Sufiyum
Sujatayum
director
Naranipuzha
Shanavas
passed
away
on
Tuesday,
December
23,
after
suffering
a
cardiogenic
shock.
He
was
37.
The
young
director
had
been
admitted
to
Coimbatore's
KG
Hospital
after
his
health
condition
deteriorated
while
he
was
shooting
for
his
upcoming
film
titled
Attapadi
in
Kerala's
Palakkad
district.
His
health
reportedly
worsened
and
therefore
he
was
put
on
ventilator
support.
After
suffering
the
shock,
doctors
had
confirmed
that
he
was
critical
and
therefore
needed
to
be
in
the
intensive
care
unit
(ICU)
for
the
next
few
hours
and
was
shifted
to
the
Aster
Medcity
in
Kochi.
There
were
reports
that
he
was
brain
dead
and
he
breathed
his
last
in
Kochi.
Actor-producer
Vijay
Babu
shared
the
news
of
Shanavas'
demise
on
Facebook.
He
wrote:
"ഒരു
ആയുഷ്ക്കാലത്തേക്കുള്ള
ഓർമകളും
എന്നോട്
പറഞ്ഞ
കുറേ
കഥകളും
ബാക്കി
വെച്ച്
അവൻ
പോയി....
നമ്മുടെ
സൂഫി..
We
tried
our
best
for
u
shaanu
...
love
u
lots."
Talking
about
Shanavas'
work,
his
second
project
Sufiyum
Sujatayum
starring
Jayasurya,
Aditi
Rao
Hydari
and
Dev
Mohan
released
on
July
3,
2020,
amid
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
The
romantic
drama
bankrolled
by
Vijay
Babu
under
his
production
banner
Friday
Film
House
became
the
first
Malayalam
film
to
release
on
an
over-the-top
(OTT)
platform
post
the
COVID-19
lockdown.
The
film's
story
about
inter-religious
love
was
highly
appreciated
upon
its
release
on
Amazon
Prime
Video.
Notably,
Shanavas
had
made
his
directorial
debut
with
the
2015
film
Karie.
The
highly
acclaimed
film
was
based
on
caste
discrimination.
Shanavas,
who
hailed
from
the
Malappuram
district
in
Kerala,
started
his
career
as
an
editor
and
short
film
director
before
foraying
into
screenwriting
and
directing
feature
films.