Chennai, Tuesday, February 02, 2010: Popular Malayalam actor Cochin Haneefa is reported to be in a serious condition at a private hospital in Chennai. He was admitted to Ramachandra Hospital Chennai due to liver problem a few days back and the accurate news is that he is suffering from LIVER CANCER (Usually associated with excessive alcohol intake and smoking).
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND : TV channels created a flutter when they aired incorrect information about the death of popular Malayalam film star Cochin Haneefa.The TV channels said Haneefa, aged 58 years, died at a private hospital in Chennai Tuesday at noon.Soon condolences from Haneefa’s colleagues started pouring in.
The TV channels also started running clips of the popular films Haneefa acted in.But at 1 p.m. the channels said they regretted airing the news which they received from their sources in the hospital at Chennai where Haneefa is admitted.According to the channels, the latest news is that Haneefa is “very serious”.
ACTOR PROFILE : Born as Salim Ahmed Ghoush he adopted his stage name Cochin Haneefa in films. He was a comic member of the famed ‘Cochin Kalabhavan Troupe’. He made his film debut in 1979 in a small role in ‘Ashtavakran’ and since then rose to become a very popular actor. He kept his name Haneefa in light of a character he played in a drama
He has more than 300 films to his credit, which includes Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films. He was also very much into other area of film making which included direction and screenplay writing. As a filmmaker he is known for the melodrama Valtsalyam (1993).
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