The prominent Malayalam
actor O.Madhavan passed
away on Friday morning
in a private hospital
in Cochin. He was
82. At present he
is accompanied by
his wife Vijayakumari,
two daughters, and
his only son Mukesh,
who is also an actor.
Hailing from Kollam,
Madhavan has acted
more than 8000 plays
conducted by Kerala
People’s Arts
Club (KPAC) and also
in several films.
In 1940’s he
was a Congress worker
and he entered the
film industry in 1950’s
and turned out to
be successful. Also,
he was a key factor
in the formation of
KPAC and he continued
to be the secretary
for long time. He
won the state award
for the best actor
in the year in the
year 2000, for the
movie 'Sayanam'.
His funeral will take
place in Kollam, his
native place. Let
us pray God for his
soul to rest peacefully!
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