Veteran comedian and character actor, and former head of Malayalam actor body AMMA, Innocent, who played a key role in Rijabava’s debut film, said, “Even though we will all react to the news of a colleague’s passing, I am really I feel very sad. He said, “He was a really nice person and above all who was very calm and did his work with a lot of passion. We will all miss him.
Rijabawa’s popular films include ‘In Harihara Nagar’, ‘Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji’, ‘Pokkiriraja’. She had acted in more than two dozen serials on TV aired by various Malayalam TV channels. When he was not acting, Rijabawa was a popular dubbing artist, and in 2010, he received his only State Film Award for his dubbing in the film ‘Karmayogi’. Condolences have started pouring in from different sections of the Kerala society.