Tamil Actor Daniel Balaji Dies of Cardiac Arrest at 48

Chennai: Tamil cine actor Daniel Balaji died of a heart attack at a private hospital in Chennai on Friday night. He was admitted to the hospital after developing chest pain.

The 48-year-old actor’s sudden death has stunned the Tamil film industry and his fans.

Daniel Balaji started his career as a unit production manager in Kamal Haasan’s unfinished ‘Marudhunayagam’. He then opted to act in TV series with Radikaa Sarathkumar’s ‘Chithhi’, where his character was named Daniel. And from then on he used the screen name, Daniel Balaji.

His made his movie debut in 2022 with the Tamil film ‘April Madhathil’. He will be remembered for his memorable roles in ‘Kakka Kakka’ and  ‘Vettaiyadu Vilayadu’. He has also acted in several Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada movies. He was last seen in ‘Ariyavan’.