POPULAR DIRECTOR PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY; FILM INDUSTRY IN DEEP SHOCK!

Popular director and writer, Vijay Reddy who worked primarily in Kannada cinema with over 50 movies to his credit, had breathed his last night (Friday, October 9). Aged 84, his son Tripan Reddy too confirmed it apart from the latest report from ANI.

Karnataka: Kannada film director Vijay Reddy passes away.

— ANI (@ANI) October 10, 2020

Several celebrities and fans have taken to their social media and expressed their condolences to the bereaving family. Actor Puneet Rajkumar paid his condolences tweeting, "Vijay Reddy, who directed the father's unforgettable films, Gandhagadudi, Mayura, Naan Nee Naal and Halavara, has passed away. I am fortunate that I have acted in the Bhakta Prahlada film directed by him. May their soul be calm."

ತಂದೆಯವರ ಮರೆಯಲಾಗದ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳಾದ ಗಂಧದಗುಡಿ, ಮಯೂರ, ನಾ ನಿನ್ನ ಮರೆಯಲಾರೆ ಹಾಗು ಹಲಾವಾರು ಸಿನೆಮಾಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ದೇಶಿಸಿರುವ ವಿಜಯ್ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ ಅವರು ನಿಧನರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅವರ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನದ ಭಕ್ತ ಪ್ರಹ್ಲಾದ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ನಟಿಸಿರುವುದೆ ನನ್ನ ಭಾಗ್ಯ. ಅವರ ಆತ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಶಾಂತಿಸಿಗಲಿ. pic.twitter.com/oyd7ajbGrM

— Puneeth Rajkumar (@PuneethRajkumar) October 9, 2020