Chennai, Dec 24: Well-known comedy actor Bonda Mani passed away here due to ill-health, sources said on Sunday.
He was 60 and is survived by wife, a son and a daughter.
The actor who had shot to fame by his unique expressions and dialogue delivery was under treatment for renal ailments.
He had also been treated at the Tamil Nadu Government's Multi Super Speciality Hospital in Chennai.
According to his family, Mani collapsed at their house on Saturday night and was taken to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.
"Father was the sole bread winner. The government and the Actor's union should help us," his son said in a video clip which went viral on social media.
The actor has acted in more than 250 films and flicks including 'Sundara Travels', 'Winner', and 'Aaru' are well known for his excellent performances.
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Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
