Well-regarded producer V Swaminathan has handed away at a private healthcare facility on Monday, 10 August, owing to Covid-19. He was aged 62 and survived by his two sons.

“#lakshmimoviemakers producer #VSwaminathan passed away right now! He was admitted in a private healthcare facility in Chennai after screening optimistic for #COVID19! My prayers and power to his family members! May possibly his soul rest in peace SparklesBouquet. [sic]” PR and event manager, Riaz K Ahmed confirmed the information on Twitter.

V Swaminathan experienced generated a lot of flicks in collaboration with K Muralidharan and G Venugopal on the banner of Lakshmi Film Makers. He was lively in the business for about two many years and created films with several main names of Kollywood that contain Kamal Haasan, Sarath Kumar, Vijayakanth, Karthik, Ajith, Vijay and Suriya.

Kamal Haasan’s Anbe Sivam, Unnai Thedi, Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen, Priyamudan with Ajith Kumar and Bhagavathi with Thalapathy Vijay alongside with a few some others.

His son Ashwin Raja is an actor who labored in a couple flicks that include things like Kumki. He experienced tied the knot in June.

This is the to start with documented dying owing to coronavirus in Kollywood. Check out netizens’ response to his death:

r.s.prakash: #lakshmimoviemakers producer #VSwaminathan passed absent currently! He was admitted in a personal hospital in Chennai just after tests positive for #COVID19! My prayers and energy to his family! Could his soul rest in peace SparklesBouquet @idiamondbabu

K.T.Kunjumon: Very sad #lakshmimoviemakers producer
#VSwaminathan passed away right now! My prayers and toughness to his loved ones! . Might The Soul Relaxation in Peace

Vidya Chandrababu: #LakshmiMovieMakers producer
#VSwaminathan sir passed absent nowadays! He was admitted in a non-public clinic in Chennai soon after screening favourable for #COVID19.
Prayers and energy to his loved ones! May perhaps his soul relaxation in peace.

Rajasekar: #LakshmiMovieMakers’ a single of the producers #VSwaminathan passed absent nowadays. He analyzed positive for #COVID19 recently.
V Swaminathan is a person of the producers of, Kamal Haasan’s #AnbeSivam, Vijay’s #Priyamudan, #Baghavathi & @selvaraghavan
– @dhanushkraja’s #Pudhupettai

Manobala: Shocking..seriously unfortunate ..my fantastic mate…RIP