Veteran Kannada actor ‘Mysore’ Srikantayya Umesh died on Sunday in Bengaluru on the age of 80. The comedy big, who boasted of a six-decade-long profession, had been affected by most cancers for some time now and died after extended sickness and hospitalisation. Followers took to social media to pay tribute.
Umesh dies at age 80
Umesh died on Sunday after he was lately admitted to the hospital, household sources confirmed to PTI. He had been affected by most cancers for some time and breathed his final on the hospital.
As quickly because the information broke, followers mourned his loss of life on social media. “M.S. Umesh, the large of the comedy world in Kannada cinema, has left us all behind. M.S. Umesh, who stepped into the world of colors as the primary hero of kids’s movies, acted in 350 movies throughout his profitable inventive life spanning 6 a long time,” wrote one.
A fan reminisced, “His character in Venkata in Sankata film was gem. Om Shanti Umesh sir.” One other thanked him for entertaining the viewers all these years, writing, “By no means deceiving artwork, respiration life into the roles given to him, making us snort and smile, Umesh anna, who shone in these days, has bid goodbye to life… His performing will all the time stay alive.”
JD(S) chief and Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy wrote, “Umesh would make audiences float in a sea of laughter by his contemporary humour.”
MS Umesh’s legacy
‘Mysore’ Srikantayya Umesh, popularly referred to as MS Umesh or just Umesh, first performed the lead in Makkala Rajya (1960) after that includes in a number of stage reveals as a baby actor. Born on 24 April 1945 in Mysuru, he was solely 4 when he performed a job in Grasp Ok Hirannaiah’s theatre group. Regardless of his silver display debut, Umesh confronted a lull in his profession and needed to return to the theatre till Katha Sangama (1977).
His portrayal as Thimmarayi within the Munithaayi episode that includes Rajinikanth and Aarathi fetched him a number of laurels, and there was no trying again for him after that. Since then, he gained recognition by movies like Nagara Gap (1978), Apoorva Sangama (1984), Shruthi Seridaaga (1987), Neenu Nakkare Haalu Sakkare (1993), and Venkata in Sankata (2007).
All through his profession, Umesh labored with all of the greats, together with Rajkumar, Sivaji Ganesan, Vishnu Vardhan, Ambareesh, Srinath, Shankar Nag, Ananth Nag, Arvind Ramesh, B Saroja Devi, and Bharathi.