Veteran actor Vijayakanth is no more, DMDK founder was Covid positive

South’s superstar and Desiya Murpokku Dravid Kazhagam (DMDK) chief Vijayakanth is no more. The 71-year-old actor breathed his last at a private hospital in Chennai. Let us tell you that the actor was on ventilator support in the hospital. His fans are quite shocked by his demise.

DMDK founder was Covid positive
A statement was issued from the DMDK party on Thursday morning. In which it was told that Vijaykant is on ventilator support. The release wrote, ‘Initial investigation found that he had corona virus, he was on ventilator support due to difficulty in breathing.’ Earlier too, Vijaykant was admitted to the hospital on November 18 for fever related illness. After which he returned home on December 11, 2023.

Vijayakanth was an actor, producer and director
Veteran Tamil actor Vijayakanth was ill for a long time. Premalatha, wife of DMDK founder Vijayakanth, recently took charge of the party.

Before politics, Vijayakanth was an actor, producer and director. If we look at Vijayakanth’s film career, he has received many Filmfare Tamil Awards. The actor was famous among the people by the name Captain.

Got recognition from these films
The actor started his film career in 1979 with ‘Inikkum Ilamai’. After which he made a place in the hearts of people with his acting in many films.

The actor’s early films ‘Agal Vilakku’, Neerottam and Samanthippu flopped miserably at the box-office. He got a lot of fame from the film ‘Sattam Oru Iruttarai’. The film was released in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada. After which he acted in films like ‘Sivappu Malli’, ‘Jadhikkoru Needhi’, ‘Om Shakti’ etc.