Sabu Pravada was receiving treatment for an injury that happened a week earlier. He received the esteemed Kerala State Film Award last year for his cinematic book, Punasthapanam Enna Navendrajalam.

Johny reportedly experienced a cardiac arrest and was afterward brought to a hospital. Meppadiyan, his most recent film, came out in 2022. His followers have been expressing their sympathies on social media.