Kannada Actor Chiranjeevi Sarja died of heart attack on sunday in Bangalore. He was 39 years old and leaves his wife Meghana Raj behind. They both got married in 2018. Meghana Raj is the daughter of veteran actors Prameela Joshi and Sundar Raj.
Doctors said, he suffered a massive heart attack and their efforts to revive Sarja failed. His throat swabs were taken and sent to labs for further testing.
Chiranjeevi made his Kannada film debut with the movie ‘Vayaputra’ in 2009. He won the best debutant award for ‘Vayaputra’. But the run away hit ‘Vardanayaka'( 2013) won him huge fan following. He shared the screen with Nikesha Patel and Sujith in ‘Varadanayaka’.
Chiranjeevi Sarja is nephew of prominent south star Arjun Sarja. Also, his younger brother Druva Sarja is lead actor in Kannada movies.
After his brief stint as an assistant director for Arjun he went on to become lead actor and starred in movies like Dandam Dasghanum, Varadanayaka, Vishal, Chandralekha, Ajith, Rudratandava, Player, Ramalila, She, Samhara, Ziesar.
On behalf of its readers, TeluguRajyam conveys its condolences to the late actor’s family.