{"id":2206490,"date":"2025-12-20T08:53:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T08:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2206490"},"modified":"2025-12-20T08:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T08:53:14","slug":"sreenivasan-no-more-prithviraj-sukumaran-to-basil-joseph-mourn-the-loss-of-the-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sreenivasan-no-more-prithviraj-sukumaran-to-basil-joseph-mourn-the-loss-of-the-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Sreenivasan no more: Prithviraj Sukumaran to Basil Joseph mourn the loss of the legend |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-126089635,imgsize-25528,width-400,resizemode-4\/sreenivasan.jpg\" alt=\"Sreenivasan no more: Prithviraj Sukumaran to Basil Joseph mourn the loss of the legend\" title=\"&lt;p&gt;(Picture Courtesy: Facebook)&lt;\/p&gt;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"(Picture Courtesy: Facebook)\"><\/p>\n<p>(Picture Courtesy: Facebook)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Veteran Malayalam actor, writer, director, and producer Sreenivasan passed away on Saturday, December 20, at the age of 69. With his passing, Malayalam cinema has lost one of its most honest and fearless storytellers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Soon after the sad news broke, many Malayalam film celebrities took to social media to share their grief and love for the legend.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Prithviraj Sukumaran\u2019s tribute<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sreenivasan\" msid=\"126089572\" width=\"\" title=\"(Picture Courtesy: Facebook)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-23456,msid-126089572\/sreenivasan.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Picture Courtesy: Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Actor Prithviraj Sukumaran shared an emotional note on Instagram. He wrote, \u201cAdieu to one of the greatest ever writer director\/actor! Thank you for the laughs and the thoughts! Rest in peace legend!\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Prithviraj Sukumaran and Sreenivasan has acted together &#8216;Celluloid&#8217; which was released in the year 2013.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Basil Joseph remembers his childhood hero<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sreenivasan1\" msid=\"126089586\" width=\"\" title=\"(Picture Courtesy: Facebook)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-23456,msid-126089586\/sreenivasan1.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Picture Courtesy: Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Director and actor Basil Joseph also shared a heartfelt message. In his Instagram note, he wrote, \u201cSrini sir, thank you for all the laughter and warmth you gave us. You were a big part of our childhood and our happiest memories. You may be gone, but you will always live on through your work. Rest in peace, legend.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Tovino Thomas and Indrajith Sukumaran pay respect<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Actor Tovino Thomas shared a picture of Sreenivasan on Instagram with a broken heart emoji, letting his silence speak louder than words.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/> <\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sreenivasan3\" msid=\"126089599\" width=\"\" title=\"(Picture Courtesy: Facebook)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-23456,msid-126089599\/sreenivasan3.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Picture Courtesy: Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>Indrajith Sukumaran shared a long and emotional message. He wrote, \u201cAlways a part of my childhood core cinema memories! Was a pleasure sharing screenspace and talking your lines in cinema. Thank you for all the laughs and the entertainment. Will miss you Sreeni Etta.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>A director who touched hearts<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>As a director, Sreenivasan proved his brilliance with films like Vadakkunokkiyanthram and Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala. Both films won major awards and were praised for their strong emotions and social themes. Over the years, he received many Kerala State Film Awards and other big honours.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>His final on-screen appearances<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Sreenivasan was last seen in Dhyan Sreenivasan\u2019s &#8216;Aap Kaise Ho?. He also made a recent comeback with the comedy-drama Kurukkan.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source timesofindia.indiatimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) Veteran Malayalam actor, writer, director, and producer Sreenivasan passed away on Saturday, December 20, at the age of 69. With his passing, Malayalam cinema has lost one of its most honest and fearless storytellers.Soon after the sad news broke, many Malayalam film celebrities took to social media to share their grief and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2206491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[425850,425847,425848,425851,425846,425849],"class_list":["post-2206490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-basil-joseph-memories","tag-malayalam-cinema-legend","tag-prithviraj-sukumaran-tribute","tag-sreenivasan-biography","tag-sreenivasan-death-news","tag-sreenivasan-films"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sreenivasan-no-more-Prithviraj-Sukumaran-to-Basil-Joseph-mourn-the.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2206492,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206490\/revisions\/2206492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}