Tamil Filmmaker K Bhagyaraj Leaves Emotional Posthumous Note For Fans Asks Them To Support Son Shanthnu

On Tuesday evening, Bhagyaraj's office released his final letter to the public. The two-page letter states that “Happiness comes from making people around you happy.” He wrote that his entire life revolved around receiving immense love from the audience. Thanking fans, mothers who encouraged him and his colleagues, he wrote, “I have kept my eyes alive just for your loving gaze. Please take care of them.”

Further in the letter, Bhagyaraj conveyed his blessings to his son, Shanthnu, asking his fans to do the same. “Henceforth, I wish for your applause to be his blessing,” he wrote, adding that fans have supported him through his life. He also wrote that his donated eyes would symbolically keep watching over them after his death.

In the final part of the letter, Bhagyaraj wrote, “This body was not born to carry any expiry date. This body will go back to the earth or to the fire someday.” He also spoke of how all that’s left after death are ashes, but love is the real treasure one leaves behind. “I'm grateful to the people who loved me, cried for me and respected me throughout the last journey of my life. I will keep living through good movies, screenplays, dialogue and humanity,” wrote the filmmaker.

However, other fans showered love on Shanthnu, leaving comments like, “@imKBRshanthnu You deserve all the success bro!! We are there for you,” and “@imKBRshanthnu Work hard bro.. We are here to support always.. Keep trying..” Another reasoned, “He donated his eyes. He might have written this as a letter when signing up for eye donation. Don’t forget he is a script writer.”

Bhagyaraj’s funeral was attended by Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay, Rajinikanth, Suhasini, Radhika Sarathkumar, and others. Shanthnu later penned a note thanking Vijay for his support in both happiness and grief.

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