Chennai, Oct. 17 -- The Tamil film fraternity and politicians mourned the loss of the veteran music composer Deva, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 75.

Following Rajinikanth and other superstars, several actors and politicians paid their last respects to the mortal remains of the late composer at his residence in Chennai.

Chitra Lakshmanan, the actor and Tamil film producer, called Deva a "true gem" person. He described the late music composer as a humble and talented human being.

While talking to the media, he said, "If Deva's passing has caused such a huge shock in the film world, the main reason is that he was a true gem as a person, just as Rajinikanth mentioned. A hundred music composers like Deva might come and go. But y...