Siddique was taken to hospital after a cardiac arrest and was surviving with the help of ECMO.
Siddique, a well-known director and screenwriter, died on Tuesday at around 9 p.m. He was 63. He died on Monday while being treated at Amrita Hospital in Kochi for a heart attack. Director B. Unnikrishnan addressed the media to reveal the demise of Siddique. Siddique was brought to the hospital on the 10th of last month due to liver disease. On Monday afternoon, Siddique had a heart attack and his health condition was critical.
The name Siddique-Lal was a trend and they had directed many wonderful hit movies. In 1989 Siddique started his film career as a director and made the Super-Hit film Ramji Rao Speaking. Lal was the co-director of Siddique and their combo began to make many hit movies. The movies like In Harihar Nagar, Godfather, Vietnam Colony and Kabooliwala. Films like Nadodikkattu, Mannar Mathai Speaking, Ayal Kadha Ezhuthukayanu, and Hulchul the remake of Godfather and King Liar were the best script producers by the Siddique Lal combo.
However, the combo parted ways and Siddique began to direct the movie himself and Lal was more focused on acting and the movie production. The blockbuster film ‘Friends’ is one of the evergreen hits in the Malayalam film industry and it was later remade into the Tamil language by Siddique himself which was also a super hit. Chronic Bachelor was a comeback movie for Mammootty and one of the finest works of the director Siddique. ‘Bodyguard’ with actors Dileep and Nayanthara was a major hit and it was also remade into Tamil with Vijay titled Kaavalan, and Salmaan Khan in Hindi by Siddique. Both the remade versions were financially superhit. Hitler, ‘Bhaskar Oru Rascal’, ‘Pappan Priyappetta Pappan’, Kingliar, Ladies and Gentleman, and Fukri are some of the famous movies of Siddique. The last movie of Siddique was the malayalam film Big Brother with Mohanlal, it was a commercial flop.
The body will be placed for public viewing at the Kadavantra Indoor Stadium from 9 am to 12 pm tomorrow. The body of Siddique would thereafter be taken to his home. The funeral will take place tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Ernakulam Central Juma Masjid.
