Alex , popularly known as Dr. Alex was a South Indian actor and a Human Life Scientist. He was known for starring in blockbuster Malayalam Adult films, "Rajavinte Makan (1986)" and "Thoovanathumbikal" (1987) A career actor turned scientist, Alex had produced more than 220 documentaries and digitisations on World Peace, Religion, Tourism, Health Systems and Human Rights. He was also the founder of Vedik India Society and The Institute of Ancient Integrative Therapies Research. He also served as the jury member for the National Film Awards. Alex was honoured the "Ambassador of Peace Award" by Universal Peace Federation and "Samskrita Mitra" award by the Government of India.[7] He was also the president of Samskrita Bharathi – Tamil Nadu. Dr. M. M. Alex died from a cardiac arrest on 23 June 2015, aged 56.