RIP Kalabhavan Mani: Actor passes away at 45

Kochi: Popular Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani passed away at a private hospital in Kochi on Sunday, said his family. He was 45. [caption id=“attachment_2659396” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Kalabhavan Mani. IBNLive[/caption] Unwell for a while, Mani was hospitalised for the past two days. In a career spanning close to a quarter century, Mani has acted in around 200 films and of late, was seen more often in Tamil films. Beginning his career as a mimicry artiste, he went on to play serious and even villain roles and was a popular singer too, especially of ballads. For his brilliant portrayal as a blind man in the film Vasantiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njanum, he won the special jury award at the national and the state level. IANS