Film director Sunil Babu passed away. He died at Amrita Hospital, Ernakulam on Thursday night due to a heart attack. He has worked as an art director in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Bollywood films. Pathanamthitta is a native of Mallapally.
Sabu joined the film industry as Cyril’s assistant. Notable movies in Malayalam are ‘Ananthabhadram’, ‘Urumi’, ‘Chhota Mumbai’, ‘Ami’, ‘Premam’, ‘Notebook’, ‘Kayamkulam Kochunni’, ‘Pazassiraja’, ‘Bangalore Days’ etc. The art direction in Anantabhadra won the State Film Award for Best Art Director. In Bollywood, ‘MS He worked in films like ‘Dhoni’, ‘Gajini’, ‘Lakshya’ and ‘Special Chowbies’.
He was admitted to hospital three days ago because of a small swelling on his leg. The last time he worked was in the Tamil film ‘Warisi’ starring Vijay. The film is about to be released. Mallappalli Kunnanthanam was the son of Ramamangalam Thankappan Nair and Saraswathyamma. Body at Amrita Hospital Mortuary.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS: Production Designer Sunil Babu dies of heart attack
