Singer M S Naseem dies

Thiruvananthapuram: Singer

M S Naseem

, who was a popular presence on television and stage shows with his rendition of

old Malayalam classics

, died at a private hospital here on Wednesday. He was 67. He is survived by his wife Shahida and daughters Nadiya and Nazmi. He was

bedridden

for more than a decade after a

stroke

.

Naseem made his debut with the song ‘Nirayum Tharangale’ in the film ‘Ananthavrithandam’. He endeared himself to music lovers by reproducing gems of singers A M Raja and P B Sreenivasan on stage and mini screen.

He associated with journalist and music critic Ravi Menon for a documentary that tracked the life and music of playback singers who enthralled Malayalis for a long time. He was working on another documentary when he suffered a stroke. The mortal remains were buried at Pallipuram Pariyarathukara Muslim Jamaat mosque.