As regards the year 2019 for the Tamil film industry, though there were several hit movies which were global hits, it has also suffered serious losses!
Yes! Among the film celebrities who passed away in the year 2019, we have to include the veterans of the industry Director J. Mahendran, Actor/director Girish Karnad, and Crazy Mohan.
Here is a list of celebrities who passed away in 2019 and some important particulars about them:
J. Mahendran (2nd April): Director - He made his debut as a director with the evergreen hit movie ‘Mummlum Malarum’. Later, in the recent period, he acted in character roles in some movies. He was admitted to the hospital due to ill-health and passed away.
J. K. Rithish (13th April): Actor - Celebrated movies: LKG, Penn Singam, Nayakan. He was a popular actor as well as a politician. On that day, he completed his election campaign talk, returned home and was sleeping when he had a heart attack and passed away.
Crazy Mohan (10th January): A very popular screenplay - dialogue writer and an actor as well. Hit films: Vasool Raja MBBS, Kadhala Kadhala, Arunachalam. He was admitted to the hospital due to ill-health and passed away.
Girish Karnad (10th July): Actor - A veteran actor who had acted mainly in Kannada movies and also in Hindi and Tamil, he had won several awards, He had a heart attack and passed away.
‘Nizhalgal’ Rajasekhar (8th September): Director-actor: He made his debut as a director in films and then later acted in character roles in several popular TV serials. He was admitted in hospital due to ill-health and passed away.
Krishnamurthy (7th October): Actor - Hit film: Kaidhi. He was a production manager and then started acting later. He passed away due to heart-attack during a shooting of a scene for the movie ‘Pei Mama’ in Kumuni.
Bala Singh (27th November): Actor - Hit movies: Neerthirai, Kudimagan, NGK. He was admitted in hospital due to breathing problems during midnight but passed away without responding to treatment.