Popular
Tamil
filmmaker
Rama
Narayanan
died
in
a
private
hospital
here
Sunday,
a
family
source
said.
"He
was
undergoing
treatment
in
Singapore
for
kidney-related
issues.
He
passed
away
after
he
failed
to
respond
to
the
treatment.
His
body
will
be
brought
to
Chennai
Tuesday," the
family
source
told
IANS.
Rama
Narayanan,
who
started
his
career
as
dialogue
writer,
had
directed
126
films
across
multiple
languages
in
over
three
decades.
Known
for
devotional
and
commercial
comedy
entertainers,
he
made
his
directorial
debut
with
1980
Tamil
film
Meenakshi
and
went
on
to
direct
several
Tamil
blockbusters
such
as
Veeran,
Sahadevan
Mahadevan,
Anjatha
Singam
and
Kandha
Kadamba
Kathir
Vela.
Some
of
his
best
devotional
hit
films
include
Aadi
Velli,
Durga
and
Bhairavi.
He
was
also
known
for
including
a
lot
of
animal
characters
in
most
of
these
films.
Naryanan's
last
film
was
last
year's
Arya
Surya.
In
the
last
few
years,
he
had
been
distributing
several
Tamil
films
under
his
home
banner
Sri
Thendral
Films.
He
had
also
served
as
the
president
of
Tamil
Nadu
Film
Producer
Council
for
three
consecutive
terms.