Aranmula Ponnamma
KS Chithra
Bhagyalakshmi
M Sukumaran
CS Venkiteswaran
MP Sukumaran Nair
Sajin Raghavan
Nitin Upadhyaya
T Krishnanunni
Abhayadev
Jerry Amaldev
G Murali
Sabu Cyril
Rajakrishnan
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Gireesh Puthenchery
Kamaluddin Mohammed
Ilaiyaraaja
Sreenivasan
Mohanlal
T V Chandran
Santosh Sivan
Priyadarshan
K J Yesudas
Oduvil Unnikrishnan
1. Aranmula Ponnamma
With the death of Aranmula Ponnamma at the ripe old age of 96, Malayalam cinema literally lost a “mother figure”. For none else had ever enacted so many motherly roles in her film career as did Ponnamma, and it may also be a record for world cinema. In fact, she had enacted the roles of screen mother for artistes who were several years senior to her, including the famous Prem Nazir, with the star once commenting that he may have addressed her as mother so many times more than he would have done for his real mother. Tragically, in her real life, she could not perform her role of mother as she would have liked it, since her daughter and son had both met with very untimely deaths. As she had also lost her husban...
Date of Death:
21-02-2011
Age:
110
Gender:
Female
Date of Death:
21-02-2011
Age:
110
Gender:
Female
2. KS Chithra
Chithra is a worldwide known Indian soulful singer. Her original name is Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra. Born in July 1963, Chithra has grown into a versatile singer who can sing all variants. Though she is a born Malayali, she sang in more than 13 languages so far, and the number is still going on. She is fondly known as Chinna Kuyil and Keralathinte Vanambadi, which translates into English as Little Nightingale and Nightingale of Kerala. This is due to her exceptionally melodious singing which has never known any boundaries. She made the excellent contribution to the Music industry in languages like Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Sanskrit, Badaga, Tul...
Age:
60
Gender:
Female
Age:
60
Gender:
Female
3. Bhagyalakshmi
Bhagyalakshmi is a popular artiste who has worked in around 18 Malayalam films and has worked as a dubbing artiste in more than 2000 Malayalam Movies. Bhagyalakshmi is mostly known as a dubbing artiste who has mostly dubbed for another famous and noted Malayalam movie actress Shobhana. She is also known as Bhagyam. Bhagyalakshmi was born on November 1, 1962 to her parents Kumaran Nair and Bhargavi Amma who hails from Powaat Tharavadu Calicut and Kurupath Tharavad, Shoranur respectively in Kerala, India. She is the youngest of three siblings. She has an elder sister named Indira Nair and brother Unni Nair. Bhagyalakshmi completed her PUC degree (Pre-University Course) from Calicut before venturing into the glittering worl...
Age:
61
Gender:
Female
Age:
61
Gender:
Female
4. M Sukumaran
M Sukumaran is an Indian writer who worked for the Malayalam film industry. He is well-known for his novels and short stories. Some of his famous novels and short stories are Janithakam, Seshakriya, ChuvannaChihnangal, and Marichittillathavarude Smarakangal. He also wrote a biographical book Swadeshabhimani, Kelappan, and AbdurRahiman.
For his best story, he received various awards like Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1976 and Sahitya Academi Award in 2006. As a story and screenplay writer, he also contributed to many South Indian movies like Sanghaganam in 1979, Kazhakamin 1996, Margam in 2003, and Sheshakriya in 1982....
Date of Death:
16-03-2018
Gender:
Male
5. CS Venkiteswaran
CS Venkiteshwaran is an Indian writer who worked for the Malayalam film industry. He was born on 23rd May 1956 in Chalakudy, Thrissur, Kerala. CS is a multi-talented film critic, professor, documentary film-maker, writer, and occasional subtitler.
He won several awards like Kerala State Awards in 2011, Kerala State Television Awards for Best Malayalam Article on TV in 2011, Best Film Critic in 2009, National Film Awards in 2002, and many others. He also worked as a subtitler for more than 150 movies in his total span of 20 years....
Age:
67
Gender:
Male
Age:
67
Gender:
Male
6. MP Sukumaran Nair
MP Sukumaran Nair is an Indian director who worked for the Malayalam film industry. He is a multi-talented director, writer, and producer who worked in many south Indian films. Some of the famous movies in which he shared his contribution are Aparahnam, Kazhakam, Drishtantham, and Ramanam. Sukumaran also won Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival awards for his contribution to Aparahnam in 1991.
He was also a nominee for the Golden Crow Pheasant Award for his film Drishtantham at Kerala International Film Festival in 2006. He also worked as a second unit director in some of the movies....
7. Sajin Raghavan
Sajin Raghavan is an Indian film director who worked for the Malayalam film industry. He is a very hard-working and passionate director who worked in many South Indian movies. His one of the most famous film was Padmashree Bharath, Dr. Saroj Kumar. It was a comedy movie which hit the theatres on 13th January 2012.
Sajin Raghavan worked as the director of the film, and the lead cast includes Sreenivasan, Mamta Mohandas, Mukesh, Salim Kumar, and many others. Sajin is now working on more Malayalam movies, and his movies will be coming soon....
8. Nitin Upadhyaya
Nitin Upadhyaya is an Indian producer. He worked for the Hindi film industry. He completed his school from Mahanagar Boys Inter College, Lucknow in the state of Uttar Pradesh and completed his B.Tech in Information Technology from Uttar Pradesh Technical University in 2006. Nitin worked as an executive producer for the films Azhar, Ragini MMS 2, Kya Kool Hai Hum 3. He worked as a line producer for the movie Ek Villain, Welcome to New York, Badnaam, Thupparivaalan 2.
As a producer, Nitin is also a specialist in many other things like Development, Line Production, Producing and Executive Production. He is also well developed in graphics editing software like Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw. Nitin had worked in W...
9. T Krishnanunni
"T Krishnanunni is a 59-year-old Sound designer who was born on 12th of June 1960 at Ottapalam, Kerala. He was a Physics graduate from St. Joseph’s College, Kozhikode. He then joined the Film and Television Industry of India at Pune for a Sound engineering and sound designing course. He initially worked at Space Application Centre at Ahmedabad as a Sound recordist. He then joined the Chitranjali Studio at Trivandrum which was under the Kerala State Film Development Corporation for a period of 28 years.
He has done the sound design for films such as Kuttysrank, Bhoomiyute Avakasikal, Swapanam, Oralpokkam He has also directed several documentaries for the Archaeology Department of Kerala Government and has authored a boo...
Age:
63
Gender:
Male
Age:
63
Gender:
Male
10. Abhayadev
Abhayadev was born on 25th June 1913 in Pallam, Kerala. Known as the father of Malayalam music industry, many regard him as the torchbearer of the whole Malayalam music front. Abhayadev was one of the greatest musicians of all time. He was a poet and lyricist and it was him who gave the Malayalam music industry their own original touch.
Earlier in the times, most of the playback singing and music that was used in Malayalam film industry would generally be a carbon copy of Hindi and Telugu film industry. But it was Abhayadev who came in and took everything by storm, he introduced a new Malayali touch to the songs and hence birthed a whole new generation of artists.
Abahayadev was the son of Karimalil Pillai, a famous poet ...
Date of Death:
26-07-2000
Age:
110
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
26-07-2000
Age:
110
Gender:
Male
11. Jerry Amaldev
Jerry Amaldev’s real name is Jerome Thomas Veleeparambil. He is a music director in the Indian film industry who works majorly in the Malayalam films. He was born on 15 April 1939 and belongs to Cochin which is in Kerala, India. His father was V. C. Joseph and mother were Mary Joseph. He completed his schooling from St. Albert’s High School and the bachelor degree in Philosophy from Papal Athenaeum in Pune.
He got married to a woman named Jolly Jerry Amaldev who unfortunately died due to cancer in the year 2008. They had three daughters named Meera, Sangeeta, and Dahlia. He worked as an assistant with Naushad who is a famous music director. He took training in the field of North Indian Vocal Music fro...
Age:
85
Gender:
Male
Age:
85
Gender:
Male
12. G Murali
Born on July 1, 1977, in Krishnagiri region, Tamil Nadu, G Murali is an Indian Cinematographer in Tamil Film Industry. He started his profession as a painter. His folks wanted him to be an Engineer or a Doctor. Be that as it may, his qualities as a craftsman, an attribute he soaked up from his mom, an instructor, rapidly attracted him to cinematography. In the wake of working for almost five years, he finally decided to explore his choices in the film industry. At Kumbakonam, from the Government College of Fine Arts, he took a four-year certification in fine arts from 1998 to 2003. Later at the well known Pune Film Institute, under the guidance and direction of Balu Mahendra, he finished his post-graduate diploma in cinematography.
...
Age:
46
Gender:
Male
Age:
46
Gender:
Male
13. Sabu Cyril
Sabu Cyril was born on January 27th in Kerala’s Kozhikode district.
He is a production designer in the Indian movie industry. Earlier, production designers were called as art directors.
He resides in Tamil Nadu’s capital, Chennai.
He was brought up in Kerala itself. He did his schooling from the same place and then went to Chennai to do his graduation in the Government College of Fine Arts, which was earlier known as Government School of Arts and Crafts. He did his Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication from 1980 to 1985.
He worked part time as a graphic designer for names like Taj Hotels Group, Madura Coats and Welcome Hotels, in the period 1982 to 1988.
His caree...
Age:
62
Gender:
Male
Age:
62
Gender:
Male
14. Rajakrishnan
Medayil Radhakrishnan Rajakrishnan is an Indian audiographer, sound designer, and music director. He was born on May 25th, 1977 in Trivandrum, Kerela. His family has had many great musicians. His father, M.G. Radhakrishnan was a master of Carnatic Music and a renowned music director in the Malayalam film industry. His mother Padmaja Rakdhakrishnan is famous in the field of art and literature. His grandparents were also renowned singers of Carnatic music, and his uncle, M.G. Sreekumar is a Malayalam singer. He is married to Manju Radhakrishnan and has a daughter, Gowri Parvathy.
Radhakrishnan began learning classical music from a very early age under the guidance of his aunt Dr. K. Omanakutty while at the same time studying the mr...
Age:
46
Gender:
Male
Age:
46
Gender:
Male
15. 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
16. Gireesh Puthenchery
Gireesh Puthenchery is one of the most prolific lyricists of Malayalam cinema. Over the last two decades, he has penned about 2000 songs that had been just like a poetic flow out of his mind. He has won the Kerala State Award seven times, of which four were given to him for consecutive years (2001-04). Besides being a lyricist, he tried his hand even as a screenwriter.
He was successful in scripting story for four films of which ‘Pallavur Devanarayanan’ (1999), ‘Vadakkumnadhan ‘(2006), and ‘Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku’(2004) were the average success in the box-office. He was born on 1 May 1961, in Kozhikode. He has work...
Date of Death:
10-02-2010
Age:
63
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
10-02-2010
Age:
63
Gender:
Male
17. Kamaluddin Mohammed
Kamaluddin Mohammed was born on 28 November 1957. His birth place is Mathilakam. His mother name is Sulaikhabhi. His father name is K. M. Abdul Majeed. He is a film director and screenwriter. He mostly works in Malayalam cinema. He had done his education from Christ College in Irinjalakuda. He also did his study from Sree Kerala College in Thrissur. By writing the film, he started his career. His first movie named Thraasa. Padiyan directed Kamaluddin Mohammed first picture named Thraasa. He got married with Saburabi. He has two kids. Their names are Hanna Mohammed and Jenuse Mohammed. In 2015, Jenuse Mohammed played the role as a director. In 1986, Mizhineer Pookkal was his first film. More than 43 movies hav...
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
18. Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja is a renowned film composer, known around the world for his finest works. With more than 5000 songs, he is known to be one of the best composers India has yet to produce. Ilaiyaraaja is also widely acknowledged as a songwriter, conductor, singer, and instrumentalist. Ilaiyaraaja’s works stand out particularly due to his talent for fusing traditional Indian instrumentation with symphonic orchestration.
He was also the first Asian to organize a full symphony performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and became the first Indian to compose a complete symphony. He has won three for Best Music Direction and one for Best Background score. He h...
Age:
80
Gender:
Male
Age:
80
Gender:
Male
19. Sreenivasan
Actor Sreenivasan is a Malayalam actor who had ruled the regional cinema graph for over 25 years and has earned the credit of having acted in over 200 films so far. But he never attributes his success even once for the quantity of films that he had done so far. He is an actor who lacked star appeal always. Instead of relying on his looks, he concentrated more on his talent that helped him carve a niche in Mollywood. He could perform any character on screen whether it is a villain role or a comedy role which drew a parallel recognition when compared with the ranks of superstars.
His comedy role gave Malayalam cinema some of its finest films. Though...
Age:
68
Gender:
Male
Age:
68
Gender:
Male
20. Mohanlal
Mohan Lal is the Super Star of the Malayalam film industry. He is the Son in Law of a famous producer cum veteran actor Balaji. Mohan Lal is married to Suchithra, the elder daughter of Balaji. Mohan Lal was born in the year 1960 in Elanthoor in Kerala. He is very popular for his natural acting and simplicity. The first movie, he committed was Thiranottam, but the first to release was Manjil Virinja Pookal. This movie had Poornima Jayaram as his pair and that is the debut movie in Malayalam for her too. Rajavinte Makan was the movie that made him to reach super heights. Mohan Lal is not choosey in particular character; but he acts in all types of film that give him a good performance scope.
Age:
63
Gender:
Male
Age:
63
Gender:
Male
21. T V Chandran
T. V. Chandran is a Malayalam film director whose films belonged to art-house audiences in the large Indian cities or even to film buffs on the international circuit. Most of his films in which he had acted had only achieved fair amount of success at the box-office. Sometimes he appeared in other regional cinemas too which balanced elements of art and popular cinema together. It is for his love for art cinema in Malayalam film industry that helped the art cinema grow further.
In the year 1989, he directed a film &...
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
22. Santosh Sivan
Santosh Sivan (born 8 February 1964) is a film director, producer, and cinematographer, of the Indian cinema. Santosh is an FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) graduate and has so far has done 41 documentaries and 45 feature films. Not only is he a founding associate of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC), but also is the bigger of the highest number of Director of Photography (DOP) award in India. Sivan is the first ever Cinematographer in the Asia-Pacific area to achieve an American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) fellowship.
He has as many as five National Film Awards for cinematography to his name, four of which are for Best Feature Film Cinematogr...
Age:
60
Gender:
Male
23. Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan Soman Nair is a famous Director, Producer and screen writer. He is awarded the Padma Shri Award by the government in 2012. He has worked for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi cinema in his career since 1984. Although he began his career from Malayalam movies, he is recognized for his comedy films in Bollywood. He is an extremely versatile director and has films in almost every genre. Priyadarshan was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He graduated from University College in his home town with a M.A in Philosophy.
He was a book worm in his teenage days, and soon he started writing scripts and acts for Akashvani. His first big chance came as a...
Age:
67
Gender:
Male
Age:
67
Gender:
Male
24. 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
25. Oduvil Unnikrishnan
Oduvil Unnikrishnan was a classic, versatile actor in Malayalam Industry. Unnikrishnan was born in 1944 to Krishnan Menon and Parukutty Amma. His house name is Oduvil later from his house name he got his screen name as Oduvil Unnikrishnan. He had a great interest in music and took vocal training under Kalamandalam Vasudeva Paniker, he also played the instruments like Mridangam and Tabla. He joined in K.P.A.C as a tabla artist .He had a great interest in music and finally that made him sang so many songs and he composed music for an album Parasuram Express. He also did music for an unreleased movie Sarvam Saha directed by Ravi Gupta.
His first movie was Drashanam directed by P.N Menon. He ...
Date of Death:
27-05-2006
Age:
80
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
27-05-2006
Age:
80
Gender:
Male
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