Dominic Alummoodu, known by his stage name Alummoodan (15 March 1933 3 May 1992) was an Indian actor who worked in

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. He acted in more than 100 films and mainly did comedy roles.

Background

Alummoodan was born as Dominic to Rosamma and Joseph of the Alummoottil House in

Changanacherry Changanassery, () formerly Changanacherry, is a municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is located south of the district headquarters in Kottayam and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 I ...

. His stage name came from his family name Alummoodu. He was married to Rosamma Dominic. They have six children, 2 sons and 4 daughters. His son

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is also an actor in Malayalam movies. He died on 3 May 1992 due to a

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. His death occurred during the shooting of a film named '' Adwaitham'', directed by

Priyadarshan Priyadarshan Soman Nair (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has worked primarily in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Hindi cinema, Hindi cinema since 1982, directing over 90 films in multiple Indian languages, ...

and starring

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hin ...

in the lead role. He portrayed the role of a minister in ''Adwaitham'', and his last words were the film dialogue 'Swami enne rakshikkanam' (Swami, please save me), which he told to Mohanlal, portraying the role of a saint. He died on the spot. He was a well-known stage artist too, and he managed his own drama theatre named "Changanaserry Anaswara" even in his busy film career. One of his notable performances is in Changanaserry Geedha's famous play "Ezhu Rathrikal" written by Kalady Gopi and Directed by Sri.Geedha Chachappan. Alummoodan played "Ettukali mammoonju" a wicked character years after still remembers. Later the play made in celluloid and he appeared on the same role. "Araada Valiyavan" "Njanaada Paraayi, Moota" are some of his famous plays in the mid-1980s.

Filmography

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2010s

References

* http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/alummoodan.html * http://imprintsonindianfilmscreen.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/alummoodan.html * https://archive.today/20130827043618/http://cinidiary.com/peopleinfo1.php?searchtext=Alumoodan&pigsection=Actor&picata=1&Search=Search

External links

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Alummoodan at MSI
{{authority control Indian male film actors Male actors from Kottayam 1992 deaths Male actors in Malayalam cinema People from Changanassery 20th-century Indian male actors 1933 births Vazhappally