After the course in Adayar Film Institute, he took up script writing with Odarathu Ammava Aalarayam directed by Priyadarshan. Sreenivasan started his film career with a role in P A Backer's Manimuzhakkam. Latter with directors Sathyan Anthikkadu and Priyadarshan as both actor and script writer in creating several comedies, which became huge successes.
The two films directed by Sreenivasan, Vadakkunokki yantram (1989) and Chintavistayaya Shyamala (1998) established his position as a director. Even while adopting the format of popular films, these films goes much beyond the stereotype comedies seen before in Malayalam. These dark comedies reflected the ridiculous conditions of the Malayalee middle class. Sreenivasan won several State awards as actor, script writer and director.
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.