Well-known yesteryear actor Nallenai Chitra, who starred in a number of southern movies through the years, died of a heart attack in her house in Chennai on Saturday. She was 56.

As per her publicist, she breathed her final in her house on Saturday morning. Her funeral is scheduled to happen at four pm on Saturday.

Chitra began her profession as a toddler artist. She was launched by filmmaker Okay Balachander in his 1975 movie Apoorva Raagangal, which additionally featured Kamal Haasan and Srividya.

After making her debut through Tamil cinema, Chitra went on work in Malayalam cinema throughout 1980s and 1990s. She labored reverse some of the large stars of Tamil and Malayalam cinema.

Some of her hottest work in Malayalam embody movies comparable to Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Parampara, Kalikkalam, Rajavazcha and Amaram amongst others.

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Having predominantly labored in Malayalam cinema, Chitra additionally made her mark in Tamil with movies comparable to En Thangachi Padichava, Ethir Kaatru, Pondati Rajyam, Putham Pudhu Payanam and Cheran Pandiyan amongst others.

She additionally starred in just a few Telugu and Kannada movies. In Hindi, she labored in two tasks which have been Razia and Ek Nai Paheli.

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