Legendary actress Vanishree's son found dead

Legendary actress Vanishree is famous for her role as the lead heroine in the timeless love movie 'Vasantha Maligai' that had Sivaji Ganesan in the lead role. She was the reigning lady superstar of Tamil and Telugu cinema in sixties and seventies and later married Karunakaran and had two children Abhinaya Venkatesh Karthik a doctor and Anupama.

On Friday morning Abhinaya Venkatesh Karthik 36 a doctor by profession was found dead at his father's farmhouse in Thirukazhukundram in Chengalput district. There is mystery surrounding the death as a few reports said it was cardiac arrest in sleep while others said that he had hanged himself from a tree outside the house. It was further stated thast Karthick's wife also a doctor lived with his two children aged five and eight months in Nungambakkam and due to lockdown he was unable to meet them and was very depressed.

After postmortem the body of Abhinaya Venkatesh Karthik was handed over to the family and was brought to Vanishree's house in Chennai and the last rites were held on Sunday.