Chennai, June 27 -- Tamil Nadu Governor R V Arlekar, Chief Minister and actor-turned-politician Vijay, Opposition DMK leaderM.K.Stalin, leaders of various political parties, film personalities and the entire Tamil film fraternity mourned the passing away of veteran director, writer and actor K Bhagyaraj on Saturday morning and termed it as a great loss to the world of cinema, even as the State Government announced that he would be accorded full state honours.
Bhagyaraj, a renowned multifaceted Tamil filmmaker, writer, producer, and composer, who had popularised drumstick as an aphrodisiac in his 1983 hit film, was returning from his routine morning walk when he suddenly complained of chest pain.
Hailed as the King of screenplay, Bhagyaraj...