(CNN)Indian movie prima Nedumudi Venu has died astatine the property of 73, the doc treating him has confirmed.
Venu was a renowned histrion successful the South Indian movie industry, peculiarly successful Malayalam cinema. He was a three-time National Award winner, and was known for his roles successful "His Highness Abdullah" and "Margam," among others.
After initially being admitted to the infirmary connected October 5 with tiredness and weakness, helium was transferred to intensive attraction connected Saturday, a spokesperson for the backstage installation wherever helium was treated told CNN.
Liaison serviceman Praveen Jojo of KIMSHealth successful Thiruvananthapuram, successful the confederate authorities of Kerala, said Venu had died successful the aboriginal afternoon.
The doc treating Venu told CNN helium died of kidney-related issues and sepsis.
Local media reported Venu had recovered from Covid-19 earlier this year.
Venu made his debut successful the 1978 Malayalam movie "Thampu" ("The Circus Tent") and won his archetypal Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actor for his relation successful the 1981 movie "Vida Parayum Munpe."
Leading figures from the South Indian movie manufacture paid tribute connected societal media, with histrion Prithviraj Sukumaran penning connected Twitter that Venu's "body of enactment and your expertise implicit the trade volition everlastingly beryllium probe worldly for generations to come."
Malayali histrion Manju Warrier wrote an emotional tribute connected Instagram, saying Venu had comforted her aft her ain begetter died. The 2 shared surface abstraction successful a fig of films, including the 1998 "Daya" and the 2017 "Udaharanam Sujatha."
Meanwhile, Shashi Tharoor, writer and Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, said connected Twitter helium was "deeply saddened" by Venu's passing and that Venu "was regarded arsenic 1 of the finest thespians successful Malayalam cinema."
Venu continued to enactment until soon earlier his death, and was seen successful the films "Yuvam" and "Aanum Pennum" earlier this year.
He besides had a fig of upcoming releases, including "Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea" and "Aarattu."
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