COIMBATORE: Noted actor Mala Aravindan, best known for his work as a comedian and character artist in Malayalam films, died here Wednesday morning. He was 76. He died at 6.30 am this morning at the Kovai Medical Centre Hospital in Coimbatore where he was undergoing treatment for heart ailments.
His body was brought to Thrissur and kept at the Kerala Sahithya Akademi Hall for public viewing and at the St. Antony's High School, Mala. His mortal remains would be taken to Mala in Thrissur for cremation on Thursday.
He leaves behind his wife Geetha and children Muthu and Kala.
He was born in 1941 at Vadavucode in Ernakulam as the eldest son of Ayyappan, an excise department employee and Ponnamma, a school teacher.
Aravindan started his career as a tabla artist. He joined stage plays and started playing tabla as a background artist. When his mother got transferred, his family relocated to Mala and he started using the place name as a prefix to his name. Later, he moved into acting and started acting in professional stage plays of Kottayam National Theaters, Nadakashala, Suryasoma Theatres etc.
He has won Kerala State Nataka Academy's Best Actor award for his role in Sooryasoma's play Nidhi. Aravindan started his film career with the 1968 movie Sindhooram, directed by Balakrishnan. Since then he has acted in over 400 films and established his own style which became his trademark. During the initial stages of his career, the Mala-Pappu-Jagathy trio was a guaranteed crowd-puller among Malayalam film audiences.
The last film he acted was Punyalan Agarbathis in 2014. Mimics Parade, Kanmadam, Agnidevan, Aalorungi Arangorungi, Poochakkoru Mookkuthi, Vengalam, Uppukandam Brothers, Bhoothakannadi, Joker, Kandu Kandaranju, Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal, Madura Nombarakkattu, Vadhu Doctoranu, Meesha Madhavan, Mahayanam, Pattalam, Sethuramayyar CBI, Rasikan, Sandhesam etc.
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