1. Paravoor memana Kanakku Chembakaraman Parameswaran Chandrashekara Menon, better known by his screen name Sankaradi, was an Indian actor.
13 Facts About Sankaradi
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Sankaradi was a veteran Malayalam comedian and character artist, who had over 700 Malayalam films to his credit.
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Sankaradi dominated the Malayalam film scene in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s as a comedian along with Adoor Bhasi and Bahadoor.
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Sankaradi had earlier joined the Indian National Congress, but later became a cardholder of the undivided Communist Party of India.
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Sankaradi joined the trade union movement at Baroda Railways while he was studying Marine engineering at Baroda.
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Sankaradi abandoned his studies to pursue a job as a journalist in The Literary Review a newspaper based in Mumbai.
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Sankaradi holds the record for featuring in over 300 films with Prem Nazir.
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Sankaradi was born to Memana Parameswara Pillai and Chankaradiyil Thoppil Parambil Janaki Amma in 1924 at Cherai, Kochi, India.
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Sankaradi had four siblings, Balan Menon, Sarojini, Lakshmikuty and Indira.
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Sankaradi remained a bachelor for a long time till he married Sharada in the late 1980s; the couple had no children.
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Sankaradi was known throughout his film career by his house name "Sankaradi".
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Sankaradi died at his home in Cherai at 10 PM on 8 October 2001, aged 77.
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Sankaradi was cremated with full state honours at the premises of his home the next day.