Chennai, March 25 -- Manoj Bharathi, young actor and son of accalimed Tamil film producer-actor-director Bharathiraaja, died on Tuesday evening following a cardiac arrest.

He was 48.

He suffered a cardiac arrest suddenly when he was at his home. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead.

Manoj made his debut as actor in 1999 in the film 'Taj Mahal' directed by his father.

Thereafter he had acted with several actors in films like 'Samudhram', 'Alli Arjua', 'Varushamellam Vasantham' and carved a niche for himself in the fim world.

The entire Tamil film fraternity condoled his death and said it was a big loss to the film world, having lost a talented actor at a very young age.

Expressing deep shock and anguish over t...