Kochi, Dec. 21 -- The last rites of veteran Malayalam actor, screenwriter, and director Sreenivasan were held on Sunday morning in Kochi.

Sreenivasan passed away on Saturday at the age of 89, leaving the Malayalam film industry in deep grief.

Hundreds of people thronged his residence in Kandanad, Kochi, on Sunday morning to pay their final respects. Actors, filmmakers, politicians, friends, and members of the public came to bid farewell to the cinema legend.

Many well-known faces from the film industry were present. These included actors Parvathy Thiruvothu, Renji Panicker, Sathyan Anthikkad, Jagadish, and Prithviraj Sukumaran.

Soon after his death, tributes poured in from across the state. Earlier on Saturday, Kerala Chief Minister P...