Sunanda, wife of veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan passed away in Mumbai on Tuesday. She was 66. Her last rites were performed by grandson Tashi Dorje at Trivandrum
on Wednesday. Sunanda was battling with cancer for years and was undergoing treatment at Mumbai. Her body was flown to their home at Trivandrum and was cremated at Shanthi Kavadam. The couple has one daughter, Aswathi, who is an Indian Police Service officer posted in Mumbai along with her husband C.Dorje, who is also an IPS officer.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, poet Sugathakumari, film personalities Madhu, Sharada, Shaji N Karun, Shayamaprasad, Sunny Joseph and Beena Paul paid their last respects to her.