death_date death_place years_active birth_place children imagesize othername name parents birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
02 february 2010 chennai , tamil nadu , india 1972 -- 2010 kochi , thiru-kochi , india safa , marwa -lrb- twins -rrb- 180px vmc haneefa cochin haneefa veluthedathu muhammed , hajira 22 april 1951 fasila cochin haneefa 2008.jpg cochin haneefa
 salim ahmed ghoush actor , film director , screenwriter
cochin haneefa

salim ahmed ghoush -lrb- 22 april 1951 -- 2 february 2010 -rrb- , better known by his stage name cochin haneefa , was an indian film actor , director , and screenwriter .
he started his career in the 1970s mainly portraying villainous roles , before going on to become one of the most popular comedians of malayalam cinema .
he has acted in more than 300 films in malayalam , tamil and hindi .
as a director he is best known for the films `` aankiliyude tharattu '' -lrb- 1987 -rrb- and `` valtsalyam '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- .
