Karnataka CM BS Yeddiyurappa Condoles Actress Jayanthi's Death

Former Prime Minister & Former Karnataka Chief Minsiter HD Devegowda also has condoled the versatile actress' death

Kannada actress Jayanthi

Bengaluru: Veteran actress Jayanthi passed away due to age-related ailments in sleep in the wee hours of Monday. She was aged 76 and is survived by her son Krishna Kumar.

Jayanthi has been a renowned name in the south cinema industry as she had worked mostly in all south industries with most of the then top male actors. In this context, Karnataka CM BS Yeddiyurappa condoled her death. Taking this news to Twitter, he wrote, "I am extremely pained with the death news of Popular Kannada actress 'Abhinaya Sharade' Jayanthi. Her contribution to the Kannada film industry and the void is impossible to fill. May her soul rest in peace, give strength to his family and fans to overcome the loss."

ಪ್ರಖ್ಯಾತ ಹಿರಿಯ ಕಲಾವಿದೆ, ಅಭಿನಯ ಶಾರದೆ ಜಯಂತಿ ಅವರ ನಿಧನದ ಸುದ್ದಿ ಅತೀವ ದುಃಖ ತಂದಿದೆ. ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಅವರ ಕೊಡುಗೆ ಅಪಾರವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಲಾಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ತುಂಬಲಾರದ ನಷ್ಟವುಂಟಾಗಿದೆ. ದೇವರು ಅವರ ಆತ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಸದ್ಗತಿ ಕರುಣಿಸಲಿ, ಅವರ ಕುಟುಂಬ, ಅಪಾರ ಅಭಿಮಾನಿ ಬಳಗಕ್ಕೆ ನೋವನ್ನು ಭರಿಸುವ ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಿ ಎಂದು ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. pic.twitter.com/JuGWeyX4Ce

— B.S. Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) July 26, 2021

Former Prime Minister & Former Karnataka Chief Minsiter HD Devegowda also condoled the versatile actress' death on Twitter.

'ಅಭಿನಯ ಶಾರದೆ' ಎಂದೇ ಖ್ಯಾತಿ ಪಡೆದಿದ್ದ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ ನಟಿ ಜಯಂತಿ ಅವರು ನಿಧನರಾದ ಸುದ್ದಿ ಮನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಅತೀವ ದುಃಖವನ್ನುಂಟು ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ಭಗವಂತ ಅವರ ಆತ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಶಾಂತಿ ನೀಡಲಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಕುಟುಂಬ ವರ್ಗದವರಿಗೆ, ಅವರ ಅಪಾರ ಅಭಿಮಾನಿಗಳಿಗೆ ದುಖವನ್ನು ಭರಿಸುವ ಶಕ್ತಿ ನೀಡಲಿ ಎಂದು ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. pic.twitter.com/VX2mkNB1Y4

— H D Devegowda (@H_D_Devegowda) July 26, 2021

Condolences poured in from other celebrities as well after this news emerged.

Her first breakthrough was at the age of 14 when renowned director YR Swamy picked her to cast in his movie Jenu Goodu. And there was no looking back since then. She shared the screen with legendary actors thereafter.