Kannada actress Vaishali Kasaravalli dies of kidney failure
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By By: Shekhar H Hooli
Kannada
actress
Vaishali
Kasaravalli,
who
had
won
the
National
Award
for
costumes
in
the
movie
Thai
Saheba,
died
at
Manipal
hospital
at
5.00
pm
on
Monday.
The
TV
serial
director
was
suffering
from
chronic
diabetic.
The
59-year-old
actress
is
survived
by
the
National
Award
winner
husband
Girish
Kasaravalli,
son
Apporva
and
daughter
Ananya
Kasaravall.
Vaishali
Kasaravalli
had
been
ailing
from
serious
problems
for
the
past
few
years.
Her
health
condition
was
deterring
from
the
last
six
months
and
was
attending
the
hospital
every
now
then.
According
to
the
doctors,
she
suffered
liver
damage
and
kidney
failure
due
to
diabetic.
Recently,
she
was
admitted
to
the
Manipal
Hospital
Jayanagar
in
Bangalore
and
was
undergoing
dialysis
for
renal
malfunctioning.
The
Kannada
actress
was
directing
Kannada
TV
serial
'Muttina
Torana'
and
due
to
her
ill-health,
her
son
Apoorva
had
taken
her
responsibility
of
directing
the
serial.
Along
with
Ananya,
Girish
Kasaravalli,
who
has
recently
won
National
award
for
his
movie
Kanasemba
Kudereyaneri,
was
attending
to
her
medical
care
for
the
past
few
months.
However,
Vaishali
started
her
career
as
a
theatre
artiste
in
'Gubbi
Drama
Company'.
After
proving
her
acting
skills
in
theatre
industry,
she
debuted
in
Kannada
films
with
the
movie
Yava
Janmada
Maitri.
She
acted
in
nearly
100
films.
Some
of
her
well-known
movies
are
Yarigu
Helbedi,
Kittu
Puttu,
Angaialli
Apsare,
Hombisilu,
Thabarana
Kathe,
Anukolakkoba
Ganda,
Asegoba
Meesegobba,
Shanker
Guru,
Sparsha,
Ganeshana
Madhuve,
No
73
Shanthinivasa
and
Gowri
Ganesha.
Later,
the
actress
took
to
directing
TV
serials
and
her
serials
like
'Muthina
Thorana',
'Moodala
Mane'
and
'Mauna
Raga'
have
become
very
popular.
She
had
even
translated
several
Hindi
and
Marathi
plays
to
Kannada.
She
wanted
to
direct
a
Kannada
movie,
but
her
dream
has
remained
unfulfilled.
Her
sudden
demise
has
created
a
void
in
the
Kannada
film
industry.
We,
at
Oneindia,
express
our
deepest
condolence
to
her
family
and
fans.
May
her
soul
rest
in
peace!
May
god
give
strength
to
her
family
to
bear
her
loss!