Movie director and actor Ok. Bhagyaraj. File.
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Actor, director, author, and screenwriter Ok. Bhagyaraj, whose mastery of screenplays was extensively acknowledged and who was recognized for making a storytelling formulation that influenced generations of filmmakers, died on Saturday (June 27, 2026).
Sources mentioned he suffered a large coronary heart assault and was rushed to Apollo Hospital. Efforts had been made to resuscitate him, however they proved futile.
The 73-year-old actor is survived by his spouse, Poornima Bhagyaraj, and their kids, actor Shanthanu and Saranya Bhagyaraj.
Mr. Bhagyaraj directed, produced, and starred in quite a few hit movies, celebrated for his or her partaking storylines, memorable songs, and relatable characters. Mounageethangal, Antha Ezhu Naatkal, and Munthanai Mudichu are some movies being studied even right now. Practically each movie by Mr. Bhagyaraj spoke strongly about an concept that discovered an echo in Tamil society.
He started his movie profession as an assistant director to veteran Tamil filmmaker Bharathiraja, who handed away earlier this month, on the 1977 movie 16 Vayathinile. Mr. Bhagyaraj perpetually modified the notion of the Tamil movie hero by proving that wit, intelligence, and ordinariness could possibly be as compelling as bodily prowess.
He uniquely mixed the qualities of a hero and a comic, making his bespectacled appearances as a lead each entertaining and deeply human. His concept of a hero was not even the ‘man subsequent door’, however one among the many many on the streets.
Printed – June 27, 2026 10:28 am IST
