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A special day, ended with a sad news. We grew up watching true legendary actors  like Tilakan, Nedumudi, KPAC Lalita, and in the last year, we had two of them bidding us good by back to back, and there has been so many over last few days, it was a spree, starting from Lathaji, Bhim, Bajaj, Bhappi Lehri and now KPAC Lalitha 

Just like the songs of Lathaji,  KPAC Lalitha was just superb in her part. She was like anyone of us, lady next door, not artificial, but very real. So also, any memory of her, bring in the memories of all the sorrow, that she had to go through. 

She started working at the age of 16, and has been acting for more than 50 years now.  In a career spanning five decades, late KPAC Lalitha has starred in over 550 films in Malayalam and Tamil. She has held the position of the Chairperson of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy for five years. Born as Maheswari Amma in Kayamkulam of Alappuzha, the actor had joined K.P.A.C (Kerala People's Arts Club), a prominent drama troop in Kerala. 

When girls her age went to college, or got married and settled, she worked in movies and plays. Got married, to Bharathan, and it was as dramatic as movie. They first tied the knot on May 22, 1978, and the marriage registration was held on May 23. Another round...of ‘pennu kannal’ was held on May 26 and they got married on June 2 again at Guruvayoor. First Bharathan was going around with Srividya, which did not work out. KPAC was viewing that. But they were good friends even then. Later Bharathan proposed her, but his parents opposed. KPSC was about to give up her life, but Bharathan put a big puttu on her, and said, both of them could remain like this. But after few days, they decided to get married. Parents agreed when the news of the wedding was floating around. He breathed his last in 1998 after prolonged illness, leaving behind two children Srikutty and Siddharth. She was born in 1948, got married in 1978, and lost her husband in 98.  Life was never easy for her.  At times , many have wondered and commented, if the sad scenes she enacted was bringing out her real feelings. Though she has been constantly working and earning, she had debts, had tough time bringing up her children, and even after they were grown up, she was witness to divorce, near death of her son. She kept acting untill she was almost bedridden. Last I saw her was in @Home.  

Unfortunately she was always short with her finances, and others did support her.