Also an acclaimed folk singer, Mani was well accepted by Tamil and Telugu audience. In a career spanning close to a quarter century, Mani has acted in around 200 films and of late, was seen more often in Tamil films.īorn on January 1, 1971, Mani was an auto rickshaw driver when he started his career as a mimicry artiste at the Kalabhavan two decades ago.Įntering Malayalam film industry as a comedian, Mani later became an active artiste in South Indian films, including Tamil and Malayalam, especially essaying villain. However, police and Amrita Hospital authorities are tight-lipped about the exact cause of death. He was known to be close to the Left Front in Kerala, which is going for an election this May.Hibi Eden and Edavela Babu at the hospital to pay their last respects
The news comes amid reports that he was being considered for an Assembly ticket from his hometown Chalakkudy. He was born in Chalakudy, a suburban of Kochi. He is survived by his wife Nimmy, a veterinary physician and a daughter, Sree Lakshmy. he won the special jury award at the national and the state level for his portrayal of the blind protagonist in Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum, a 1999 blockbuster movie without much star power. In Tamil and Telugu, he essayed mainly villain roles. Mani was among the few who made it into the world of films from the mimicry industry which employed thousands of artistically minded young men. In his early youth he plied auto rikshaw, a three-wheeler taxi to eke out a living.īefore films, he made a name in the mimicry, then a fledgling art form in Kerala. Mani, who entered into Malayalam films in 90's, was under treatment for liver and kideney complications. The death occurred due to liver and kidney ailments, he said. The Hindu quoted Dr Sanjeev Singh, senior medical administrator at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi that the actor was admitted to the hospital on Saturday night with bleeding haematemesis (vomiting of blood).
He was 45. The death occurred around 7.15 p.m Kalabhavan Mani, the versatile Malayalam film actor, folksinger, who forayed into Industries across south India as a comedian, hero and villain passed away at a hospital in Kochi, according to reports.
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