Murali DIES!!!!

Its a sad day when one of your role models pass away. Murali Was a prolific actor that lent his tale ts to over one hundred films over his vast career. Arguably his greatest performance was his debut film, Aadharam where he burst onto the scene as a legitamate star than can carry a film through the summer months, as those are notoriously the hardest months to get attendance up in theater due to the scroching sun and the apparent lack of air conditioned cinemas in the country. Murali was also known for his charity towards the city he hailed from, chennai. He routinely made sure that his whole neighborhood was fed during the various festivals throughout the year, making sure stomachs were full and the children had toys to play with. Even though he was a Hindu, he made sure the local Tamil was treated as well as the others in the community. Murali was at the hieght of his career when he made the film Thalolam. This piece of cinematic art is by far one of the most underrated Tamil films of all time in my opinion. What hindered the accolades of the movie probably had something to do with the fact that it was considered very contreversial at the time. The political thiller was not critically acclaimed because of the stance it took against the current prime minister's advisors, most particularly Lenin Rajendran; who was known for imtimidating the press and making sure there were no damning articles that tarnished the reputation of the government. After some time to let the mesage sink in, it is know widely accepted as a classical examaple of film noir.

The official cause of death was attributed to a heart attack that put him into cardiac arrest. He was not known to be either a big smoker or heavy drinker, and was president of the chennai tennis club for seven years, from 2002-2010.

Murali has an unreleased movie that is due out in the winter, entitled kavna. Historically, films with dead actors in it usually do well in the box office, like how Heath Ledger made the Batman: Dark Knight a blockbuster hit. Arguably it could have been a hit without the death of Ledger; but one could argue that his death helped contribute to the success of the movie as a whole.