The former Member of Parliament was below extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) help

Veteran Malayalam actor and former Member of Parliament Innocent handed away at a non-public hospital in Kochi on Sunday. He was 75.

The actor, a most cancers survivor was reportedly not retaining effectively for a while and was admitted to the hospital on March 3 with respiratory issues.

He handed away at 10.30pm on Sunday evening, the VPS Lakeshore Hospital in Kochi stated in a press release. He is survived by his spouse Alice, and a son, Sonnet.

The hospital stated that the non-functioning of many organs and a coronary heart assault led to the actor’s dying.

A couple of years in the past, the thespian had been recognized with most cancers however in 2015 he introduced that he was lastly freed from the illness. He had written about his battle with most cancers in his ebook ‘Laughter within the Cancer Ward’.

The actor, who was final seen in Prithviraj Sukumaran’s 2022 movie ‘Kaduva’, has performed over 700 movies in Malayalam in a profession that spanned over 5 many years. He had additionally served as president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) for 12 consecutive years.

Considered probably the greatest comedians in Malayalam cinema, Innocent additionally appeared in villainous roles. With his distinctive voice and mannerisms, he had endeared himself to numerous cinema lovers in addition to a toast of mimicry artists.

A former MP from the Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency Innocent represented CPI(M).

In 1979, he was elected because the municipal councillor of Irinjalakkuda municipality.

He received the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency as an unbiased candidate supported by the Left Democratic Front (LDF). Innocent served because the president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA), a guild of Malayalam artists from 2003 to 2018. He has written books primarily based on his recollections and columns in magazines and newspapers.

Born in Inrinjalakuda in 1948, Innocent entered the movie trade in 1972 with the film ‘Nrityashala’ starring Prem Nazir and Jayabharathi.

He performed comedy roles in ‘Ramji Rao Speaking’, ‘Mannar Mathai Speaking’, ‘Kilukkam’, ‘Godfather’, ‘Vietnam Colony’, ‘Nadodikattu’, ‘Manichitrathazhu’ and ‘Kalyanaraman’ amongst others.

Innocent has additionally excelled in character and villain roles reminiscent of ‘Keli’, ‘Kathodu Kathoram’. Other movies included ‘Kabooliwaala’, ‘Gajakesariyogam’, ‘Mithunam’, ‘Mazhavilkavadi’, ‘Manassinakkare’, ‘Thuruppugulan’, ‘Rasathanthram’, ‘Naran’ and ‘Mahasamudram’.

His effort, together with that of the superstars who starred in these movies, performed an necessary position of their success. 2020 is the one 12 months he did not seem in any movies as a result of Cancer remedy since 1980.