THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Madhu sir woke up at 12 noon, two hours earlier than usual. 'It's my 90th birthday, I should wake up early' he thought. His daughter Uma was the first to come with birthday wishes. Then the calls of those who acted as Madhu's children in movies started coming one by one. Mammootty from the location of Telugu cinema in Hyderabad, Sureshgopi, Kamal Haasan from Chennai, Jayaram, Rahman... Mohanlal arrived at 'Shiva Shakti' in Kannammoola at 3 o'clock, bowed at the feet of the godfather of Malayalam cinema and presented a gift wrapped in a bright envelope. It contained five gold coins of one sovereign each.

What is this Lal... ? Lal winked and smiled, 'It's a gift from 'Amma'. Idvela Babu, Sudhir Karamana and producer Anthony Perumbavoor were with him. Madhu said that everyone could leave only after eating Payasam. Lal asked how it would be possible to not eat payasam for sir's birthday.

After a while, actor Mukesh also arrived. Later came directors like K Madhu, Chandrakumar etc. Ministers GR Anil, Antony Raju, former ministers M Vijayakumar, VS Sivakumar, CPI leader Panniyan Ravindran... the number of visitors kept on increasing. Madhu welcomed everyone with a smile. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and VD Satheesan wished him on his birthday.

Not only VIPs, but common people also came to see Madhu Sir yesterday. A photo with him was the goal of many people. No one was disheartened. Arrangements were made to give sweets to everyone. The birthday feast was not prepared. That will be done on the day of birth star.

At half past five in the evening, he went to his daughter's house nearby. The program 'Madhumozhi Ithihasaparvam' organized by Thiruvananthapuram Film Fraternity was going to start at Nishagandhi Auditorium. Madhu participated in the program via online conference from home.

Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mohanlal, Sathyan Anthikad, Priyadarshan, Dileep, Seema, Menaka, Jalaja, Ambika and others came to Madhu's house as part of the ceremony.

Madhu sir also went into a flashback for a while as songs from the films he acted in played on the stage.

P Madhavan Nair, who made his debut in Malayalam cinema as Stephen in Ninamaninja Kalpadukall directed by NN Pisharathi and scripted by Parappurath in 1963, turned 90 yesterday with the same smile.