Popular Kannada actor Vishnuvardhan died of cardiac arrest

Popular Kannada actor Vishnuvardhan died of cardiac arrest in Mysore in the early hours on Wednesday. He was 59. Vishnuvardhan, whom his fans had fondly awarded the title "sahasa simha" (a valour lion), developed breathing problems at about 0230 hours and he was immediately taken to a private hospital where he breathed his last, sources said.

 

According to hospital sources, he died at around 0300 hrs. His actress wife Bharathi and son-in-law Anirudh were by his side when the Kannada star died. Sources said the body of the actor, who has acted in 197 films, has been brought here. Vishnuvardhan, a versatile actor, made his debut into the Sandalwood through 'Vamsharukha', an art film directed by Janapeetha awardee Girish Karnad.

 

He was launched into fame for his role 'Ramachargi', a wayward and rebellious student in "Nagarahaavu", a film directed by acclaimed director Puttanna Kanagal. Vishnuvardhan did not look back since then and went on to win seven state honours and five film fare awards. The last film in which Vishnuvardhan acted is 'Aaptha Rakshaka' which is yet be released and his latest film to hit the screen is 'Bellary Naaga'. The death of Vishnuvardhan has come as a shock to Kannada film industry as it came a day after well known composer and singer C Ashwath died.

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Political Sex Scandals in India

Sex scandals are not new to Indian politics. Let's see how a few veteran political leaders have suffered / gained from various sex scandals...

	Amarmani Tripathi Amarmani Tripathi (C), a politician and erstwhile cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested in September 2003 in connection with the murder of poetess Madhumita Shukla, with whom he allegedly had an affair, and who was brutally murdered. After investigations revealed that she was carrying a foetus that matched the DNA of Tripathi, the Supreme Court rejected his bail plea, and he is currently in jail.
	N D Tiwari Veteran Congress politician Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who resigned recently as the Andhra Pradesh governor after a sex tape purportedly showed him with three women, is a new entry in a list of such sleaze that has littered the political landscape.
	Omar Abdullah The Kashmir Valley was rocked in May 2006 after police unearthed a scam allegedly involving high profile politicians and bureaucrats. The case drags on in a court. The bitter memories of the scam returned this summer afresh after allegations that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah figured in the list of the accused, forcing him to resign. However, he withdrew his resignation after the Central Bureau of Investigation said his name had not cropped up.
	Jaya Prada Sleaze raised its ugly head during the April-May Lok Sabha elections, when film star-turned-politician Jaya Prada alleged that rival leader Azam Khan was distributing nude pictures of her, to ensure her defeat in the polls. She alleged Khan 'distributed, doctored and morphed' pictures and posters of her that appeared as though she had posed in the nude.
P K Kunjalikutty In October 1997, one of the prominent leaders in Kerala, P K Kunjalikutty was accused of being a kingpin of what came to be notoriously known as the 'ice-cream parlour scandal'. An ice-cream parlour in Kozhikode was allegedly used as a front for a sex trade and lured girls into it. The sexual exploitation of minors also came up. Kunjalikutty was the state's former minister from the Muslim League. Some comrades of the Communist Party of India-Marxist were also named.

Source: Indiatimes

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