Well-known Tamil actor-director, G Marimuthu, died right here on Friday following cardiac arrest, the South Indian Artists Association mentioned. Condolences poured in for the 57-year-old actor.

”Director and actor G Marimuthu handed away this morning attributable to cardiac arrest in a non-public hospital,” Nadigar Sangam (South Indian Artists Association) mentioned in a social media put up.

He reportedly fell uneasy whereas dubbing for a Tamil TV serial and was rushed to a hospital.

Marimuthu has directed two films–‘Kannum Kannum’ and ‘Pulivaal,’ starring well-known actor Prasanna in each motion pictures.

”Deeply shattered to know the passing away of director G Marimuthu. We did #KannumKannum and #Pulivaal collectively. We had a brothers like bond. We agreed to disagree on many. His life wasn’t straightforward in any respect. As an actor lastly he was doing very properly. He shud’ve been there for some time longer. Sad. Rip,” Prasanna mentioned on a put up in X.

Marimuthu had of late taken to performing and was seen in quite a few motion pictures and tele-serials.

Sun Pictures, actors Radhikaa Sarathkumar, M Sasikumar and Arun Vijay amongst others condoled his demise.

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