He said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy himself had taken steps to ensure that a specialist team from Christian Medical College hospital, Vellore visits the actor at the hospital. Sreekumar was seriously injured when the car in which he was travelling to Kodagu in Karnataka for shooting a Malayalam film Idavapathy slammed a road divider at nearby Tenhippalam in Malappuram district on March 10 and had undergone various surgeries.

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He said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy himself had taken steps to ensure that a specialist team from Christian Medical College hospital, Vellore visits the actor at the hospital. Sreekumar was seriously injured when the car in which he was travelling to Kodagu in Karnataka for shooting a Malayalam film Idavapathy slammed a road divider at nearby Tenhippalam in Malappuram district on March 10 and had undergone various surgeries.

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But the girl's dreams were cut short when she was killed in Monday's plane crash in Nepal. Her mother Geeta, who was travelling with her, also died in the mishap.

The two were part of a group of Indians who had chartered the Agni Air flight for a pilgrimage to Muktinath in Nepal. Taruni's father Haresh Sachdeva and his friend Ajay Jain have gone to Nepal to bring the bodies back.

"The bodies are being shipped by Agni Air but we are paying the fare. We will reach Mumbai tomorrow," Jain said.

The vivacious Taruni, who became one of the most poplar faces on television-she was the Rasna girl-had won the hearts of her directors and fellow actors, right from Amitabh Bachchan, with whom she had shared screen space in both ads and a film, to Karishma Kapoor. It was in an ad film where director Vinayan first spotted her and chose her for his Malayalam horror film, Vellinakshtram , starring Prithviraj Sukumaran.

Vinayan said, "I saw her in an ad with Mr Amitabh Bachchan. I got her number from the agency and called her.

When her mother Geeta handed the phone to her, Taruni said, 'uncle, I want to act in films'. She was an extraordinary child, full of life.

She was always with me all through Vellinakshtram . It is shocking that she is no more.

" Vinayan is so fond of the child that he has even posted his photograph with her on a social networking site. After Vellinakshtram, Vinayan also cast Taruni in his next film, Sathyam, where she acted with Sukumaran again.

A couple of months ago, Taruni was in Kerala shooting for a commercial. Vinayan said, "From there, she called me up to tell me that she wanted to be in my film.

I told her that we will definitely meet to speak about it. She said, 'Thank you, uncle'.

And those were her last words to me." Taruni was probably the first 11-year-old to have played the Big B's girlfriend in a movie.

Abhishek Bachchan , who was an assistant director of Paa , only had words of praise for the girl, who would play around the sets and chat with everyone. "She was a brilliant kid.

She was not only a good actor but also a well-informed child who had knowledge about everything that was happening around the world," he said. Amitabh Bachchan tweeted: "Just reading that Tarini Sachdev the girl child artiste in Paa , has perished in Nepal plane crash.

Please God may this not be." Abhishek also posted on the micro blogging site: "SHOCKED and very saddened to hear about the Nepal plane crash.

Lost 1 of my cutest co-stars. Little Taruni Sachdev from Paa.

Speechless." Like the Bachchans, others known to Taruni and her family are yet to come to terms with the tragedy.

R Balki, who directed Paa and also shot many commercials with Taruni, did not have any words to describe his feelings. "I will not be able to talk," he said.

"She was a lovely vibrant child," is how Karishma describes Taruni; Karishma featured in the very popular Rasna ad , which made Taruni a household face. According to those in the film industry, Taruni was not only a good actor but also a very bright student and her mother always made sure that she never neglected her studies.

Line producer of Paa Anita Manchanda said, "Her mother was strict about her studies and would make her sit with her books on the sets, during shoot breaks." Manchanda fondly remembers how during breaks, Taruni would frolic around the sets and her mother would sometimes have to "rein in her make her sit down".

"But at the same time, she was a very diplomatic kid who knew how to handle both the young and the old. There were times when boys on the sets would try to trouble her but she tackled them so well that they ended up liking her.

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Police interrogated Anjaneyan when he came to visit Ananya and confirmed that Anjaneyan had married a girl from Kozhikode in 2008. The couple had filed a mutual divorce petition which is pending with the court.

Ananya got engaged to Anjaneyan on February 3, 2012 at her house at Perumbavoor near Ernakulam. Ananya made her debut in 2008 in the Malayalam film Positive .

She was noted for her film Shikkar alongside superstar Mohanlal. She was also seen in a supporting role in the 2010 Malayalam war film Kandahar, with Mohanlal and Amitabh Bachchan.

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Police interrogated Anjaneyan when he came to visit Ananya and confirmed that Anjaneyan had married a girl from Kozhikode in 2008. The couple had filed a mutual divorce petition which is pending with the court.

Ananya got engaged to Anjaneyan on February 3, 2012 at her house at Perumbavoor near Ernakulam. Ananya made her debut in 2008 in the Malayalam film Positive .

She was noted for her film Shikkar alongside superstar Mohanlal. She was also seen in a supporting role in the 2010 Malayalam war film Kandahar, with Mohanlal and Amitabh Bachchan.

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He had written the script for over 70 films, including some of blockbusters like Angadi, Eee Nadu, Avanazhi, Vartha and Adimagal Udamagal . He also teamed up with director Priyadarshan to produce many hit movies including Aryan, Advaitham, Abhimanyu, and Kala Pani .

Damodaran had also acted in few films. Mani Ratnam's first and only film in Malayalam Unaru was based on the script by Damodaran in 1985.

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He had written the script for over 70 films, including some of blockbusters like Angadi, Eee Nadu, Avanazhi, Vartha and Adimagal Udamagal . He also teamed up with director Priyadarshan to produce many hit movies including Aryan, Advaitham, Abhimanyu, and Kala Pani .

Damodaran had also acted in few films. Mani Ratnam's first and only film in Malayalam Unaru was based on the script by Damodaran in 1985.

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Prakash is survived by four sons and two daughters. The actor was admitted to the hospital on March 18 following multiple disorders and the end came this afternoon, hospital sources said.

The actor's last film was a brief appearance in Traffic released few months ago and Sibi Malayil's Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum . Beginning his career as a singer in 1953, Prakash debuted in cinema with Bhaktha Kuchela and went on to essay mainly negative roles in nearly 300 films.

He later made his presence felt in character roles also. The actor's death comes a day after the state government selected him for this year's prestigious J C Daniel award for his contributions to the Malayalam film industry.

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