Vivek cremated with state honors

Late Tamil actor Vivek was laid to rest in Chennai with state honors.

Hundreds of fans and admirers thronged to pay their last respects to the actor despite Covid-19 restrictions put into place by the local authorities.

Vivek, 59, died on Saturday morning following a cardiac arrest.

He had been admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital on Friday morning after a heart attack.

There were reports suggesting his condition was the result of a COVID-19 vaccine shot, but the Tamil Nadu Health Department debunked it.

Personalities like Prime Minister Narendra Modi,  Mammootty, Kamal Haasan, AR Rahman, Rakul Preet, Keerthy Suresh, Vishal, Nivetha Thomas, Abhishek Bachchan, Siddharth, Shankar Shanmugham, Radikaa Sarathkumar, Mohan Raja and Gautham Karthik earlier mourned his demise.

Vivek was last seen in Dharala Prabhu, the Tamil remake of Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer Hindi movie Vicky Donor.