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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.
He will be cremated at his native place in Mala. He leaves behind his wife Gettah 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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