April 24, 2025
Murali was born on 19-05-1964 in Bengaluru in the state of Karnataka, India. He was an Indian Film Actor who was known for his work in Tamil and Kannada cinema.
Murali made his debut with a Kannada film, PremaParva, which was directed by his father, S. Siddalingaiah. His other Kannada movies include Ajeya, ThayikottaThali, PremaGange, Ajay-Vijay and SambhavamiYugeYuge. He entered the Tamil cinema with the film Poovilanguand was appreciated by the critics for his performance in this film. He then went on to star in PagalNilavu, which was the directorial debut for Mani Ratnam in the Tamil film industry. Though this movie was a great commercial success, his success could not be sustained any longer and his films started hitting the Rock Bottom at the Box Office. He started doing a lot of romantic drama roles as opposed to the angry man image he garnered with Poovilanguor PagalNilavu.
Murali died on 08-09-2010 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He died in early morning due to a sudden massive heart attack.
DEATHDAY | 8 September,2010 (Monday) |
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DEATH PLACE | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
DEATH COUNTRY | India |
Murali was born to the Kannada director father S. Siddalingaiah & a homemaker mother Dhanalakshmi. He had a sister named Santhi & a brother named S.D.Suresh. He was married to Shobha in 1987 and had three children including a daughter Kaavya and two sons Atharvaa and Akash. In 2010, Atharvaa starred in his debut Tamil film, BaanaKaathadi. An actor Daniel Balaji was his cousin.
Murali was 46 years 3 months & 20 days old age.