Thiruvananthapuram: Ace comedian Jagathy Sreekumar Thursday filed a petition seeking Rs.10.50 crore compensation in the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal court here. The comedian was seriously injured in a road accident March 10 last year near Kozhikode in Kerala while travelling to a shooting location on the Kerala-Karnataka border.
For almost a year, he was under treatment at the Christian Medical College Hospital at Vellore in Tamil Nadu. He only returned home to Kerala last month.
The comedian has still to recover his speech. In a petition that he filed with the accident claims tribunal, he has arraigned the car driver, its owner and the insurance company as opposite parties.
In a career that began in the early 1970s, Jagathy donned make-up in more than 1,100 films, becoming an integral part of the Malayalam film industry. In 2011 alone, of the 70 Malayalam films that found its way to theatres, Jagathy acted in 24. ...
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11:46 PM, Apr 11, 2013
The actor underwent four major surgeries in April after a fatal accident. ...
10:15 AM, Mar 05, 2013
The comedian was seriously injured in a road accident in March last year near Kerala. ...
11:45 AM, Mar 01, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam comic actor Jagathy Sreekumar, who was seriously injured in a road accident in March this year, is on the road to recovery, say doctors. Kerala government chief whip PC George, whose son is married to Jagathy's daughter, told IANS Saturday: "Doctors have told me that the actor is recovering. He is responding to the various treatment protocols and is expected to start speaking in three weeks." Jagathy was...
12:30 PM, Dec 15, 2012
David Hume in one of his works states that 'the corruption of the best things produces the worst, has grown into a maxim and is commonly proved among other instances, by the pernicious effects of superstition and corruptions of true religion. 'Prabhuvinte Makkal' is coming for the debutante director Sajeeevan Anthikkad. With a bunch of freshers in its cast, the movie is a daring attempt as far as its content...
04:28 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Chennai: Veteran actor Jagathy Sreekumar and lyricist Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri are undergoing medical treatment in the Vellore Christian Medical College. They are put in rooms adjacent to each other and both of them are said to be improving. Jagathy, who has been hospitalised for the past three months after getting seriously injured in a road accident, is said to be responding well to the treatment. Union State Minister KC Venugopal...
05:46 PM, Oct 26, 2012
The waiting is over for 'Ivan Megharoopan', the film which bagged the maximum number of state film awards, to reach the screens. The whole team behind the project is excited over the awards announced last week and the subsequent release. The film bagged the awards for the second best film, music director, editor and the dubbing artist(female) in a close race. "I personally take the awards as just another thing,"...
01:04 PM, Jul 28, 2012
As Kerala is eagerly waiting for its monsoon and Edavapathi, art house film maker Lenin Rajendran is busy trying to wind up the shoot of his new movie titled the same before this coming 'Edavapathi'. Featuring an international cast starting from Siddhartha Lama (of Yoddha fame), and Manisha Koirala, the movie centres its plot on Tibetan refugees denied total freedom by the Chinese government. In the midst, Lenin will also...
03:04 PM, May 16, 2012
The Tamil films and actors are equally popular in Kerala even when compared to Malayalam movies and artists are an open secret. Many Kollywood personalities are household names there and one among them is Vivek. Now, the ace comedian of Tamil cinema is acting in a Malayalam movie, titled 'Cowboy'. The role Vivek playing was initially set to do by Jagathy Sreekumar. Since the actor met with an accident, Vivek...
05:33 PM, May 15, 2012
As Jagathy Sreekumar's aching body has started responding to medicines, the doctors at the CMC Vellore are waiting for the actor's brain to respond. Currently in a semi-conscious state, the actor is finding it difficult to identify his relatives around him. The doctors expect that the treatment schedules may take a longer term than what they initially anticipated. Jagathy's right side was largely paralysed after the head injury following the...
06:52 PM, May 13, 2012
After the recent makeover in his image, actor Baburaj is finding it difficult to allot the dates for any movie coming his way. The actor who has also excelled in the recent 'Mayamohini' and 'Ordinary', will be seen in at least a dozen more films in the coming months. He will also play the lead in some of the films releasing this year. 'Dy S P Shankunni Uncle' by Sooryan...
04:46 PM, May 08, 2012
Kozhikode: A three-member medical team from Christian Medical College hospital, Vellore, today examined veteran Malayalm film actor Jagathy Sreekumar, being treated at a private hospital here after his March 10 accident. The team expressed satisfaction over the recovery the actor has made, sources at Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences said. Kerala Assembly Speaker G Karthikeyan, who had also visited the hospital recently, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy had intervened to...
05:14 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Kozhikode: Malayalam film actor Jagathy Sreekumar is recovering well after three operations to fix fractures on his hand, leg and hip following the March 10 accident, doctors attending on him said. "The operations to fix fractures on the right hip, right thigh and right foream were completed successfully by 6 PM yesterday after a seven-hour long operation," Dr Abdullah Cherakkat, Managing Director, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) hospital, told...
02:04 PM, Mar 14, 2012
Kozhikode: The condition of Malayalam film actor Jagathy Sreekumar, who was admitted to a hospital here after he met with a road accident, is stable, doctors attending on him said today. The condition of the actor, who underwent an emergency surgery after the accident on March 10, "is stable at present", Dr Abdullah Cheriakkat, Managing Director, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment, told reporters here...
01:36 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Kozhikode: Popular Malayalam film actor Jagathy Sreekumar was seriously injured in a road mishap in neighbouring Malappuram district on Saturday, police said. The 61-year-old Sreekumar, who sustained injuries on chest and abdomen areas, was rushed to a private hospital here where he underwent an abdomen surgery to arrest internal bleeding. Hospital sources said the actor's condition was stable but will be under 48-hour observation and he had been put on...
10:15 PM, Mar 10, 2012
Kozhikode: Comedian Jagathy Sreekumar, a veteran of over 1,000 Malayalam films, was seriously hurt in a road accident in the wee hours of Saturday and has been admitted to a private hospital here, police said. Speaking to reporters, Venugopal, chief of the 10 member panel of doctors treating the ace comedian, said he suffered multiple injuries. "He has injuries in the neck, chest, abdomen and and if necessary he will...
11:22 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Malayalam comedian Jagathy Sreekumar says Mammootty is not a flexible actor though he is brilliant in serious roles. ...
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