Malayalam Filmmaker Sachy Passes Away at 48

The director had suffered a cardiac arrest.

Malayalam filmmaker KR Sachidanandan, also known as Sachy, passed away on Thursday, 17 June. He was hospitalized in Thrissur after he sustained a cardiac arrest on Tuesday. He was 48.

On Tuesday, the writer-director was brought to the hospital after having suffered a cardiac arrest which had cut off blood supply to his brain.

Malayalam film industry mourned the loss of the filmmaker after learning of his death. Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Nivin Pauly, Tovino Thomas and Dulquer Salman were among those who shared condolences on social media.

Shocked to hear the sudden demise of Sachy ettan. Indeed a big loss to Malayalam cinema. May his soul rest in peace! pic.twitter.com/sWy7Au3O6V

— Nivin Pauly (@NivinOfficial) June 18, 2020

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RIP Sachi etta ! Feels like we met just the other day while Varane Avashyamund and Ayyapanum Koshyiyum dubs were going on simultaneously at the same studio. Your innings as a director made you a force to reckon with. I was such a fan of your work. Each film better than the other. A huge huge loss to our industry. Condolences and prayers to all those who loved you and knew you. 💔

A post shared by Dulquer Salmaan (@dqsalmaan) on Jun 18, 2020 at 10:38am PDT

You ll be terribly missed Sachietta!!😞 pic.twitter.com/FY0722hz28

— Tovino Thomas (@ttovino) June 18, 2020

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പോയി.

A post shared by Prithviraj Sukumaran (@therealprithvi) on Jun 18, 2020 at 10:59am PDT

Sachy made his directorial debut with 2015 Malayalam film Anarkali. His latest release Ayyappanum Koshiyum, starred Prithviraj and Biju Menon and is getting remade in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu.