Noted South Indian actress Pushpalatha passed away on February 5, in Chennai at the age of 87 after a prolonged illness. Pushpalatha had a distinguished career spanning multiple decades, acting in over 100 films across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema.  

She made her Tamil film debut in 1958 with Senkkottai Singam and entered the Malayalam film industry in 1969 with Nurse, directed by Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair. Throughout her career, she gained recognition for her performances in notable films such as Sarada, Paar Magaley Paar, Naanum Oru Penn, Yarukku Sontham, Thaaye Unakkaga, Karpooram, Jeevanaamsam, Dharisanam, Kalyanaraman, Sakalakala Vallavan, Simla Special, and Puthu Vellam.