Veteran Malayalam actress Meena Ganesh dies at 81

Meena Ganesh, veteran Malayalam film-cum-serial actress, is no more. She died on Thursday at a private hospital in Shornur in Palakkad district in Kerala where she had been undergoing treatment for the last five days, the Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA) said. She was 81. In a statement issued by the FEFKA general secretary B Unnikrishnan, he said that the late actress acted in over 200 films, 25 serials and several plays in her long acting career.

He said that she was undergoing



treatment at a private hospital following a stroke. She made her debut in 1976 in P A Backer's film Manimuzhakkam and her roles in movies like Nandanam, Meeshamadhavan and Karumadikuttan attracted audience attention, the FEFKA Directors Union said in a Facebook post.

She is the wife of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award winner and famous playwright and director N N Ganesh and her son is Manoj Ganesh, a well-known serial director and FMTV Directors Union member, the post, paying tributes to her, said.