Popular
south
Indian
actor
Murali
died
of
heart
attack
at
a
private
hospital
in
Chennai
this
morning.
The
46-year-old
actor
was
recently
admitted
to
the
hospital
in
Chennai.
He
breathed
his
last
at
4.00
am
due
to
a
cardiac
failure.
He
is
survived
by
wife
Shobha,
son
Atharva
and
daughter.
Murali
was
the
son
of
famous
Kannada
film
director
Siddlingaiah,
who
had
done
hit
movies
like
Bhootayyana
Maga
Ayyu
and
Bangarada
Manusha.
He
started
his
acting
career
with
the
Tamil
movie
Poovilangu
and
later
starred
in
Kannada
films
too.
He
acted
in
nearly
60
films.
His
first
film
in
Kannada
was
Prem
Parva.
Later
he
starred
in
Kannada
films
like
Sambavami
Yuge
Yuge,
Ajay
Vijay
and
Prem
Gange.
The
film
Ajay
was
his
superhit
Kannada
movie
of
the
time.
He
is
always
remembered
for
the
song
'Hero
Hero
Naane
Naane...',
which
is
very
popular
even
today.
Recently,
he
had
played
a
cameo
role
in
his
son
Atharva's
debut
film
Baana
Kaathadi.
With
his
wonderful
acting
skills,
he
immoratalised
several
simpleton
characters
in
Tamil
and
Kannada
films.
His
sudden
death
is
a
big
loss
to
the
South
Indian
film
industry.
We
at
Oneindia
express
our
deepest
condolences
to
his
family
and
friends.