Malayalam
music
director
late
MG
Radhakrishnan's
wife
Padmaja
Radhakrishnan
passed
away
today
in
Thiruvananthapuram.
Also
a
lyricist
and
an
artist,
she
breathed
her
last
at
a
private
hospital
in
the
city.
Padmaja
suffered
a
cardiac
arrest
this
morning
at
1
am.
She
was
68.
As
per
reports,
she
was
admitted
to
the
hospital
due
to
breathlessness.
Also,
the
sister-in-law
of
celebrated
singer
MG
Sreekumar,
Padmaja
had
penned
lyrics
for
the
2013
film
Mr.
Bean
helmed
by
Reji
Paul.
The
film
featured
Pritam
Kagne
and
Bijukuttan
in
the
lead
roles.
She
has
also
penned
for
a
light
music
composed
by
her
late
husband.
As
an
artist,
she
has
been
part
of
art
exhibitions
conducted
at
various
places
in
the
state.
She
is
the
daughter
of
MP
Ammu
Kutty
Amma
And
TT
Neelakandhan
Nair.
Padmaja
is
survived
by
son
MR
Rajakrishnan,
who
lives
in
Chennai
and
daughter
Karthika,
who
lives
in
Dubai
respectively.