M. Karunanidhi, DMK chief and then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu left for the heavenly abode on Tuesday i.e 7th August. He died in Kauvery Hospital at 6.10pm. He was 94 at the time of death. The Tamil Nadu government announced a public holiday on Wednesday and the state will observe a seven-day mourning to pay respect to the chief.
The Indian film industry is mourning at the death of the stalwart. Rajinikanth took to his Twitter handle expressing his grief.
Here’s his tweet.
நாம் பெரிதும் மதிக்கும்
மரியாதைக்குரிய பெரியவர்
டாக்டர் கலைஞர் அவர்களுக்கு என்னுடைய மனமார்ந்த பிறந்தநாள் நல் வாழ்த்துக்கள்.. pic.twitter.com/yATOszwSwJ— Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) June 3, 2018
Not only the veteran actors, also the young artists from the southern movie and Hindi film industry, expressed their condolences on social media for Kalaignar. Karunanidhi was not only a great leader, he was also a writer who wrote many books, novels and also wrote dialogues for plays and movies.
Actor Siddharth tweeted: “The last Tamil titan has fallen. Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was an incomparable man. TamilNadu has lost at once its greatest contemporary political and creative enigma. Our beautiful language Tamil will miss Kalaignar Karunanidhi. This void he has left will take ages to fill.”
https://twitter.com/Actor_Siddharth/status/1026828921600270336
He also urged the state government to “make it the last Marina memorial”.
https://twitter.com/Actor_Siddharth/status/1026857182824882176
Actress Nagma also expressed her grief. She tweeted: “He lead the Dravidian movement wth a lot of personal integrity and provided social cohesion to the Tamilian cause through his far-sighted leadership and administrative skills.”
His passing away is an irreparable loss 2the Nation. He lead the Dravidian movement wth a lot of Personel integrity & provided social cohesion 2the Tamilian cause through his far sighted leadership and administrative skills @mkstalin @RahulGandhi @sushmitadevmp
— Nagma (@nagma_morarji) August 7, 2018
Also, Bollywood celebs like Shatrughan Sinha, Riteish Deshmukh, tweeted on Kalaigar’s death.
https://twitter.com/ShatruganSinha/status/1026850511302012930
https://twitter.com/Riteishd/status/1026823608885301248
Even the young Priya Prakash Varrier wrote: “The Son of the Sun has set, never to rise again….RIP Kalaignar.”
https://twitter.com/priyapvarrier/status/1026825326825943040
We, the team of filmymantra.com expresses our heartfelt condolence to the chief M. Karunanidhi.
