Popular Tamil actor Theepetti Ganesan (a) Karthi, has passed away due to health related problems. The death news was confirmed by Tamil director Seenu Ramasamy who took to his Twitter page to mourn the demise of Theepetti Ganesan. Seenu Ramasamy's tweet read, "எனது படங்களில் நடித்து வந்த சிறந்த நடிகன் தம்பி கார்த்தி என்ற தீப்பெட்டி கணேசன் உடல்நலக்குறைவு காரணமாக மதுரை இராஜாஜி அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் காலமான செய்தி கேட்டு உள்ளம் கலங்கினேன். அன்புநிறை இதய அஞ்சலி கணேசா..".

The tweet is loosely translated in English as, "Actor Karthi (a) Theepetti Ganesan who acted in my movies, passed away due to health problems and illness at Rajaji Government Hospital in Madurai. I am heartbroken. I express my heartfelt condolences". The news has come as a big shocker for the people of Tamil Nadu. Theepetti Ganesan is known for his quirky and intriguing performances in several movies and the one that got him his initial breakthrough was Renigunta. Theepetti Ganesan has also acted in movies like Vijay Sethupathi's Thenmerku Paruvakaatru, Ajith's Billa 2, Vishnu Vishal's Neerparavai, Chiyaan Vikram's Rajapattai, Udhayanidhi Stalin's Kanne Kalaimaane, and more.

For the past few years, Theepetti Ganesan was suffering from illness and had health related problems. He had requested help from people in the film industry. A few years before, Theepetti Ganesan had quit acting and started working as a supplier in a hotel in KK Nagar, and the incident sent shock waves across the state. Talking about his plight, Theepetti Ganesan had said that his manager played spoilsport in his film career and he ended up working in a hotel, for his daily livelihood. In one of his interviews, he was quoted as saying, "I hail from a middle class family in Madurai. After Renigunta I was regularly getting an opportunity to act in big banner films with stars and everything was going fine until my Manager’s greed played the spoiltsport. My Manager demanded an exorbitant salary from film producers without my knowledge and he even swindled the money received in the name of salary for me. This made film producers stay away from me and I started losing opportunities to act in films. As I don’t have any other job, I am working in this hotel now.".

It is now unfortunate that he is no more. Condolence messages have been pouring in from all quarters for Theepetti Ganesan and at this juncture, we at Galatta Media express our heartfelt condolences to the near and dear ones of Theepetti Ganesan. Let us pray for the departed soul to rest in peace. For now, check out director Seenu Ramasamy's tweet regarding the unfortunate demise of Theepetti Ganesan here: