Mala Aravindan was best known for his work as a comedian and character artist in Malayalam films.
19 Facts About Mala Aravindan
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Mala Aravindan's father was an excise department employee, and his mother, a school music teacher.
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Mala Aravindan's father died when he was studying in seventh class.
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Mala Aravindan had his primary education from St Antony's High School, Mala, where his mother was a music teacher.
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Mala Aravindan joined for Pre-degree at Christ College, Irinjalakuda, but dropped out in between to concentrate on his career.
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Mala Aravindan joined stage plays and started playing Tabla as a background artist.
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Mala Aravindan has won Kerala State Nataka Academy's Best Actor award for his role in Sooryasoma's play Nidhi.
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Mala Aravindan received State Award in 1978 and 6 other state level awards for the stage play Rasna.
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Mala Aravindan started his film career with the movie Ente Kunju, but the film was never released.
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Mala Aravindan was the president of the AMMA, the association of Malayalam film artistes.
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Mala Aravindan was well known for his different acting techniques which included gestures, vocal variations and his unique laughing style.
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Mala Aravindan was a jovial person who could shoot jokes at any situation.
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In one interview, Mala Aravindan remembered once a random guy who came to him and asked him to tell some jokes.
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Mala Aravindan sang the popular song "Neeyarinjo Melemanathu" along with Mohanlal in the 1985 movie Kandu Kandarinju.
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Mala Aravindan was a great fan of actor Nagesh and his acting style was greatly influenced by Nagesh.
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Mala Aravindan is married to Geetha on 2 February 1971, after five years of dating.
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Mala Aravindan was admitted to Kovai Medical Centre Hospital in Coimbatore on 19 January 2015, following a massive heart attack and was shifted to the ICU on 24 January, where he was diagnosed with diffused block.
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Mala Aravindan died on 28 January 2015 at 6:30 AM, just five days short of his 44th wedding anniversary.
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Mala Aravindan is survived by his wife, children and grandchildren.