Malayalam filmmaker Saji Paravoor cremated
KOLLAM: Film director Saji Paravoor, 48, who died in a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram early on Tuesday, was cremated at Mulankadakom here.
Several personalities from the film industry, including Suresh Gopi, K. Madhu, Lenin Rajendran and Shaji Kailas, paid him their last respects at his house ‘Adheena’ at Ramankulangara here.
Two days ago, Saji Paravoor had reached his house from the location of the movie ‘School Bus’ directed by Roshan Andrews to attend the birthday celebrations of his only son. He suffered a stroke then and was taken to a private hospital in Kollam and then to Thiruvananthapuram. He breathed his last by 1.30 a.m. on Tuesday.
N.R. Sanjeev alias Saji Paravoor worked as an associate director in Malayalam films for several decades before directing the movie ‘Janakan’ starring Mohanlal and Suresh Gopi.