Cochin Haneefa died yesterday (2/2/10). He was one of my favourite actors. His death is a great lose to the Malayalam film industry.
He has acted in many Malayalam and Tamil films. He entered Malayalam film as a villain. Later he started to do comedy roles. He was one of the finest comedians of Malayalam films. He usually did characters who are very idiots and do funny things.
His notable comedy roles are in ‘Kireedam’, ‘Punjabi House’, ‘E Parakkum thalika’, ‘Meesha Madhavan’ etc. In ‘Punjabi House’ he did the role of a foolish boat owner. To me it was his most funniest role. I liked that character very much.
He has also done villain roles in Tamil films. His most notable film was Kamal Hassan’s ‘Mahanadi’. In that film he did the role of a pimp. He has also directed films in Tamil. He also did a film 'Pasha Paravaikal' based on the script of Tamilnadu Chief Minister Karuna Nidhi. He was very close to Karuna Nidhi.
He has also directed many films in Malayalam. His most notable films are Valtsalyam, Veena meetiya viralukal etc.
His latest films were Boady guard and Vettaikaran in Tamil.
His death is a irreparable lose to the malayalam and tamil film viewers.
