Filmmaker KS Sethumadhavan dies at 90 in Chennai
India Today
National award-winning filmmaker KS Sethumadhavan passed away on December 24. He was 90 years old.
Award-winning legendary filmmaker KS Sethumadhavan, who helmed a handful of iconic and path-breaking movies in Malayalam, died at his residence in Chennai, film industry sources said here on Friday, December 24. He was 90 and was not keeping well for some time due to age-related ailments, they said.
A multi-time recipient of the national and state awards, Sethumadhavan directed over 60 movies in five languages during his career spanning many decades since early 1960s. Besides Malayalam, he also directed movies in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. The evergreen movies like Odayil Ninnu, Anubhavangal Palichakal, Oppol, Aranazhikaneeram, Achanum Bappayum and so on, which are considered landmark films Malayalam, were the contributions of Sethumadhavan.
