Popular Actor and politician MH Ambareesh died of a cardiac arrest on Saturday night. He was admitted to the emergency ward at a private hospital (Vikram Hospital) in Bangalore on Saturday night after he suffered breathlessness.

The veteran actor who is fondly called as Mandyada Gandu (man of Mandya) by the fans is the Rebel Star of Sandalwood. He had served as Minister of Housing, Karnataka Government in the Cabinet of Chef Minister Siddaramaiah from May 2013 to June 2016. He also appeared in more than 200 films and was last seen in ‘Ambi Ning Vayassaytho’ that was released in September this year. He debuted with legendary director Puttanna Kanagal’s National Award winning movie ‘Nagarahaavu’ and shared the screen space with popular Kannada actor Vishnuvardhan.

Ambareesh is well known for his roles in ‘Jaleela’, ‘Anta’, ‘Olavina udugure’. He was awarded the SIIMA lifetime achievement award in 2012. So many celebrities including Rajinikanth and fans are mourning his death.

Rebel Star Ambareesh’s son Abhishek is the new star kid on the block. In a recent media interaction, Sumalatha, wife of Ambareesh, revealed that Abhishek is keen to enter filmdom.

She said that he has been asked to take up acting classes before entering into films. Abhishek has also completed Masters in Political Science from England.

As of now, he trained in acting, dance, martial arts, and singing. Sumalatha is now hearing good scripts for her son’s debut film. And the details regarding the project will be announced soon.

Kannada top actor and ex Karnataka minister Ambareesh has been hospitalized now. He is popular Yesteryear Tollywood actress Sumalatha’s husband. The senior actor was apparently admitted to the hospital. We have come to know that the actor is facing several issues regarding the breathing and this has become the reason for him to be shifted to the hospital. His family members shifted him to the hospital. Dr Satish and his team are currently operating on him and he is being tested on Blood, Sugar, as well as BP. The doctors are also doing Heart-related tests.

Meanwhile, the sources from the hospital revealed that the actor is doing well and there is nothing to worry about. Recently, he was spotted during the election of President. He was seen ill and he attended it on a wheel chair.

The Telugu Sahitya Academy of Karnataka government gives away NTR Memorial Award every year to some prominent personalities from the film industry. Like every year, this year also, the panel of the Sahitya Academy has finalized the name of the winner. Kannada Rebel Star Ambareesh and his wife Sumalatha are going to receive the award for this year. The same has been revealed to the media by the founder of Sahitya Academy. The founder Radha Krishna Raju announced that they were awarding Ambareesh and his wife this year by expressing his happiness.

A felicitation activity is also going to take place at the awards event. The event will be organized tomorrow at Ravindra Kala Kshetram. All Ambareesh fans, celebrities from Kannada film industry and other prominent personalities are expected to attend the event.