Tamil actor-director Visu dead

BY SACNILK

Chennai, March 22 (IANS) Tamil movie director, producer, actor, play writer Visu, 74, on Sunday died here due to old age ailments.## Tamil Nadu BJP leaders condoled the death.## Born as M.R. Viswanathan and popularly known as Visu is noted for his family-centric movies.## He began his career as an Assistant Director under ace Director late K.Balachandar and later branched off on his own. He also hosted a couple of television shows.## Most of the movies directed by him revolved around joint families and the issues faced by them.## Some of Visu's popular movies are 'Samsaram Adhu Minsaram', 'Manal Kayaru', 'Dowry Kalyanam'.## In his condolence message, Tamil Nadu BJP President L. Murugan said Visu's death is a great loss for his family and for the art world.## Visu had joined BJP in 2016.## Former Union Minister and BJP leader Pon Radhakrishnan also condoled Visu's death.## For more and latest news about Kollywood, stay tuned with us.