Noted Malayalam director and screenwriter Lohithadas, who died in Kochi on Sunday morning at 10:50 a. m. in Lisy Hospital Eranakulam following a cardiac arrest, was cremated on Monday morning at 11 a. m. at his house at Amaravathy, Palakkad.

Thousands of people paid homage when Lohi's body was kept at the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Hall in Trichur on Sunday evening. People from different walks of life including writers, political leaders and film personalities paid their last tributes to one of the finest writers of Malayalam cinema.