Career
He was a veteran Malayalam comedian and character artiste, who had over 700 Malayalam films to his cartulary-register He was one of the first realistic actors in South Indian cinema. He dominated the Malayalam film scene in the,, and as comedian along with Adoor Bhasi and Bahadur.
Later, he switched to character roles.
Sankaradi passed intermediate from Maharajas College, Ernakulam. He had earlier joined the Indian National Congress, but later became a cardholder of the undivided Communist Party of India (Consumer price index).
Sankaradi joined the trade union movement at Baroda Railways while he was studying Marine engineering at Baroda. He abandoned his studies to pursue job as a journalist in The Literary Review a newspaper from Mumbai.
A stint in theatre in the midin Kerala prepared Sankaradi for his foray into films.
Since his debut in Kunchacko"s Kadalamma, he remained an integral part of Malayalam cinema till his death. In 1968, he acted in Viruthan Shanku, the first full-length comedy in Malayalam cinema directed by P. Venu. He also holds the record for featuring in over 300 films with evergreen hero Prem Nazir.
