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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RJD surprise element in J’khand polls, party candidates leading in 5 of 6 assembly seats
Ranchi(PTI): The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has emerged as a surprise element in the Jharkhand assembly elections with its candidates leading in five of the six seats where the party is contesting, according to trends available on the Election Commission's website on Saturday.
RJD candidates in five assembly seats were leading over sitting BJP legislators.
In 2019, RJD had secured only the Chatra seat where its nominee Satyanand Bhokta won.
In Deoghar, RJD’s Suresh Paswan was leading by 19,581 votes over his nearest rival and BJP's sitting MLA Narayan Das after the third round of counting.
RJD’s Sanjay Prasad Yadav was ahead by 19,867 votes in Godda over BJP MLA Amit Kumar Mandal after the sixth round of counting.
In Koderma, RJD nominee Subhash Prasad Yadav, who was out on bail, was leading by a margin of 3,471 votes over BJP’s sitting legislator Neera Yadav.
Subhas Prasad Yadav, considered to be one of the close aides of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court in a money laundering case.
Party’s Naresh Prasad Singh was leading by 5,159 votes after the fourth round of counting over BJP’s Bishrampur MLA Ramchandra Chandravanshi.
RJD's Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav was also leading from Hussainabad by 8,213 votes after the fourth round of counting over BJP MLA Kamlesh Kumar Singh.
Party’s candidate Rashmi Prakash, however, was trailing from Chatra by 3,776 votes.
Bhokta did not contest the elections this time, and his daughter-in-law Prakash was given a ticket.
