Malayalam actor Santhosh Nair dies in road accident

Malayalam actor Santhosh Nair died in an early morning accident near Enathu in Pathanamthitta district on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Allegedly, the car he was traveling in lost control of the steering wheel and crashed into a truck around 6.30 in the morning. He breathed his last at a private hospital in Adoor. His wife was also injured in the accident.

Having appeared in more than a hundred films and television serials since the early 1980s, Santhosh was a familiar face to the Malayalam audience. The actor, who took a break, recently returned to the film.mohiniyattam‘, is currently running to packed houses in Kerala.