{
  "id": 17975319,
  "title": "Veteran makeup artist Pandian, who worked with South Indian superstars, dies at 74",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/veteran-makeup-artist-pandian-who-worked-with-south-indian-superstars",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T14:00:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/veteran-makeup-artist-pandian-who-worked-with-south-indian-superstars-dies-at-74-1.500734559"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Pandian worked with generations of superstars, including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Mammootty and Mohanlal, across Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu cinema Veteran South Indian film makeup artist Pandian has died at age 74, ending a career spanning five decades and several generations of cinema. Pandian, who breathed his last at his residence in Virugambakkam, Chennai, had worked extensively…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}