Malayalam film director Naranipuzha Shanavas declared brain dead in Coimbatore hospital

COIMBATORE:

Malayalam film director

Naranipuzha Shanavas was declared

brain dead

in a

Coimbatore hospital

on Wednesday. The director suffered a massive heart attack while shooting for upcoming film “Gandhirajan,” at Attapadi in Palakkad district on Sunday.

KG Hospital officials said he was already critical when he was admitted. However, his family and crew decided to shift him to Amrita Institute of Medical Science in Kochi on Wednesday evening for a second opinion.

The 40-year-old film director was brought to KG Hospital on Sunday evening in a state of cardiogenic shock which stops the heart from pumping blood to the body. His kidney and brain functions were already affected.

“We put him on renal replacement therapy, a form of continuous dialysis after which his kidney began recovering, but his brain function did not recover at all. Doctors declared him brain dead on Wednesday morning,” said hospital spokesperson P Kantharaj.

His family and crew decided to shift him to Amrita Institute in Kochi for a second opinion and revival options if any. They left Coimbatore around 5.30pm. Police, who provided a green corridor, appealed to the public on the Coimbatore-Kochi route to cooperate, because the family wanted to transport him in one and a half hours. The journey usually takes four hours.

Shanavas made his debut with “Karie,” which was released in 2015. His second film “Sufiyum Sujatayum” was released on Amazon Prime this year.


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