Malayalam Director Joseph Manu James dies at 31 ahead of the release of debut movie
Debutant director Joseph Manu James died last week ahead of the release of his first movie Nancy Rani at a hospital in Aluva in Kerala's Ernakulam district.
He was 31.
According to the doctors, he was admitted to the hospital after being diagnosed with pneumonia and died of hepatitis, reports Times Now.
He was laid to rest at the Major Archiepiscopal Marth Mariam Archdeacon Church, Kuravilangad on Sunday.
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