Thalappalam: A 26-year-old youth died in a road accident at Kalaketty near Plassanal in Kottayam district on Wednesday night. The deceased, Karun Manohar, was an upcoming actor and assistant director in the Malayalam film industry.

He is the son of Plassanal Alappattu A K Manoharan Nair and Thankamma (Mali). He had worked as an assistant director for the films 'Panchavarnathatha' and 'Ganagandharvan'. He had also acted in 'Ganagandharvan' which was released last September.

ADVERTISEMENT

The accident happened as the bike he was riding rammed a culvert after he lost control of the vehicle around 10.30 pm. He suffered severe injury to the head. Though he was admitted to a private hospital in Pala, his life could not be saved.

Karun has two brothers: Arun Manohar (Mollywood costume designer) and Kiran Manohar (visual effects programmer).

ADVERTISEMENT

The funeral was held at 5 pm on Thursday on his house premises.

TAGS

The comments posted here/below/in the given space are not on behalf of Onmanorama. The person posting the comment will be in sole ownership of its responsibility. According to the central government's IT rules, obscene or offensive statement made against a person, religion, community or nation is a punishable offense, and legal action would be taken against people who indulge in such activities.