#KALABHAVAN MANI DAUGHTER DRIVER#
He won special accolades from both national and state film award juries for his performance in the movie.Įlaborate arrangements have been made to enable the public to pay their last respects to Mani here and at Chalakkudy in Thrissur district where the cremation is to be held at 5 pm.Īlso read: Kamal Haasan condoles actor Kalabhavan Mani’s deathīorn on January 1, 1971, Mani was an autorickshaw driver when he started his career as a mimicry artiste at the famous Cochin Kalabhavan, a centre for learning performing arts, in Kochi two decades ago. Meanwhile, thousands of people thronged the Medical College Hospital here to pay their last respects to the popular actor, who shot to fame with his performance as a visually challenged person in “Vasantiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njanum”. Read: Kalabhavan Mani, famous Malayalam actor and singer dead He was put on ventilator support after his condition deteriorated last evening and died at 7.15 PM. Mani (45) was brought to the private hospital on Saturday evening in a serious condition. Police have registered a case of unnatural death and constituted a special investigation team to probe the mystery behind the death, police sources said. They had reported the matter to police yesterday itself. This film took him to even greater heights and won him the special jury award at the national and the state level in 2000.Read: Kalabhavan Mani death: Police register Malayalam actor death as unnatural Eventually, his star status grew to a level where he was often referred to as the "poor man's superstar".Ī naturally gifted artiste, Mani proved his mettle in the film "Vasantiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njanum" where he played the title role of a blind man. Mani started donning the greasepaint in 1993, but his stock rose hugely with the film "Sallapam" in 1996 and after that, through his characteristic laugh and dialogue delivery style, he never looked back. He was known for his dancing style besides his trademark ballad singing. Rising from being an autorickshaw driver, Mani in an acting career of close to a quarter century went on to act in over 200 films, including those in Tamil and Telugu. He was always proud of the way he made it to the top and was always seen mingling with everyone. On Monday morning, a team of police surgeons conducted the autopsy at the state-run Medical College Hospital here and samples of his internal organs have been sent for tests to identify the chemical substance.Īccording to media reports, police have taken statements from five of his friends with whom he was last seen at his outhouse.ĭespite Mani having a temperamental nature, he was a loved person at his home town Chalakudy as he never carried any airs about him. Soon after the police registered a case of unnatural death late Sunday night, they sealed his outhouse and on Monday morning, a team of forensic experts and police dog team conducted a probe at the place where Mani was last present. It was his favourite place to spend time with his friends. On Saturday, Mani was brought in a serious condition from his outhouse in his hometown Chalakudy near here. Mani, who loved his tipple, was reportedly suffering from liver-related illness and doctors had advised him to exercise caution. In this melee, the dress of Innocent was torn. People milled around to grab the opportunity to take one last look at Mani.
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Passions were running so high that Innocent, the Chalakudy Lok Sabha member and president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes, could not move in to pay his personal tributes to his partner of numerous films. and given the crowd that has gathered, the police are finding it tough to contain the mourners. The last rites will be conducted in Chalakudy at 5 p.m. Top political leaders from across parties also paid their last respects to Mani. Mani's friends and colleagues from the film industry started making a beeline on Monday morning to have one last glimpse of the hugely talented actor, who died unexpectedly. He was 45, and is survived by his wife and a daughter. Mani passed away on Sunday night at a private hospital at Kochi and soon after his death, speculations surfaced that this was not a natural death as the hospital authorities reported presence of a chemical in his body. Thousands of them waited for hours to get one last look at the actor, even as a special police team began a probe into what caused his death. THRISSUR: The shocking death of Kalabhavan Mani, often referred to as the "poor man's superstar", has left his fans in Thrissur shaken.
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