Southern actress Manjula Vijayakumar dies aged 59

Southern actress Manjula Vijayakumar, who was suffering from jaundice, died in Chennai. She was 59. “She was admitted to the Sri Ramchandra Medical College (SRMC) a week ago after she suffered a fall in her house. She was undergoing treatment and two days ago was diagnosed with jaundice,” a source said. She is survived by her husband Vijayakumar, a Tamil actor, and three daughters. Manjula, once a popular face in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada cinema, had starred in over 100 films in her three-decade long career.