Malayalam director KR Sachidanandan of Ayyappanum Koshiyum fame dies at 48 due to cardiac arrest

The Mollywood industry wake up to a huge shock this morning as director KR Sachidanandan also known as Sachy passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest.  The director is best remembered for his film  Ayyappanum Koshiyum starring Prithviraj Sukumaran. The director was hospitalised in Thrissur, Kerala as his health deteriorated. According to media reports, the director had undergone a hip replacement surgery at a hospital. KR Sachidanandan aka Sachy made his debut in direction with the 2015 film called Anarkali.
 

The director received a lot of appreciation and love for his last film Ayyappanum Koshiyum. Sachy, a practicing lawyer in the Kerala High Court, turned to the film industry first by jointly writing scripts before going solo. His brief film career began in 2007, when he scripted the film, ‘Chocolate', along with Sethu with whom he wrote four more scripts. A number celebs including Prithviraj Sukumaran, Unni Mukundan, Nivin Pauly, and Dulqueer Salman expressed their condolence on social media.