He began his film career as an assistant to director Bharathiraja, taking on brief junior artist roles in films like 16 Vayathinile before writing scripts for Bharathiraja’s Kizhake Pogum Rayil and Tik Tik Tik. He made his directorial debut with Suvarilladha Chiththirangal in 1979. Story continues below this ad Bhagyaraj went on to carve out...
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Bhagyaraj Death Updates: CM Vijay pays last respects; Kamal Haasan says cinema lost ‘two Rajas’ this month
He began his film career as an assistant to director Bharathiraja, taking on brief junior artist roles in films like 16 Vayathinile before writing scripts for Bharathiraja’s Kizhake Pogum Rayil and Tik Tik Tik. He made his directorial debut with Suvarilladha Chiththirangal in 1979. Story continues below this ad Bhagyaraj went on to carve out...
Bhagyaraj Death Updates: Rajinikanth hugs son Shanthanu; CM Vijay pays last respects
He began his film career as an assistant to director Bharathiraja, taking on brief junior artist roles in films like 16 Vayathinile before writing scripts for Bharathiraja’s Kizhake Pogum Rayil and Tik Tik Tik. He made his directorial debut with Suvarilladha Chiththirangal in 1979. Story continues below this ad Bhagyaraj went on to carve out...
Bhagyaraj Death Updates: CM Vijay pays last respects; Trisha says ‘we shared a meal yesterday’
He began his film career as an assistant to director Bharathiraja, taking on brief junior artist roles in films like 16 Vayathinile before writing scripts for Bharathiraja’s Kizhake Pogum Rayil and Tik Tik Tik. He made his directorial debut with Suvarilladha Chiththirangal in 1979. Story continues below this ad Bhagyaraj went on to carve out...
Bhagyaraj Death Updates: Family honours his eye donation wish; CM Vijay, Trisha pay tribute
He began his film career as an assistant to director Bharathiraja, taking on brief junior artist roles in films like 16 Vayathinile before writing scripts for Bharathiraja’s Kizhake Pogum Rayil and Tik Tik Tik. He made his directorial debut with Suvarilladha Chiththirangal in 1979. Story continues below this ad Bhagyaraj went on to carve out...
K Bhagyaraj Funeral Updates: Filmmaker-actor’s last rites to be held with state honours
He began his film career as an assistant to director Bharathiraja, taking on brief junior artiste roles in films like 16 Vayathinile before writing scripts for Bharathiraja’s Kizhake Pogum Rayil and Tik Tik Tik. He made his directorial debut with Suvarilladha Chiththirangal in 1979. Story continues below this ad K Bhagyaraj went on to carve...
K Bhagyaraj Funeral Updates: Shanthanu Bhagyaraj performs filmmaker-actor’s last rites
K Bhagyaraj Funeral Updates: Veteran Tamil filmmaker, actor and writer K Bhagyaraj died on Saturday in Chennai due to a heart attack. He was 73. He began his film career as an assistant to director Bharathiraja, taking on brief junior artiste roles in films like 16 Vayathinile before writing scripts for Bharathiraja’s Kizhake Pogum Rayil...
K Bhagyaraj Funeral Updates: Filmmaker-actor laid to rest with full state honours
K Bhagyaraj Funeral Updates: Veteran Tamil filmmaker, actor and writer K Bhagyaraj died on Saturday in Chennai due to a heart attack. He was 73. He began his film career as an assistant to director Bharathiraja, taking on brief junior artiste roles in films like 16 Vayathinile before writing scripts for Bharathiraja’s Kizhake Pogum Rayil...
K Bhagyaraj Funeral Updates: Filmmaker laid to rest with full state honours
Veteran Tamil filmmaker, actor and writer K Bhagyaraj, who died on Saturday in Chennai due to a heart attack, was laid to rest with state honours at the Besant Nagar crematorium on Sunday. Bhagyaraj began his film career as an assistant to director Bharathiraja, taking on brief junior artiste roles in films like 16 Vayathinile...
Veteran Tamil filmmaker, writer K Bhagyaraj dies at 73
1 min readHyderabadJun 27, 2026 10:26 AM IST K Bhagyaraj, the veteran Tamil director, actor and writer, passed away in Chennai on Saturday following a heart attack. He was 73. He leaves behind his wife, former actress Poornima Bhagyaraj, along with their two children, actor Shanthanu Bhagyaraj and daughter Saranya Bhagyaraj. He had stayed publicly...










