THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An early producer of Malayalam cinema and Maryland Studios' founder P. Subramaniam's eldest son S Kumar(90) passed away in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. Funeral will take place on Monday afternoon at 3 pm at the Maryland Studio premises.

He was the owner of Shasta Productions, a production company active in Malayalam cinema in the 1980s, and the director of Thiruvananthapuram New theatre and Sreekumar theatre network. He had held several positions such as the district governor of the Rotary Club in Thiruvananthapuram, president of the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce, and early president of the Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce, Trivandrum Club, Sreemoolam Club, Flying Club and Rifle Club.