Ilaiyaraaja's daughter and playback singer Bhavatharini dies of cancer

Music director Ilaiyaraaja's daughter and playback singer Bhavatharini died of cancer on January 25. According to reports, she went to Sri Lanka to get treated for liver cancer. However, she died at around 5 pm in Sri Lanka. Her body will be brought to Chennai tomorrow, January 26, where the final rites will take place. She is survived by her husband. Bhavatharini was 47 years old.

She is the daughter of



Ilaiyaraaja and sister of Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja. She won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback singer for Tamil song, 'Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu' from 'Bharathi'.

Ilaiyaraaja's daughter, Bhavatharini', was a playback singer and music composer. For the past six months, she had been treated for liver cancer. Recently, she was taken to Sri Lanka to get further treatment, where she died at a private hospital.