<p>His body was discovered by the hotel staff at about 8.30 a.m., a police official said.<br />Police have not ruled out the possibility of suicide as his wrist was found slashed, he added. <br />Sreenath had been in Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district, around 250 km from Thiruvananthapuram, for the past two days and was shooting for Malayalam film "Shikar" starring superstar Mohanlal.<br /><br />Sreenath, who was in his early 50s, began his film career in the 1980s but faded out after an initial burst of movies. After a hiatus, he went on to become a popular television actor though he continued to act in films occasionally.<br /><br />His popular films include "Salini Ente Kootukari", "Ethu Njangalude Katha", "Oru CBI Dairy Kurippu" and "Kireedom", among others.Sreenath's last film was "Kerala Café", a movie that had 10 short films woven around a common theme, which released late last year.<br /><br />At the start of his film career, he worked with actress Shantikrishna in a few hit movies and later married her. But the marriage didn't work and the two parted ways.<br />He wed again a few years back.In the last Lok Sabha elections, Sreenath was a Shiv Sena candidate from the Attingal constituency.Sreenath was winner of a state award for best TV actor.</p>
<p>His body was discovered by the hotel staff at about 8.30 a.m., a police official said.<br />Police have not ruled out the possibility of suicide as his wrist was found slashed, he added. <br />Sreenath had been in Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district, around 250 km from Thiruvananthapuram, for the past two days and was shooting for Malayalam film "Shikar" starring superstar Mohanlal.<br /><br />Sreenath, who was in his early 50s, began his film career in the 1980s but faded out after an initial burst of movies. After a hiatus, he went on to become a popular television actor though he continued to act in films occasionally.<br /><br />His popular films include "Salini Ente Kootukari", "Ethu Njangalude Katha", "Oru CBI Dairy Kurippu" and "Kireedom", among others.Sreenath's last film was "Kerala Café", a movie that had 10 short films woven around a common theme, which released late last year.<br /><br />At the start of his film career, he worked with actress Shantikrishna in a few hit movies and later married her. But the marriage didn't work and the two parted ways.<br />He wed again a few years back.In the last Lok Sabha elections, Sreenath was a Shiv Sena candidate from the Attingal constituency.Sreenath was winner of a state award for best TV actor.</p>