Malayalam-Tamil  actor and Chairman of the Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka
Academy Murali passed away  in PRS  hospital at Thirunvananthapuram on
Thursday. He was hospitalised three days back since he was suffering
from pneumonia. He was an acute  diabetic patient.  On Thursday  by
8.10 p.m he died  after a  heart attack.  He is survived by his  wife
Shylaja and daughter Karthika.  His body will be cremated at  4 p.m
today (Friday)  with  state honours in his property at Aruvikara, a
village close to Thiruvananthapuram. Several people including culture
minister M.A Baby and his wife,  other ministers and prominent people
from film industry reached the hospital to pay homage. Later by 9.35
p.m the body was shifted to his house 'Karthika' at Pandits colony
near Kowdiar. Friday early morning  his body will be shifted to his
native place Kudavattoor near  Kollam to pay homage for public. In the
afternoon it will  be kept in senate hall at Thiruvananthapuram for
the people to pay homage.

Murali was born in 1954. He was the son of  P. Krishna Pillai and
Devaki Amma.  He acquired his earlier education in Kudavattoor L. P
school and from his childhood days itself   he started acting in
drama. His higher education was  in Trikannamangalam S.K.V school.
During the period of his college education he was an SFI activist.
After passing out his LLB exam from the Law Academy in
Thiruvananthapuram  he joined Government Health Department as L.D
clerk and later joined Kerala university as U.D clerk.
Murali left his job in the Kerala University to join cinema. He was
also active in theatre and had been an integral part of the
experiments conducted by Kaavaalam Narayana Panicker, Narendra Prasad
and his compatriots. He started 'Natya Griham', a drama school at
Thiruvananthapuram  with the help of his friends. He won the national
award for his performance in `Neythukaaran' directed by Priyanandanan
in 2002 and State awards in 1990, '92, '96 and '99.  His debut film
was  Bharat Gopi's  'Njaattadi', which was not  released. Although he
acted in Aravindan's 'Chidambaram' and Lenin Rajendran's 'Meena
Masathile Sooryan' his first film to be released was 'Panchagni' of
Hariharan.

Later he acted in 'Amaram' of Bharathan. The film  'Aadharam' which
gave him a hero image and brought the state award for best actor.
'Chamayam' , 'Magrib' , 'Saakshyam', Kanakinav, Bharatham,  His
Highness Abdulla, Kamaldhalam, Dhanam, Aayiram Naavulla Ananthan,
Aakasa Dhooth, Venkalam, Chakoram,  Valayam, Pulijanmam, Vinodayatra,
CID Moosa,  The King, Janam, Lal Salaam and several other films proved
his ability in histrionics.   `Dum Dum Dum', `Maja', etc were his
Tamil films. His last work in Tamil is `Aadhavan', produced by
Karunanidhi's son Stalin.  In 1999 he contested in Alapuzha Parliament
constituency for the Left Democratic Front  against  V.M.  Sudheeran.
But Sudheeran was the winner.

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Actor and Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy Chairman Murali passed away
today at 8.20pm at P.R.S Hospital at Thiruvananthapuram. He was
returned from London after a tour three days back.

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Actor and Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy Chairman Murali has been
admitted in P.R.S Hospital at Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday after
being diagnosed with serious respiratory problems. He was kept on
ventilator as his condition being continued serious. He was returned
from London after a tour two days back.

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Name of the film : Pulijanmam
Main Cast: Murali, Vineeth Kumar, Salim Kumar, Samvritha Sunil, Sindhu Menon
Music : Kaithapram Viswanathan
Producer : M.G.Vijayan
Director : Priyanandanan

`Pulijanmam' won the best feature film award at the 54th National Film Awards 2006. Pulijanmam, directed by Priyanandanan, is the portrait of contemporary society. The best feature film award carries a cash prize of Rs 250,000.The award presented national film awards function at the Vigyan Bhavan by President Prathibha Patil.

Labels: Murali, Salim-Kumar, Samvritha-Sunil, Vineeth-Kumar

Film: Ekantham
Main Cast: Thilakan, Murali, Manoj K Jayan, Meera Vasudev, Indrajith, Salim Kumar, Subair, Ibrahim, Bindu Panicker and others
Music: Kaithapram Viswanathan
Camera: M.J.Radhakrishnan
Direction: Madhu Kaithapram
EKANTHAM bagged Indira Gandhi award for the Best first film director. Director is Madhu Kaithapram. He received the award from President Pratibha Patil at the Vigyan Bhavan on 2nd of this month.

Labels: Indrajith, Manoj-K-Jayan, Meera-Vasudev, Murali, Salim-Kumar, Thilakan

Banner: Channel Entertainments
Film: AYUDHAM [Weapon]
Main Cast: Suresh Gopi, Karthika, Bharathi, Bala, Biju Menon, Jagathy Sreekumar, Jagadeesh, Suraj Venjaramood, Nishanth Sagar, Asokan, Thilakan, Murali, Rajeevan, Suman, Rajan P.Dev, Shammi Thilakan, Bidu Panicker, Shobha Mohan, Lena, Jyothirmayi and others
Camera: Sajiv Sarkar
Music: Alfonse Joseph and Bijibal
Director : MA Nishad
Shoot in Progress

Labels: Jagathy-Sreekumar, Murali, Suresh-Gopi, Thilakan

Name of the film: Swarnam
Main cast : Kalabhavan Mani, Sheela, Murali, Jagathy Sreekumar, Harishree Ashokan, KPAC Lalitha and others
Music : Mohan Sitara
Producers : Soman Pallad
Director : Venugopal

Labels: Harishree-Ashokan, Jagathy-Sreekumar, Kalabhavan-Mani, KPAC-Lalitha, Murali, Sheela

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