
Muralidhara Khajane writes about great cine actor vishnuvardhanAnother glorious chapter in Kannada cinema has closed with the Kannada matinee idol Vishnuvardhan passing away in the wee hours of December 30 following a cardiac arrest. His sudden departure is not only a loss to Kannada film industry but also for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi, as he acted in films made in these languages. Vishnuvardhan was staying in Kings’s Kourt hotel in Mysore. A team of doctors was rushed to the hotel, when actor complained discomfort around 2.30 am on December 30. The doctors tried to resuscitates him with available procedures. When it did not work, he was immediately rushed to the hospital, but the actor breathed his last before he was brought to the...