Veteran Tamil actor Nellai Siva dies of heart attack at 69

Veteran actor and comedian Sivanathan Shanmugavelan Ramamoorthy, who is popularly known as Nellai Siva died of a cardiac arrest in Tirunelveli. Nellai Siva suffered a heart attack at his home in Panakudi in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. He was unmarried. Hence, his brother's children will perform the rituals. Nellai Siva was famous for his collaboration with Vadivelu. He was last seen in Trisha's Paramapadham Vilayattu, which released directly on Disney+Hotstar last month.

He also played an important role in Vijay Television's popular serial, Pandian Stores.
Siva made his debut in the Tamil film industry with director Pandiarajan's Aan Paavam. He then went on to act in films like Anbe Sivam, Mahaprabhu, Vetri Kodi Kattu, Kannum Kannum.He made a mark in Kollywood and was popular for his Nellai slang. Some of Siva's popular films include Saamy, Thirupaachi, Kireedam and Imsai Arasan 23 aam Pulikecei, among others.  In the last few weeks, the South Indian film industry has a lot of talented actors and filmmakers.  Earlier, in the day,  Tamil supporting actor and stunt man Maran passed away due to COVID-19 complications. He was 48.