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Malayalam actor-filmmaker Salim Kumar, who started arsenic a mimicry artiste and went connected to triumph the National Award for Best Actor successful an inspiring career, wascremated astatine North Paravur, his hometown successful Ernakulam territory connected Sunday (June 7, 2026) with State honours.
The ceremonial of the 57-year-old actor, who died owed to cardiac arrest portion undergoing attraction astatine a backstage infirmary successful Kochi connected Saturday (June 6, 2026), was conducted connected the premises of Laughing Villa, his residence astatine Chittattukara, arsenic the State bid an affectional farewell to the performer who ne'er failed to trigger a laughing riot some connected and disconnected the screen. The ceremonial pyre was lit by Salim Kumar’s sons, Chanthu and Aromal, by 3.45 p.m. Religious rituals were avoided, respecting the privation Salim Kumar had expressed to his family.
Thousands of people, including his colleagues from the movie industry, governmental leaders and fans from crossed the State, paid their past respects to the histrion passim the time erstwhile his mortal remains were kept astatine North Paravur Municipal Town Hall from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for nationalist viewing and aboriginal astatine his house. District Collector G. Priyanka placed the wreath connected the mortal remains connected behalf of the State government.
Pays past respects
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan paid past respects to Salim Kumar astatine the municipality hallway and besides attended the funeral. He remembered Salim Kumar arsenic idiosyncratic with whom helium shared a “brotherly bond.” All India Congress Committee wide caput (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal, Deputy Speaker Shanimol Osman, Minister for Culture P.C. Vishnunadh, Ernakulam MP Hibi Eden, actor-turned MLA Ramesh Pisharody and shaper Anto Joseph were among those who attended the funeral, too Salim Kumar’s semipermanent friends from the movie industry.
Union Minister of State Suresh Gopi, MPs Benny Behanan and Kodikkunnil Suresh, erstwhile MLA K.N. Unnikrishnan, actors Jayaram, Navya Nair, Shweta Menon, Renji Panicker, Nadirshah, Harisree Ashokan, Dileep, Sunny Wayne, Chidambaram, Tiny Tom and Baburaj, filmmakers Kamal and Mahesh Narayanan and writer Benny P. Nayarambalam were among those who paid past respects to Salim Kumar.
Actors Mohanlal and Mammootty, who were retired of the State, took to societal media to condole the decease of their colleague. Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan, erstwhile Minister P. Rajeeve and Bharatiya Janata Party State president Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MLA ,were besides among those who condoled the decease of the actor.
