▁He ▁died ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁heart ▁attack . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁L oh ith adas ▁( or ▁' L oh i ', ▁as ▁he ▁is ▁often ▁referred ▁to ) ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 5 ▁May ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁in ▁Chal ak ud y ▁Ker ala . ▁He ▁showed ▁an ▁initial ▁interest ▁in ▁writing ▁short ▁stories , ▁but ▁failed ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁mark ▁in ▁that ▁genre . ▁He ▁soon ▁moved ▁into ▁Mal ay al am ▁theatre ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁ ▁Career ▁F resh ▁with ▁the ▁play ' s ▁commercial ▁and ▁critical ▁success , ▁L oh ith adas ▁was ▁introduced ▁to ▁K . ▁G . ▁George ▁by ▁actor ▁Th il ak an . ▁It ▁did ▁not ▁help ▁L oh ith adas ▁to ▁start ▁a ▁career ▁in ▁Mal ay al am ▁cinema . ▁But ▁it ▁was ▁K . ▁G . ▁George ▁who ▁gave ▁the ▁basic ▁core ▁idea ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁later ▁which ▁was ▁developed ▁by ▁L oh ith adas ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁film ▁K ire ed am . ▁Later , ▁Th il ak an ▁introduced ▁L oh ith adas ▁to ▁director ▁Sib i ▁Mal ay il ▁when ▁Sib i ▁was ▁searching ▁for ▁a ▁good ▁writer ▁for ▁his ▁films . ▁Thus ▁L oh i ' s ▁first ▁movie ▁screen play ▁Th ania var than am ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Mal ay il ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁success . ▁T ogether , ▁Sib i ▁Mal ay il ▁and ▁L oh ith adas