1. Sharada
Noted South Indian actress Sharada, a three-time recipient of National Award, is a South Indian Actress. Initially, she has done many supporting roles in Telugu films, later on, she moved to Malayalam film industry and gained success there. She is also known as Urvashi Sharada because earlier the National Film Award for Best Actress was officially designated as Urvashi Award. Sharada was a skilled artist and to portray any scene which contained any kind of grievance or pain; she was chosen. There is also a fact that scenes were specially scripted to depict the pain to show her skills, and that was a one-way audience got attracted towards her. Personal Life: Sharada belongs to Andhra Pradesh, India. When she was born her name was 'Saraswati Devi' that was later changed. On 25th June 1945, Venkateswar...
Age:
78
Gender:
Female
Age:
78
Gender:
Female
2. S. Janaki
As popularly known, The Nightingale of South, S. Janaki was born as Sishtla Sreeramamurthy on 23rd April 1938 in Repalle, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Her childhood love for music turned out to be her talent, and she started performing at a tender age of three. Her voice is compared to Lata Mangeshkar, and Janaki has a large fan following because of her mesmerising voice that can connect your soul to any song. She learnt music from Sree Paidiswamy, who was a nadaswaram teacher. When Janaki was 20 years of age, her uncle Dr Chandrasekhar advised her to move to Chennai and join AVM studios. Her voice got recognition as a playback singer in Tamil films. Her debut as a playback singer was a Tamil flick, Vidhiyin Vilayattu (1957). She has sung over 40,000 songs in various languages.
Age:
86
Gender:
Female
3. Philomina
Philomina was a well-known Malayalam personality known for her dynamic roles in her movies. She was a veteran actress working for more than 35 years in the film line. She was born in Mullurkara village in Kerala. Her parents were Devassia and Mariam. She completed her primary education from the Valapad GVHS School. She used to sing church choir, but her father died when she was just 12 years old. After her father’s death, she started singing for dramas to earn a living. After that, she started singing in movies and also started acting in movies. She was married to Antony, a theater actor who died just when her son Joseph was three years old. She gained lots of experience by working in theater for more than five years before coming into the limelight. She made her debut in the movie Ku...
Date of Death:
02-01-2006
Gender:
Female
Date of Death:
02-01-2006
Gender:
Female
4. Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
Sreedharan Nair is an Indian Actor who works in the Malayalam Film Industry. He is popularly known as Kottarakkara. Sreedharan was born on the 11th of September in the year 1922. He is from Kottarakkara, Kerala. His father’s name is Padinjattinkara Korattiyode Narayana Pillai, and his mother’s name is Ummini Amma.
He had his schooling from Eswara Vilasam Higher Secondary School. He started working in dramas as an actor at the very young age of ten-years-old. Sreedharan married Vijayalakshmi Amma. Sreedharan and Vijayalakshmi had eight children together. Their names are Jaysree, Geetha, Laila, Shobha, Kala, Sai Kumar, Beena, and Shaila.
Sreedharan started his career as an actor in the Film Industry with the film “Prasanna” (1950). He acted in movies like “Avakashi” (1955), “Maria...
Date of Death:
19-10-1986
Age:
101
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
19-10-1986
Age:
101
Gender:
Male
5. PN Menon
Palissery Narayanankutty Menon, famously known as P.N. Menon, was an Indian film director and an Art Director, mainly in the Malayalam film industry. Besides, director Menon is also known for designing promotional posters.
He was born in Vadakkancherry, Kerala, in 1928. He completed his schooling at the School of Art in Chennai, Thrissur. Arriving in Chennai at the age of 20 with no job - life was challenging for him in the initial phase. He did not find a job in Chennai and thus traveled to Salem, where he worked as a production boy in a studio. However, he had to go back to Chennai after two and a half years as the studio he was working for shut down. In Chennai, he started doing sketches, painting, and designing magazine covers. He also got an opportunity to work for Nagi Reddy’s Magazine cover. Impressed by his talent...
Date of Death:
09-09-2008
Age:
98
Gender:
Male
6. K J Yesudas
Kattassery Joseph Yesudas shortly called as K J Yesudas is an exceptional Carnatic singer and playback singer in Indian Cinema. Born on Jan 10 in 1940, he is fondly called as Gana Gandharvan and Dasettan. He has set a record of recording more than 60,000 songs. He is born in a Roman Catholic family, in Kochi. His father was a great classical Malayalam musician. His first song was Jaathi Bhedam Matha Dwesham (music: M B Sreenivasan) recorded on 14 November 1961. This song is so close to Yesudas, that he signs it even today very often in any of the concerts. His journey started with this song. He got his first hit through a movie Bharya under the music direction of G. Devarajan. He made huge hit songs in Tamil and Telugu film industries as well. His first song in Tamil was in a film Bomm...
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
7. Sankaradi
A Malayalam actor and artist, Sankaradi originally named as Chandrasekhara Menon was one of the finest and realistic actors of the South Indian Cinema. He almost has 700 movies registered to his name and has been quite a popular figure from the 1960s to the 1980s. The posthumous actor had a very different life before his Bollywood career. He pottered in politics, theatre and journalism. He also became the card holder of the undivided Communist Party of the Congress post piecing together with the Indian National Congress.
Unfortunately, the split in 1964 compelled him to return his card and he linked up back with the theatre. During his higher studies, he also joined the trade union in Baroda. His passion for Literature made him quit his job and connects with a reput...
Date of Death:
09-10-2001
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
09-10-2001
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
8. P Bhaskaran
P Bhaskaran (full name Pulloottupadathu Bhaskaran)was an actor, poet, lyricist, and filmmaker from South India. He was born in Kodungallur, Thrissur district, Kingdom of Cochinon April 21, 1924, to a lawyer, freedom fighter, poet, and journalist Nandyelathu Padmanabha Menon, and house-wife Pulloottupadathu Ammalu Amma. However, Nandyelathu died when Pulloottupadathu was just ten years old. Within two years, he started writing poems. He went to Maharajas College. While studying there, literature and communism fascinated him. For six months, police kept him in prison for participating in the struggle of August. After releasing from their, Pulloottupadathu migrated to Kozhikode and started working at the Deshabhimani Weekly. Soon after, he commenced writing songs for local stage shows. Since they were communist, Travancore state had even ...
Date of Death:
25-02-2017
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
25-02-2017
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
9. M. T. Vasudevan Nair
M T Vasudevan Nair is a renowned writer and director. He is famous for Kadavu, Oru Vadakkan Veergatha, and several other movies. He has written about 54 screenplays for movies and did direction for about seven movies. He has been rewarded by several awards for his direction, screenplay and for his novels.
Nair was born on 9 August 1933, in a small village of Kudallur in Kerala. Vasudevan won his first award at the age of 20 when he wrote a short story in Malayalam for Best Short Story Writing Competition held by The New York Herald Tribune in 1953.
Nair penned down his first novel Naalukettu in 1958 and won the prestigious Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. Since then he has written about eight novels, eighteen short stories, three children literature, two plays, three essays and three travelogues. He is hon...
Age:
90
Gender:
Male
Age:
90
Gender:
Male
10. Bahadoor
Bahadoor is a legendary stage actor, who has predominantly been a part of the Malayalam film industry. He has made many prominent changes in the industry. He made sure comedians were given noteworthy and significant roles in movies. Bahadoor’s birth name is P. K. Kunjalu. He was born in a poverty-stricken family, in Thrissur, Kerala, in the year 1930. Bahadoor joined the Farook College, situated in Calicut, but unfortunately, he couldn't complete his studies because of the financial crisis.
After dropping out of college, he became a bus conductor, but still his heart yearned to be an Actor. The popular Malayalam Director Thikkurisi gave Kunjalo his break, by signing him for his movies. It was this director, who assigned Kunjalo the name Bahadoo...
Date of Death:
22-05-2000
Gender:
Male
11. G Devarajan
G. Devarajan was a successful and highly respected South Indian music director. His full name was Paravoor Govindan Devarajan and was also called Devarajan master. He was one of the most successful Malayalam music songsmiths. He was born in the year 1927, at Paravur near the Kollam district of Kerala. Later on, he graduated in music and performed his first classical gig at the young age of 18. Soon, he became inclined towards the famous Communist ideology and decided to join the movement. He went on to join KPAC and put his musical talent for a better purpose. He gained exposure for one of his drama song which was written by one of his friend's and was composed and crooned by Devarajan himself. In his entire career span, he went on to give music to a whopping number of 350 Malayalam flicks. He has also rendered melodies to Tamil an...
Date of Death:
14-03-2006
Age:
96
Gender:
Male
Skills:
Date of Death:
14-03-2006
Age:
96
Gender:
Male
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