Harikumar rose to large heights with the 1994 Malayalam-language drama Sukrutham. The Mammootty-starrer gained two National Film Awards.
Popular Malayalam movie director Harikumar handed away at a non-public hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday night. He was 70. Ailing from cancer, he was underneath therapy for some time.
In a profession that started in 1981 when he directed his first movie Ambal Poovu, he rose to large heights with Sukrutham (1994), written by acclaimed writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair and starring Mammootty and others. This movie gained two National awards – for the Best Malayalam movie and music path.
Harikumar directed 16 movies with the final being Autorickshawkarente Bharya (2022) written by award-winning writer M.Mukundan. He was a member of the National Film Awards jury in 2005 and 2008.
Condolences poured in with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan describing his passing away as an enormous loss to the Malayalam movie business. Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan described Harikumar as one who by no means regarded into the business facet however all the time labored on the aesthetic facet of film-making and mentioned his movie Sukrutham is simply sufficient to show his high quality as a director.
The final rites will probably be held on Tuesday night, earlier than which his physique will probably be positioned earlier than the general public to pay their homage.
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