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Malayalam actor ‘Harmless’ Vareed Thekkethala, 75, a veteran of over 750 films in south Indian cinema and a famous comic, was rushed to a personal hospital within the south Indian metropolis of Kochi yesterday.
A most cancers survivor, the actor complained of uneasiness earlier than being taken to the hospital, in keeping with Indian media reviews. Medical doctors who had been attending to him mentioned the actor was responding to therapy.
Harmless is thought for a novel fashion and voice of comedy and a favorite amongst mimicry artistes. He performed memorable roles within the epic field workplace hits ‘Ramji Rao Talking’, which spawned remakes in Tamil and Hindi; ‘Manichitrathazhu’, ‘Sandesam’, ‘Vietnam Colony’, ‘Kilukkam’ and ‘Devaasuram’. In ‘Ramji Rao Talking’, his function as Mannar Mathai, the irritable theatre proprietor who will get bombarded with “incorrect calls” — a legacy of the pre-mobile telephone period — continues to encourage memes and holds its place in well-liked tradition to today.
Born in Irinjalakuda in 1948, Harmless made his appearing debut within the 1972 film ‘Nrithasala’, headlined by the yesteryear star Prem Nazir and Jayabharathi. He performed a minor function within the film and in a couple of extra films to come back earlier than his expertise was recognised by filmmakers.
In his heyday, he was a daily in tasks of the main administrators of Malayalam cinema, together with Sathyan Anthikkad, Fasil, Priyadarshan (who would later department off to Bollywood) and Kamal. He had acted alongside stars like Mammooty and Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi and Jayaram. Administrators, within the years to come back, would typically recount his knack for improvising the scenes narrated to him. He and the veteran comedienne KPAC Lalitha made successful pair and have starred collectively in lots of films. He ventured outdoors Malayalam cinema to play memorable roles within the Tamil film ‘Lesa Lesa’ — a remake of the Malayalam hit ‘Summer season in Bethlehem’ — and the Bollywood films ‘Doli Saja Ke Rakhna’ and ‘Malamaal Weekly’.
He appeared as himself in different memorable films like Prithviraj Sukumaran’s ‘Driving License’, which discovered a Bollywood remake in ‘Selfiee’.
He’s the recipient of many an award, together with three Kerala State Movie Awards and 7 Asianet Movie Awards. He’s married to Alice, and the couple have a son, Sonnet.
Harmless had an equally vibrant profession in politics. He gained elections to the Irinjalakuda Municipality in 1979. In 2009, he contested the 2014 elections to Lok Sabha, India’s Parliament, from Chalakudy constituency in Thrissur district. 5 years later, he misplaced to a candidate backed by the United Democratic Entrance.
The actor has authored 5 books: ‘Njan Harmless’ (I’m Harmless), ‘Most cancers Wardile Chiri’ (Laughter In The Most cancers Ward, a biography), Irinjalakudakku Chuttum (In And Round Irinjalakuda)), Mazha Kannadi (Mirror Of Rain, a group of brief tales) and Chirrikku Pinnil (Behind The Laughter).
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