K.R. Vijaya hospitalized

Veteran actress K.R. Vijaya, who starred in over 400 films in all the South Indian languages in a career spanning four decades, was admitted to the Chennai Apollo Hospital on Tuesday. Her condition is said to be critical and she is currently under observation.

K.R. Vijaya debuted in cinema in 1963 as heroine in the widely acclaimed Karpagam. Her other notable films are Selvam, Saraswathi Sabadham, Nenchirukkum Varai, Namma Veetu Theivam, Dheergasumangali, Idhayakamalam, Thangappathakkam and Thirusoolam. K.R. Vijaya had worked with almost all the stalwarts of South Indian cinema.