Veteran Tamil Filmmaker Thakkali Srinivasan Dies at 72 in Bengaluru

• Veteran Tamil film producer, director, composer, and actor Thakkali Srinivasan passed away at 72 in Bengaluru.
• He had been battling a serious illness for the past few years.
• Known for producing landmark films and acting as the villain in Kamal Haasan's 'Soora Samharam'.
• He was also a social worker who ran an ashram and lived with his adopted children.
• His demise has cast a pall of gloom over the Tamil film industry.