Chennai: Sukumari (pictured), one of the most colourful personalities in the Malayalam film industry for nearly six decades — and who was lovingly called Amma — passed away at a Chennai hospital last evening.
Director Priyadarshan said the funeral would take place in Chennai.
Sukumari, 74, suffered burn injuries last month while lighting the traditional lamp at a function in Chennai. While being treated, she had a heart attack yesterday afternoon and breathed her last, her family said.
Born in Nagercoil in Travancore in 1938, she was a cousin of the legendary Travancore sisters Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini (their mothers were sisters) and it was their influence that helped Sukumari into the tinsel world and in 1951 in the film Orarivu. Sukumari’s husband passed away when she was quite young. She is survived by her doctor son Suresh Bhimsingh. Agencies
