Veteran Malayalam actor VP Khalid passes away during film shoot 

Theatre and film artist VP Khalid died on a movie set near Vaikom on Friday, police said. He was 70.

Khalid, known for his role in a popular Malayalam comedy series, was acting in a Tovino Thomas starrer at Vaikomnear here, sources said.

"He was found lying in the bathroom of the movie set at around 9.30 AM today. The crew members took him to a nearby hospital but could not save his life," police said.

His sons are well-known cinematographer Shyju Khalid, director Khalid Rahman, and cinematographer Jimshi Khalid.

The post-mortem and inquest proceedings are going on, police said.