Movie and theater artist Kainakary Thankaraj handed away on the age of 77. The actor breathed his final at his residence in Keralapuram on Sunday; the funeral was held on Monday.
Son of well-known theater artist Krishnankutti Bhagavathar, Thankaraj left his job at KSRTC and Coir Board to pursue his ardour for performing.
Thankaraj began performing in performs whereas he was nonetheless at school and shortly turned a preferred face within the beginner theater circuit together with Nedumudi Venu, Faasil and Alappey Ashraf. His first skilled play was Changanasserry Geetha. He has been a part of {many professional} theater collectives together with Kottayam National Theaters, Chalakkuddy Saradhi and KPAC. In 1995 he began his personal theater collective named Kainakary Theaters. He additionally fashioned a theater troupe named Ambalappuzha Aksharajwala together with late actor Thilakan.
He additionally appeared in quite a lot of movies, beginning with Acharam Ammini, Osharam Omana and Aana Pachan. In Aana Pachan, he performed the position of Prem Nazir’s father. He was a part of many subsequent era films together with Amen, Iyobinte Pusthakam, Iblis, Lucifer, Ishq, Varikuzhiyile Kolapathakam, Home, Mohankumar Fans and Ee Ma Yau. His position as Vavachan Mesthiri in Lijo Jose Pallisserry’s Ee Ma Yau was nicely obtained. Thankaraj and Jose Palliserry (Lijo’s father) labored collectively in a number of performs throughout their time in Chalakkudy Saradhy Theaters. Thankaraj was additionally a part of Lijo Jose Pallisserry’s upcoming film starring Mammoottty titled Nanpakal Nerath Mayakkam.
Many stars from the Malayalam movie trade together with Mammootty have paid tribute to Thankaraj following his demise.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
