In a shocking development, popular Tamil actor and VJ Chitra was found dead by committing suicide at a private hotel in Chennai in the wee hours of Wednesday. She was 29 and the police had launched a probe to ascertain the cause of her death and her demise has come ahead of her marriage and when she had been rising to fame in the Kollywood industry with having been committed for a Tamil film.
Chitra was one of the notable faces that was predominant in the households across the state and she rose to popularity with her role in the Tamil soap opera Pandian stores, which telecasted on Vijay TV and she was also better known for her role as a television host, hosting popular television shows. The news of her death, which broke out on Wednesday morning, has shocked her fans and film fraternities who are condoling her family.
According to the police department, Chitra had checked into her room at a private hotel in Nazrathpet, Chennai at around 2.30 am on Wednesday after completing the shoot. Speaking to a news agency, a police officer in Nazrathpet said that the hotel manager had informed the police by dialing the helpline number 100 at around 3.30 am and the police had launched a probe into her death. The reports close to the development say that her fiance was staying with her in the hotel room.
Chitra has got engaged to a businessman in Chennai in August and the betrothal couple has decided to get married in early next year. However, some reports say that they had already done a registered marriage in October. The 29-year-old actor has ended her life, leaving his family in deep distress. Chitra was a resident of Thiruvanmiyur in Chennai and the police had informed her family members about the death and the police had recovered her body and sent for autopsy.
Hours before her death, Chitra had shared her pictures on Instagram from a photoshoot in which she was seen dressed in a purple and green silk saree. Chitra rose to fame by acting in the role of Mullai Kathiravan in Pandian stores, which has become one of the most-watched soap-operas in Tamil Nadu and Chitra had gained the limelight as one of the rising talents in the Tamil industry and the reports say that she was said to have signed to play an important role in an upcoming Tamil film.
Besides appearing in a soap opera, Chitra was a successful television host and she had hosted shows on some of the major television channels including Zee Tamizh, Jaya TV, and Makkal TV. Along with Pandian Stores, she was popularly known for her appearances in the serials 'Saravanan Meenatchi' on Vijay TV, 'Chinna Papa Periya Papa' on Sun TV, 'Darling Darling' and 'Velunachi' on Zee Tamizh.
She was celebrated as a shining artist who had tightly reserved her place in the industry. With having been engaged, she was preparing to start her new life, which ultimately ended by leaving her family and fans grief. While she had committed suicide, the police had launched a probe to ascertain the exact cause of her death. The reports say that her fiancee would be investigated as he was with her in the hotel room where she ended her life. As her demise had shocked her fans, condolences have been pouring in to the deceased actor with many of her fans have been paying tribute to the actor and consoling her family.
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