Veteran Malayalam actor Kochu Preman passes away
Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam film actor and theatre artiste K S Premkumar, popularly called Kochu Preman, passed away at a private hospital here on Saturday. He was 68.
The actor had been admitted to hospital for treatment for a lung disease.
He is survived by his wife Girija Preman, who is also an actor and son Harikrishnan.
Born on June 1, 1955 in Thiruvananthapuram, the veteran actor completed his primary education at a government school in Peyad, after which, he joined the Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram.
Following success in theatre, Preman moved to cinema, with ‘Ezhu Nirangal’ of 1979 being his first movie. The 1996 movie ‘Dilliwala Rajakumaran’ was one of his most successful ventures as actor. Preman acted in more than 250 films.
He is most remembered for his comic portrayal of characters in movies like ‘Thilakkam’, ‘Kalyanaraman’, ‘Thenkasipattanam’ and ‘Pattabhishekam’. His last movie, ‘Oru Pappadavada Premam’ was in released in 2021.
In addition, Preman starred in several Malayalam television serials and also worked in theatre troupes like Kalidasa Kalakendram, Kerala Theaters, and Sanghachethana.
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Bodies of two missing kids found inside car in Mumbai; police suspect death due to suffocation
Mumbai, Apr 25: Two children missing for hours were found dead inside a parked car at Anotp Hill in central Mumbai, with the police suspecting that the kids lost their lives due to suffocation, an official said on Thursday.
The car was locked from inside and it appears that the children could not unlock it, the official said.
Muskan Mohabbat Shaikh (5) and Sajid Mohammed Shaikh (7) were playing outside their homes, where the car was parked, on Wednesday afternoon.
When the children did not return home till evening, their parents started a search for them. Subsequently, they also lodged a missing complaint at the Antop Hill police station, the official said.
A few hours later, an onlooker found the children lying unconscious inside the car. The vehicle doors were opened and the kids were rushed to the hospital but doctors declared them dead, the official said.
Prima facie, it seems the kids were suffocated to death as they were locked inside the car, the official said.
Police are examining footage of CCTV cameras installed in the area and probing all possible angles, he said, adding that an accidental death case has been registered for now.
