Thilakan

Actor, Film actor

1935 – 2012

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Who was Thilakan?

Surendranatha Thilakan, known mononymously as Thilakan, was an Indian film and stage actor who had starred in over 200 Malayalam films .

Thilakan is regarded as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema, and popularly mentioned as the Perumthachan of Malayalam Cinema. He has won 3 National Film Awards and 9 Kerala State Film Awards. The Government of India awarded him with the Padma Shri in 2009 for his contributions towards the arts.

Thilakan died on 24 September 2012, following a cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram.

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Born
Jul 15, 1935
Ayroor
Also known as
  • Surendranatha Thilakan
  • Tilakan
Parents
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Indian people
Nationality
  • India
Profession
Lived in
  • Thiruvananthapuram
Died
Sep 24, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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