Veteran Malayalam Actress K.P.A.C. Lalitha Passes Away
Veteran actress Okay.P.A.C. Lalitha, who was ailing for some time, handed away at her home right here on Tuesday night time – three days earlier than her 74th birthday, mentioned business sources.
She was made Chairperson of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy in 2016 when Pinarayi Vijayan grew to become the Chief Minister.
It was on the age of 10 that she first acted in a play and later joined the Kerala Individuals’s Arts Membership (KPAC), a outstanding Leftist drama troupe.
There she was given the display title Lalitha and later when she began performing in movies, Okay.P.A.C. was added to her display title to distinguish it from one other actress often known as Lalitha.
In a profession spanning over 5 a long time, she had donned the greasepaint in over 550 movies.
Debuting in “Kootukudumbham”, directed by ace director Okay.S. Sethumadhavan, in 1969, she then had no motive to look again and was Lalithachechi to all.
A winner of two nationwide and 4 Kerala State Movie awards, she was virtually indispensable to legendary filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan in most of his movies.
Till final 12 months when her well being deteriorated, she was very energetic within the movie business.
Married to the enigmatic director Bharathan, who handed away in 1998, Lalitha was on the flat of her son, actor-director Siddarth, when she handed away.
She is survived by a daughter additionally.
Condolences have began pouring in and Vijayan, in his message, mentioned the Malayalam movie business has misplaced an actress who acted with many generations of actors, created her personal area, and made a mark that may at all times be etched within the minds of all.
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