie industry in 1980's. He started as a lead actor and his movie 'Premageethagal' was well noticed. Later he began to do supporting roles. He took a gap after his movie 'Neelagiri', but later had a come back. His villian role in the recently released 'Zachariyayude Garbinikal' was appreciated. Shanavas is married to Ayishabevi and they have two sons.
Innocent Vareed Thekkethala (1948-2023) , a veteran Malayalam actor, the scrupulous politician and the former MP of Loksabha as well. In his career extending more than five decades, he performed in more than 750 films and is concerned one of the iconic comedian in Malayala cinema as well as few Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and English films.
National Award-winning actor Nedumudi Venu died at the age of 73 at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. He had been in a critical condition for some time due to liver-related ailments.