Actor Kamal Haasan shared an emotional note on the demise of M T Vasudevan Nair. Kamal Haasan in a Facebook post, penned that their friendship began with the film 'Kanyakumari', which introduced him to Malayalam cinema, continued until the anthology film 'Manorathangal', released based on MT's stories. His post was in Tamil.

'We have lost a great writer. MT is a great personality in the world of Malayalam literature. My friendship with him began as the creator of the film 'Kanyakumari', which introduced me to the world of Malayalam cinema. It has now completed fifty years. That friendship continued until the last 'Manorathangal'. He has given the world of Malayalam literature excellent novels and is also a great screenwriter. His death, which left a deep mark in the field of journalism, is painful. The mind of the writer, who gave perfection to all possible forms of writing with its own uniqueness, has retired. This is a great loss. "This will deeply sadden South Indian literary readers and art lovers. My tributes to this great writer,’ Kamal Haasan wrote.