Raghuvaran passes away

Raghuvaran, one of the finest and versatile actors in the Tamil Film Industry unfortunately passed away today, the 19th of March, 2008. He was admitted to Mehtha Hospital for treatment a few days ago. The reason for the death has been disclosed as weakness caused by excessive alcohol consumption. It is learnt that he had been under intensive medical care for the past few weeks.

He has acted in several Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi films. Most of his roles were of a villain or a supporting actor.Though he has acted in several films, he shot to fame with his role as the protagonist of a Tamil soap opera, 'Oru Manidhanin Kadhai' (One Man's Story), about the agony of a well-to-do man who becomes an alcoholic.

Unfortunately, the drug addiction cast its shade in his real life too. His wife Rohini too divorced him due to his addiction. They have a son Rishi.

Though Raghuvaran tried to rid his habit and tried to lead life on normal terms, the addiction did not leave him alone.

'Anjali', 'Badsha', and 'Mudhalvan' are some of the films in which he had rendered outstanding performances. He had reduced the number of films in recent years but he had three releases lined up in 2008, 'Bheemaa', 'Ashoka', and 'Silanerangalil'. His perforamances had been terrific in all these films.

As his ardent fan, i express my deepest condolences on the death of this versatile actor.