Chennai: Legendary filmmaker K S Sethumadhavan died at his residence in Chennai today.
He was 90 and was not keeping well for some time due to age-related ailments, sources said. A multi-time recipient of the national and Kerala State awards, Sethumadhavan directed over 60 movies in five languages during his career spanning many decades since early 1960s.
Besides Malayalam, he directed movies in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. He made movies like Odayil Ninnu, Anubhavangal Palichakal, Oppol, Aranazhikaneeram Achanum Bappayum and so on. He was the one who introduced Kamal Haasan to Kerala cinema.