Tamil film industry's most famous comedian and one of the most loved character artists, Nagesh alias Gundu Rao passed away at the age of 76 in Chennai on Saturday.
What characterised much of the veteran comedian's work was that he could reduce you to helpless laughter with his antics in one moment (as the lanky, ungainly Dharumi in Thiruvilaiyadal, and in the next, he could make you writhe in silent sympathy as the cornered and luckless individual as in Edhirneechal.
Text: Pavithra Srinivasan
Image: Nagesh in a scene from Neerkumizhi
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