And truly, when we switched on TV 9, it was all there. The revered actor had indeed succumbed to Cardiac Arrest in Mysore. And it was a sad day for Kannada Film Industry as we lost 2 stars in 1 day - C Ashwath (Kanchina Kantha) and Dr. Vishnuvardhan (Sahasa Simha).
Vishnu's career in Kannada Industry was always marred by the incident that took place on the sets of Gandhada Gudi. People have always believed that he tried to "kill" Dr. Rajkumar with a live bullet - though nobody on the sets knew how and why a live bullet was put into the mock gun that was used to shoot a fighting scene in the movie.
Despite this, with sheer hard work, grit and determination, he slowly carved a place in our hearts. His role in several movies are unforgettable - Ramachari in Nagarahavu, Bandhana, Aapthamitra, Suryavamsha, Kalla Kulla - several songs are unforgettable - "Haavina Dwesha, Hanneradu Varusha", "Ramaswamy, Krishnaswamy, Kelasavannu madonave", "Tuthu anna thinnoke, bogase neeru kudiyoke, tundu batte saaku nanna maana muchoke".
He was married to Bharathi and has 2 daughters. He was always cited as a gentleman, never entering politics nor opening commenting or supporting any parties. He led a quite life and offlate spent time in spirituality and meditation. And yesterday, this star breathed his last.
Here is a small tribute to this great actor:
It was really a shocking news Vidya... and when I heard there were riots in Basavanagudi area, I was feeling so left out sitting here u know :( Somehow caught hold of a online TV9 news and watched it whole day...
ReplyDeleteSuch a peaceful guy, but his end had so much of riots, thanks to our politicians who would want to create some hungama so that they get a chance to talk :-|
I was remembering his, ee bhumi bannada buguri song so much... May his soul rest in peace...