Malayalam
actress
Shantha
Devi
(Santha
Devi)
died
at
a
private
hospital
in
Kozhikode
on
last
Saturday,
20th
November.
The
veteran
actress
was
85.
She
had
been
ailing
from
unknown
decease
for
long
time
and
was
undergoing
treatment
at
a
private
hospital
in
Kozhikode,
where
she
breathed
her
last.
The
mortal
remains
of
Shantha
Devi
were
cremated
with
full
state
honours
at
Mavoor
in
Kozhikode
at
2
pm
on
Nov
21.
Before
this,
her
body
was
kept
at
the
Kozhikode
Town
Hall
for
the
public
to
pay
homage.
the
Union
Minister
of
State
for
Railways,
E
Ahamed
and
the
Kerala
Industries
Minister
Elamaram
Kareem
were
among
those
who
paid
their
last
respects.
Santha
Devi
was
born
in
Kozhikode
in
1927.
She
got
married
at
the
age
of
18,
but
the
relationship
did
not
last
long.
Later,
she
got
married
to
playback
singer
Kozhikode
Abdul
Kader.
She
had
two
kids
from
her
second
marriage,
Suresh
Babu
and
the
late
Sathyajith.
Kozhikode
Shantha
started
her
career
as
a
theatre
artiste
with
the
drama
Smarakam
in
1954
and
later
she
acted
in
total
of
1000
plays.
She
made
her
debut
in
Malayalam
films
through
Minnaminungu
in
1957.
Her
last
movie
was
Kerala
Cafe
in
2009
and
she
got
rave
reviews
from
the
critics
for
her
performance
in
it.
She
had
acted
in
over
480
movies.
Moodupadam,
Kuttikkuppayam,
Kunjalimaraykkar,
Iruttinte
Athmavu,
Sthalathe
pradhana
payyans,
Manasi,
Minnukettu
and
Adwaitham
are
some
of
her
best
known
movies.
The
Malayalam
actress
had
won
several
National
and
state
recognition.
She
bagged
the
Best
Supporting
Actress
National
award
for
her
performance
in
Yamanam
in
1992.
She
won
the
Kerala
Film
Critics
Association
Award
in
1979
and
Kerala
State
Award
for
Best
Actress
in
State
plays
in
1983.
She
was
awarded
Premji
award.
Shantha
was
also
honoured
with
the
Lifetime
Achievement
award
from
Kerala
Sangeetha
Nataka
Akademi
in
2005.
Now,
the
death
of
such
an
experienced
and
talented
actress
has
created
an
irreplaceable
loss
to
the
Malayalam
as
well
as
Indian
Cinema.
Oneindia
pays
glowing
tribute
to
the
departed
soul
of
legendary
actress
Shantha
Devi.
May
her
soul
rest
in
peace.