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Shine Tom Chacko Opens Up on Fatal Crash and Finds Solace in Mammootty’s Support

Recuperating from multiple injuries, the actor has leaned on Mammootty’s counsel during his family’s ongoing grief.

Shine Tom Chacko recalls Mammootty's advice after his father's death.
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Overview

  • On June 6, Shine Tom Chacko’s family car was struck head-on by a lorry on the Hosur National Highway near Palakottai while en route to Bengaluru for a court-ordered de-addiction programme, killing his father, C. P. Chacko.
  • Shine suffered multiple fractures, a cracked spine and received about 30 stitches, his mother had a dislocated hip with a minor fracture, and his brother emerged unscathed.
  • In late-June interviews, he emotionally described waking to ask his father for biscuits and then finding the car wrecked and his father unresponsive.
  • Veteran actor Mammootty personally reached out to counsel him not to let grief consume him and offered a pledge of collaboration to help him stay grounded.
  • The family held C. P. Chacko’s final rites on June 9 in Mundar and is now navigating the physical healing and emotional recovery in the weeks since the crash.