Film fraternity bids adieu to Sukumari Amma

CHENNAI: The body of actress Sukumari, who died yesterday, was consigned to flames with full state honours at the crematorium in Basant Nagar. Many film personalities from Kerala paid homage to the Amma of Malayalam cinema. Minister K B Ganesh Kumar representing Kerala paid homage to the actress.

The body of the actress was brought to her residence in T Nagar after conducting postmortem at the Royapetta Hospital. The actress died at the Chennai Global Mission Hospital yesterday evening while she was undergoing treatment for burns.
Many from different walks of life thronged at her residence to have a glimpse of the actress.

Lyricist Sreekumaran Thampy, directors Sethumadhavan and Hariharan, actors Mammootty, Dilip, Krishna, Dileep, Manoj  K Jayan, Anoop Menon, producer Suresh Kumar, Lissy, Rekha, Menaka, Tamil actors Sharat Kumar, Khushboo and Manorama were present at her residence.