<p>Multi-lingual actor R Dileep passed away at a private hospital here on Friday. He was 54. He was undergoing treatment for kidney failure. <br /><br /></p>.<p>He breathed his last around 3 am. He leaves behind his wife Hemavati, children Maurya and Bhavya. He had moved to Mysore recently for his children’s education and was residing at Bogadi. <br /><br />The last rites will be held at the Veerashaiva burial grounds in Vidyaranyapuram in the city. <br /><br />A native of Bangalore, he forayed into Kannada filmdom in 1974. He has acted in over a 100 films in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. <br /><br />‘Indina Ramayana,’ ‘Ondagi Baalu,’ ‘Arishina Kumkuma,’ ‘Ondu Cinema Kathe,’ ‘Thooguve Krishnana,’ ‘Onde Goodina Hakki’ and ‘Shruti’ are a few among the notable Kannada films he has acted in. <br /><br />He had also shared screen space with Kamal Hassan in the 1980’s release - ‘Thoogandeya Tambi Thoogandeya’ and Rajinikanth in ‘Vali’ in 1990, attaining popularity.</p>
<p>Multi-lingual actor R Dileep passed away at a private hospital here on Friday. He was 54. He was undergoing treatment for kidney failure. <br /><br /></p>.<p>He breathed his last around 3 am. He leaves behind his wife Hemavati, children Maurya and Bhavya. He had moved to Mysore recently for his children’s education and was residing at Bogadi. <br /><br />The last rites will be held at the Veerashaiva burial grounds in Vidyaranyapuram in the city. <br /><br />A native of Bangalore, he forayed into Kannada filmdom in 1974. He has acted in over a 100 films in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. <br /><br />‘Indina Ramayana,’ ‘Ondagi Baalu,’ ‘Arishina Kumkuma,’ ‘Ondu Cinema Kathe,’ ‘Thooguve Krishnana,’ ‘Onde Goodina Hakki’ and ‘Shruti’ are a few among the notable Kannada films he has acted in. <br /><br />He had also shared screen space with Kamal Hassan in the 1980’s release - ‘Thoogandeya Tambi Thoogandeya’ and Rajinikanth in ‘Vali’ in 1990, attaining popularity.</p>
