Malayalam actor Thilakan passes away

National award-winning Malayalam film actor Thilakan died in Thiruvananthapuram at 3.30 a.m. on Monday. He was 77. Reports say that Thilakan has been battling with multiple organ failure over the last one month and breathed his last at a private hospital.Thilakan, who played father to Nandamuri Balakrishna in blockbuster film Samarasimha Reddy, acted in around 200 films and had won the national award for the best actor in a supporting role. His body would be kept for public viewing at the Victoria Jubilee Memorial Town Hall in the city and would be cremated at the electric crematorium in the evening. Film world mourned the death of Thilakan on the social networking site, sharing their memories and grief.