Murali is the son of Kannada director Siddalingaiah. With the help of his father he debuted acting in Tamil film in 1984 titled Poovilangu and directed by his father. With acting gene in his blood he earned a good name with that film. He then acted in his second film Pagal Nilavu, he along with actress Revathi. The movie introduced the director Mani Ratnam to the Tamil film industry.
Though this movie garnered Murali great recognition he could smell success not much longer. He starred movie after movie that only harnessed his acting career. In 1990, he starred in Vikraman's Puthu Vasantham along with Sithara and Anand Babu where he played one among four friends who find themselves unexpectedly saddled with a young woman. The movie was such a big hit that it re-wrote Tamil movie history, sparking a whole range of "friendship" films and also propelling his career.
He has a unique style of acting, was loved by his fans for his wonderful expression of feelings through his acting. What bothers most of his fans is that he died at a very young age at 46.
Recently, Murali had introduced his son Atharva with the movie Baana Kaathadi in which he himself had played a pivotal role. Now he's dead his son has the honor to continue his father's passion which is acting.
Murali passed away at the Ramachandra Hospital in Chennai at 4:00 am on 8th September. He was rushed to the hospital on Monday after he complained of chest pain on Monday. But he died on Wednesday morning following a massive heart attack.
He is survived by his wife Shobha and daughter Kaavya and son Atharva.
He managed to appear around 60 films or more in his entire career.
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