Popular Tamil movie producer V Swaminathan has passed away in a private hospital in Chennai where he was undergoing treatment after testing positive for COVID 19. He is the father of comedy actor Ashvin Raja of 'Kumki' fame and he has also made cameo appearances in his own movies.

Swaminathan along with his partners K. Muralidharan and G. Venugopal under the banner Lakshmi Movie Makers has bankrolled several movies in the past twenty-five years including 'Unnai Thedi' and 'Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen' with Ajith and 'Priyamudan' and 'Bhagavathi' with Vijay.

Swaminthan who has become the first causality to the coronavirus in Tamil cinema has also produced several films with top stars such as Kamal Haasan, Vijayakanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Suriya, Madhavan, Simbu and Dhanush.