New Delhi: Popular Tamil actor and comic Vivek, who handed away earlier as we speak on the age of 59, was laid to relaxation on Saturday in Chennai with state honours. He was accorded state honours with a 72-gun salute in Chennai, throughout his final rites ceremony.
The Padma Shri awardee was admitted to the intensive care unit of SIMS hospital in Vadapalani, the place he later handed away after he had suffered from a coronary heart assault on Friday. He had reportedly fainted after expressing discomfort and his household rushed him to the SIMS Hospital at Vadapalani whereas he was in an unconscious state.
He later underwent an emergency coronary angiogram adopted by angioplasty. The actor`s situation was reported to be important and he was on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the intensive care unit of the hospital.
The ace actor had earlier made headlines on Thursday for his efforts to take away the concern of the COVID vaccine among the many public. Instead of choosing a non-public hospital, he had chosen to get vaccinated from a authorities hospital to unfold consciousness.
The famend comic Vivek was popularly known as `Chinna Kalaivanar` for his social reformative dialogues in Tamil cinema. He was bestowed with the Padma Shri Award, India`s fourth-highest civilian award in the 12 months 2009 by the union authorities.
An environmentalist, in order to laud the inexperienced motion, Vivek began a motion to plant a billion bushes throughout Tamil Nadu, he was suggested to take action from the previous late president APJ Abdul Kalam.
Vivek, who was final seen in the Tamil remake of the Hindi movie `Vicky Donor` titled `Dharala Prabhu`, can be a part of director Shankar`s upcoming movie `Indian 2`, which stars Kamal Haasan in the lead position. Legendary filmmaker Ok Balachander had launched Vivek in the late Eighties.
He later went on to grow to be one of the vital sought-after comedy actors of Tamil cinema and nonetheless retains his stronghold in the trade. Apart from being an actor and a comic, Vivek was additionally an activist and a playback singer. He was broadly regarded for his performances in films like `Perazhagan`, `Run`, `Perazhagan`, amongst a number of others. Vivek is survived by his spouse and two daughters.
