Malayalam screenwriter-actor Madampu Kunjukuttan dies of Covid-19

Malayalam screenwriter-actor Madampu Kunjukuttan handed away on Tuesday. He was 81. The acclaimed author was taken to a non-public hospital in Thrissur after he developed excessive fever. He was later identified with the coronavirus.
A local of Thrissur, Madampu Kunjukuttan was a multi-talented individual. He had studied Hasthyaayurvedam (therapy of elephants), taught Sanskrit at college and even labored as a priest at a temple. He additionally labored at Akashavani (All India Radio) and tv channels. He entered the movie business as a screenwriter with Ashwadhamavu within the yr 1979. In 2000, he bagged the celebrated National Award for greatest screenplay for Karunam, which was directed by Jayaraj. His movie, Parinamam had gained the award for the most effective screenplay on the Ashdod worldwide movie pageant in Israel in 2003. Some of his different famous works as a screenwriter embrace Makalkku, Gourisankaram, Saphalam and Deshadanam. Besides writing, he has additionally acted in a slew of flicks, together with Mohanlal’s Aaraam Thampuran, director Shyamaprasad’s Agnisakshi and Jayaraj’s Shantham.

RIP! 🙏🏼#MadambuKunjukuttan Sir. PS: Social media timelines are starting to appear to be obituary columns. Prayers for the departed and their households..and hope that occasions change for the higher quickly. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/As1z9oT44f
— Prithviraj Sukumaran (@PrithviOfficial) May 11, 2021
He is survived by his two daughters Jaseena Madampu and Haseena Madampu.

The Malayalam movie celebrities have condoled the demise of Madampu Kunjukuttan. Actor Prithviraj mentioned that his social media timeline has began to appear to be an obituary column. “RIP! Folded hands #MadambuKunjukuttan Sir. PS: Social media timelines are beginning to look like obituary columns. Prayers for the departed and their families..and hope that times change for the better soon (sic),” Prithviraj wrote on his Twitter web page.
Madampu Kunjukuttan comes at a time when the Malayalam movie business remains to be mourning the loss of life of iconic screenwriter-director Dennis Joseph. The filmmaker handed away final evening following a coronary heart assault.