Film News Anandan who was a repository of cinema knowledge and who was considered as the encyclopedia on cinema news is no more. He was 88 and is said to have breathed his last at his residence in Chennai.

Anandan has won many awards such as Kalaimaamani from the TN government, Kalai Selvam from South Indian Artists Association and he had also been lauded by the American Biographical Institute of South Carolina (U.S.) as a veteran among 5000 people around the world.

Behindwoods mourns the demise of this film news historian and conveys its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.