Veteran actor Sasi Kalinga passes away!
- IndiaGlitz, [Tuesday,April 07 2020]
Veteran Malayalam actor Sasi Kalinga passed away on Tuesday morning, April 7. The 59-year-old actor was undergoing treatment related to liver ailments for some time at a private hospital in Kozhikode.
Though known as Sasi Kalinga, his original name was V. Chandrakumar. He was a theatre artiste before he ventured into films. He had worked in over 250 films and 500 stage plays. Though his debut movie was Thakarachenda (1998), he rose to fame with his stellar acting skills in hit films like 'Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha', 'Pranchiyettan And The Saint', 'Amen', 'Vellimoonga' and many more. Sasi Kalinga was last seen in the comedy-drama 'Kuttymama', which released in 2019.
Following news of the death of Sasi Kalinga, several celebrities of the Malayalam film industry and fans took to social media to pay tribute to the veteran actor.