Famous makeup artist Vikraman Nair, who is delighted as Mani, has passed away at the age of 81 due to age -related issues.Vikraman Nair began his artistic journey in Maryland Studio with the movie ‘Swami Ayyappan’, which was directed by P. Subramaniam and released in 1975.
Over 150 films and legendary collaborations
As reported by Asianet News, Mani has been part of over 150 films over Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil. He has worked in several superhit Mohanlal films such as’ Chithram, ‘Kilukkam,’ ‘Themavin Kombath,’ ‘Calapani,’ ‘Chandralekha,’ ‘Vandanam,’ and ‘Thalavattam.’ He has also worked in Priyadarshan’s Superhit Hindi movie ‘Hera PHERI’, which was a Hindi remake of the iconic ‘Ramji Rao Talent’, which was released in 1989.Over the years, Mani became the reliable makeup artist for iconic filmmakers such as Priyadarshan, Venu Nagavalli and Sreekumaran Thampi.‘Lal Salam,’ ‘Virasat,’ and Mammootty -Stars ‘Megham’ are some of his other remarkable works. The majority of his collaborations were with veteran film creator Priyadarshan, and all were super hits.He also gave the actresses Sridevi and Jyothika their very first makeup on the screen in ‘Kumarasambhavam.’ The film was released in 1969 and was directed by P. Subramaniam, with the story stuck by Kalidasa.
From Miss World to TV
In 1995, Mani worked as a makeup artist at Miss World Pageant in Bangalore. His creative touch was also expanded to television, with hit series such as ‘Swami Ayyappan’ and the iconic ‘Kadamattathu Kathanar.’
