Malayalam actor Anil Murali passes away at 56

Kochi: Actor Anil Murali, known for his villain roles in Malayalam movies, passed away at a private hospital here on Thursday due to liver-related ailments, film industry sources said.

He was 56 and is survived by his wife and two children.

Murali, who hails from Thiruvananthapuram, began his film acting career in 1993 with the movie “Kanyakumari Oru Kavitha” directed by Vinayan.

The Malayalam film world expressed shock over the death of Murali, who has acted in over 200 movies in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu.

Actors including Mohanlal, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Tovino Thomas, Nivin Pauly, and Aju Varghese took to social media to condole Murali”s death.

He acted in movies including ”Daivathinte Vikruthikal”, ”Nerariyan CBI”, ”Chanthupottu”, ”Classmates”, ”Pokkiri Raja”, ”Iyyobinte Pusthakam” and ”Forensic.”