1. Sumathi
Born on 19th of August, 1964 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, she is an actress who has acted in various Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films. She was nicknamed “Baby Sumathi” as she worked in a lot of films as a child actress. She has seven brothers and three sisters, all of whom were taken care of by their mother while her father managed several businesses.
She followed her elder brother, Master Prabhakar, into the film industry, as he was the first in the family to do so. To do so, both of them moved in with their aunt in the year 1966. She started out, as a child actress, by playing the role of the daughter of veteran actor Gopi in the late 60&...
Age:
59
Gender:
Female
Age:
59
Gender:
Female
2. Shobha
Shobha was a famous South Indian actress who worked in Malayalam and Tamil films. Her exceptional acting talents impressed many directors who had different ideas, making the out-of-the-box experimental type of movies. She understood what the directors wanted from a scene in a beautiful way. In several films, she had to present distressed characters, and she excelled at them even at a very young age.
She was the daughter of K. P. Menon and Prema Menon, one of the leading actresses of Malayalam film industry during the 1950s. She joined the industry in 1968, making her screen debut in Tamil Thriller film Thattungal Thirakkappadum at the age of six. She worked with eminent directors like Balachandra Menon, K.G.Georg...
Date of Death:
01-05-1980
Age:
61
Gender:
Female
Date of Death:
01-05-1980
Age:
61
Gender:
Female
3. 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 Vilay...
Age:
86
Gender:
Female
4. Santhakumari
Born in Kochi, in the state of Kerala, Santhakumari has been a predominant actress featuring in over 250 Malayalam movies and several Malayalam serials. Her career has spanned over 34 years, from 1976 to the present. Santhakumari was born as the eighth child out of ten, to parents Narayanan and Karthyayani, and completed her primary education from Thevara
C.C.P.L.M High School Ernakulam.
Her career span saw her receiving the prestigious Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for Chuvanna Vithukal in 1977, and also presented with a house, named “Snehaveedu” by the Malayalam Movie Artists Association in 2012. In 2011, she was also the recipient of the prestig...
Gender:
Female
Gender:
Female
5. K Raghavan
Born in Tellicherry, Kerala, India, K.Raghavan is a music director. He is famously known as Raghavan Master. Raghavan was born to a folk singer. K.Raghavan had been awarded the J.C. Daniel Award, which is considered the Kerala government’s highest honour for contributions to the Malayalam industry. Raghavan has composed more than 400 songs and had been active in the Malayalam industry for nearly four decades. Raghavan loved to play football too. Mr.Raghavan began his career by producing music in the movie NeelaKuyil in 1954. As it is said, true talent runs in the blood. He married Yashoda and had five children. K.Raghavan passed away on 19 October 2013, at the age of 99....
Date of Death:
19-10-2013
Age:
110
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
19-10-2013
Age:
110
Gender:
Male
6. Ashok Kumar Cinematographer
Ashok Kumar Aggarwal was a famous Indian Cinematographer and Director who worked for four decades in the industry and has produced movies in four different languages i.e. Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu. He earned numerous awards and worked in over 100 movies. Kumar's family comprised of his wife and four sons, two of them are cinematographers. He had given his whole-hearted contribution to the Indian Cinema for which many upcoming generations will be thankful. Ashok Kumar Aggarwal was born in Allahabad, India in 1941. He was the son of famous Hindi poet Kedarnath Aggarwal. He nursed his ambition regarding cinema and movies from the childhood itself. He did not have any filmy background. He had to convince his parents to follow h...
Date of Death:
22-10-2014
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
22-10-2014
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
7. Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Born into a family in Kerala, Adoor Gopalakrishnan started doing amateur plays at a young age. Later, he wrote and helmed few plays. His interest in this field was imbibed in him by his family. He had studied Economics, Political Science and Public Administration at Gandhigram Rural University in 1961. Then he studied screenwriting and filmmaking at the Pune Film Institute. His debut film was Swayamvaram, which became a milestone in the history of the Malayalam cinema. The film won four National Awards including Best Script, Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director. His third film Elippathayam fetched him the British Film Institute Award for Most Original and Imaginative Film in 1982. The International Film Critics Priz...
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
8. O. N. V. Kurup
Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup also known as O.N.V Kurup, was a famous Malayalam lyricist and amazing poet of Kerala in India. His father was O.N. Krishna Kurup and mother was K. Lakshmikutty Amma. He was born on 27 May 1931 in Chavara, Kollam, Kerala. His father died when Kurup was eight years old. He somehow tackled the situation and completed his graduation with a Bachelor's Degree from the SN College in Kollam. He had an interest in literature, so he shifted to Trivandrum and pursued Masters in Malayalam literature from The Travancore University, also called The Kerala University. After completing his Masters of Arts, he worked as a Professor at Maharajas College in Ernakulam, Arts and Scienc...
Date of Death:
13-02-2016
Age:
92
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
13-02-2016
Age:
92
Gender:
Male
9. S. P. Pillai
S P Pillai, an outstanding comedian of his era, was born on October 12th, 1912, in Ettumanoor, Kerala, India. His father Shankara Pillai was a police constable. As he had lost his parents at a very early age, he was not able to finish his schooling. But for his good luck, he got a chance to practice Ottan Thullal from a very known Kerala Kalamandalam. S P Pillai worked very hard and was a well-known artist in the theater before he entered films. He played many supporting roles in plays. He was selected for a side role in Appan Thamburan's "Bhootharayar". The movie didn't work much at the box office for his bad luck.
"Jnanambika"...
Date of Death:
12-06-1985
Age:
111
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
12-06-1985
Age:
111
Gender:
Male
10. 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 hu...
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
11. Shaji Karun
Shaji Neelakantan Karun was very famous Cinematographer and Film Director. He was born on 1st January 1952 in Kollam district (Kerala). In 1963, his family was moved to Thiruvananthapuram which is the capital of Kerala. Shaji Karun has completed his schooling from Palkkulangara Higher Secondary school and graduation from University College, Thiruvananthapuram. He wanted to make his career in film direction and Cinematography that’s why he joined Film and Television Institute of India in 1971 from where he has done his diploma in Cinematography. He made a film named Genesis (1974) that was directed by Rahul Dasgupta. During his diploma the movie was big hit and it got many award, from then his career was started properly. When he passed ou...
Age:
72
Gender:
Male
Age:
72
Gender:
Male
12. Bharath Gopi
Bharath Gopi was the evergreen pride of Malayalam media with his superlative performances which were well rewarded with four national awards, five state awards, six international awards and much more. He was neither handsome nor a grand master of dance and stunt moves or style. But he still carved out his niche in the industry with his unique acting skills and performance. He was born in 1937 at Trivandrum as the son of Velayudan Pillai and Parvathy Amma. He was very active in the film industry from 1972, until his death in 2008. His is survived by wife Jaya Lekshmi, Son Murali Gopi, and daughter Meenu Gopi. Murali Gopi is also an actor in Malayalam movies. Bharath Gopi has done many television shows and serials as wel...
Date of Death:
29-01-2008
Age:
86
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
29-01-2008
Age:
86
Gender:
Male
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