Sukumari passes away…

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Initially I was reluctant to post this given how truly grim the story of her death was, but she is one of those essential faces and presences of Malayalam cinema, (and beyond) one of the most memorable and gifted voices of its golden age in the 80s, and she  has to be some kind of record holder for the sheer number of films she’s been in (some sources claim this number to be in the thousands, and I don’t really doubt this given the kind of production  schedules of some of those great working actors of the age) and she deserves a note and a moment of recognition  not just for this but because of how she, like Thilakan, like Murali, like Bharath Gopi, like Oduvil Unnikrishnan, was a defining artist of an unforgettable, important age.

In my search for an image, I came across the above gem, and thought it might be a nice bridge for those here  who might not otherwise pause.