Actor Meena’s husband dies of post-COVID complications

Popular actress from South, Meena, lost her husband to COVID-19 at a hospital in Chennai on Monday.

Vidyasagar, 48, had contracted the infection in March and was suffering from post-COVID complications since then. Besides, Vidyasagar had kidney-related complications and was in line for a transplant surgery.

The cremation will take place on Tuesday (June 29) at 2 pm in Besant Nagar, Chennai.

Sarathkumar, who had acted with Meena in several films, paid his last respects to Vidyasagar. “It is shocking to hear the news of the untimely demise of Actor Meena’s husband Vidyasagar, our family’s heartfelt condolences to Meena and the near and dear of her family, may his soul rest in peace (sic).”

Meena started her career as a child artiste and later got lead roles with top heroes in the 90s and 2000s. Currently, she does character roles in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She was last seen in Mohan Babu’s Son of India.

Meena married Vidyasagar in 2009. The couple has a daughter Nainika, who has acted as a child artiste in Telugu and Tamil films.