Sreenivasan

Over more than 225 films, Sreenivasan acted, wrote, directed and produced in Malayalam cinema. He was born on 2 May 1950 in Pattiam, a village near Kuthuparamba in Kannur district, and died on 20 December 2025. He studied economics at Pazhassi Raja N. S. S. College, Mattanur, and joined the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu in Chennai in 1977. P. A. Backer's Manimuzhakkam (1976) was his screen debut, Sanghaganam (1979) his first lead and Odaruthammava Aalariyam (1984) his first script. His screenplays found humour in everyday Kerala lives, often using satire on unemployment and inequality: Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam, Gandhinagar 2nd Street, Nadodikkattu, Varavelpu, Thalayana Manthram, Sandesam, Midhunam, Azhakiya Ravanan (1996), in which he also acted, Udayananu Tharam, Katha Parayumpol and Njan Prakashan (2018). Priyadarshan, Sathyan Anthikad and Kamal were frequent collaborators. He directed Vadakkunokkiyanthram (1989), winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film, and Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala (1998), which won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues. Sandesam and Mazhayethum Munpe earned him Kerala State awards for Best Screenplay; he also held a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards South. With Mukesh he co-produced Katha Parayumpol and Thattathin Marayathu under Lumiere Film Company. He acted in Thenmavin Kombathu (1994) and narrated Ordinary (2012).