Chennai: Well known screen star of Kannada and Tamil films, Murali, son of producer Siddalingaiah, passed away here today in a private hospital, due to a heart attack. He was 47.
He leaves wife Shobha, son Atharva, and a daughter. Murali came into prominence in a Kannada film “Ajay-Vijay” as a hero (in dual role). Murali had acted with prominent actors in Kannada (Prakash Rai), Tamil (Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhudeva, Vijaykant) and Malyalam (Mammootty) films. He has over 65 films to his credit, including at least 6 in Kannada.
Like Rajanikant and Prakash Rai, Murali belonged to Karnataka originally. May his soul rest in peace, we say.