Popular anchor Anandakannan, who was a darling of the Tamil TV anchoring space in the 90s and 2000s, has passed away reportedly due to cancer on Monday. He was 48.
Anandakannan started his anchoring career in Singapaore and later shifted to Chennai where he worked as an RJ for a radio network. He then joined a popular television network as a VJ and anchored shows which were a huge hit amongst youngsters garnering him a considerable fan base.
He had also starred in a Television series and few movies.
The anchor-actor’s sudden demise has shocked his fans and condolences are pouring in. Renowned filmmaker Venkat Prabhu and RJ Dheena have tweeted sharing their grief upon hearing the heartbreaking news.
A great friend a great human is no more!! #RIPanandakannan my deepest condolences pic.twitter.com/6MtEQGcF8q
— venkat prabhu (@vp_offl) August 16, 2021
Great friend and great human is no more and such an young age he left us and will pray for his soul and more strength to his family #ripanandakannan https://t.co/XFuEwY6NIW
— RJ Dheena (@dedeena) August 16, 2021
Those wer the times wen u hardly had any music channels completely dedicated to Tamil Songs..and then came @SunMusic and some young adults whom each one of us could relate to..Ananda Kannan was top on that list..90s kids favourite VJ..#RIPanandakannan #anandakannan#sunmusic pic.twitter.com/PMW5DSyUhM
— CL Ramakrishnan (@kishen05journo) August 16, 2021
Source: The New Indian Express