Malayalam Film Director Diphan Passes Away

The popular Malayalam film director Diphan, who rose to fame with “Puthiya Mukham” starring Prithviraj, passed away on Monday. The 45 year old was admitted to a hospital because of kidney ailment and passed away due to the same, at a private hospital in Kochi.

The cremation ceremony will be at his hometown in Trivandrum on Tuesday. The director, son of Anandavalli, a senior dubbing artist, is survived by his wife and two sons Madhavan and Mahadevan.

After making an entry into the film industry as an assistant to director Shaji Kailas, he went on to assist Shaji in many super hit movies. In 2003, he made debut as an independent film maker. Though his first movie failed to make a mark he went ahead and made some of the biggest super hits of the decade. The late director's last venture, "Sathya" starring Jayaram is set to be released soon.