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The founder of the Kerala Cartoon Academy, Sukumar has penned over 50 books, including poetry, stories and novels.
Film and television writers walked off the job in May after failing to reach a deal with major studios, including Netflix, Walt Disney and Warner Bros Discovery.
Actor Mammootty, who was Omanakuttan’s student at Maharaja’s College, Fahadh Faasil, Jayasurya, Manoj K Jayan, writers N S Madhavan and Shibu Chakaravarthy were among the mourners.
He was undergoing treatment for cancer at the District Co-operative Hospital in Kozhikode.
Young MT would walk for miles in search of books. He would borrow money to buy books. And he idolized the writers. MT wanted to be like them. Excerpts from interview.
MT was awarded the Jnanpith Award for his overall contribution to literature in 1995 and in 2005, he was decorated with the country's third highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan.
The leaders of the union, officially referred to as the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), made the strike announcement on Thursday following the collapse of contract negotiations with studios.
Prominent figures across the literary, cultural, movie and political spectrum will participate in the programme.
Kundera was born in the Czech city of Brno but emigrated to France in 1975 after being ostracised for criticising the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Little known to the public at age 60, he would become one of the country's most honoured and successful writers despite rarely talking to the press.