Actor Sarath Babu, who had a compelling screen presence and played lead and supporting roles in many films in multiple languages, died in Hyderabad on Monday. He had been hospitalised for a while.
Tall, striking, handsome and sartorially elegant, the bespectacled actor looked more like a corporate professional who was cast in the role by the director. He featured in some of Tamil cinema’s memorable song sequences, and was an able lead and supporting actor as well as villain on screen.
“He was the Aravind Swamy of the 1970s and 1980s. Who can forget the dashing engineer, Kumaran, in Mahendran’s Mullum Malarum, and the iconic song, Senthazham Poovil Vanthadum Thendral, under the cinematography of Balu Mahendra,” asked writer Suka.
