Popular
south
actress
Chitra
passed
away
today
(August
21)
at
her
residence
in
Chennai.
Reportedly,
she
died
following
a
massive
heart
attack.
She
was
56
and
is
survived
by
her
husband
Vijayaraghavan
and
daughter
Mahalakshmi.
Soon
after
the
news
about
her
unfortunate
demise
broke
out,
several
netizens
took
to
social
media
to
express
their
condolences
to
her
family.
Professionally,
Chitra
had
acted
in
more
than
100
south
Indian
films.
She
started
off
her
career
with
the
Tamil
film
Apoorva
Raagangal
(1975)
that
starred
Kamal
Haasan
and
Srividya
in
the
lead
roles.
She
subsequently
appeared
in
the
1975
Malayalam
film
Kalyanappanthal.
Her
popular
Tamil
films
include
Aval
Appadithan
(1978),
Auto
Raja
(1982),
Krodham
(1986),
Chinna
Poove
Mella
Pesu
(1987),
En
Thangachi
Padichava
(1988),
Ethir
Kattru
(1990),
Engal
Swamy
Ayyappan
(1990),
Chinnavar
(1992),
Paarambariyam
(1993)
and
Kabadi
Kabadi
(2001).
Chitra
was
part
of
several
highly
acclaimed
Malayalam
films
like
Maanyamahaajanangale
(1985),
Panchagni
(1986),
Oru
Vadakkan
Veeragatha
(1989),
Kalikkalam
(1990),
Maalayogam
(1990),
Amaram
(1991),
Advaitham
(1992),
Devasuram
(1993),
Commissioner
(1994),
Aaraam
Thamburan
(1997),
Ustaad
(1999)
and
Mister
Butler
(2000).
Chitra
was
one
of
the
very
few
actresses
who
shared
screen
space
with
late
legendary
actor
Prem
Nazir
and
superstar
Mohanlal
for
a
film
(Attakalasham-
1983).
The
actress
had
also
been
a
part
of
a
few
Hindi,
Telugu
and
Kannada
films.
Her
Bollywood
projects
were
Razia
(1982)
and
Ek
Nai
Paheli
(1984).