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India Today
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Malayalam actor Vishnu Prasad dies of liver disease
Malayalam film and television actor Vishnu Prasad died at a private hospital in the early hours of Friday in Kochi. He was 49 years old. According to reports, he was undergoing treatment for liver-related issues for a few months. It is also being said that he needed a liver Prasad's co-star Kishor Satya confirmed the news of his death with a post on social media. He offered condolences to his family members, while mentioning his health wrote, "Priyappettavare, Oru sankada vaartha... Vishnu Prasaad antharichu. Kurachu naalukalaayi rogabadhithanaayi chikilsayil aayirunnu. Aadarajjalikal... Adhehathinte akaala viyogam neridaan kudumbathinu shakthiyundaavatte ennum praarthikkunnu (Dear friends, a sad news... Vishnu Prasad has passed away. He had been undergoing treatment for an illness for quite some time now. My condolences... I pray that his family gains the strength to bear his untimely demise)." Here's the post: Vishnu Prasad's family, along with the Association of Malayalam Television Artists, made arrangements to raise funds for the liver transplant. It was reported that her family was struggling to raise a sum of Rs 30 lakh after one of his daughters agreed to donate a part of her is survived by his wife, and two daughters, Abhirami and Prasad rose to fame after he played villain roles in films and television serials. Some of his popular films include 'Kasi', 'Kaiyethum Doorath', 'Mambazhakkalam', 'Ben Johson', 'Lokanathan IAS' and 'Lion' among others.
Time of India
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Malayalam Actor Vishnu Prasad Dies After Battling Liver Disease
Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Popular in Entertainment Disclaimer Statement: This content is authored by a 3rd party. The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). ET does not guarantee, vouch for or endorse any of its contents nor is responsible for them in any manner whatsoever. Please take all steps necessary to ascertain that any information and content provided is correct, updated, and verified. ET hereby disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, relating to the report and any content therein. Fans are left heartbroken as Malayalam actor Vishnu Prasad passed away on May 1. The actor was reportedly undergoing treatment for the complications caused due to liver ailment. He had been in a critical condition for the last few days before he breathed his last on Thursday. After the tragic news broke, fans and celebrities poured in their condolences messages on social media, mourning the actor's death through emotional news of Vishnu Prasad's demise was confirmed by actor Kishor Satya. In a post on Instagram, Satya wrote, 'Dear friends, a sad news... Vishnu Prasad has passed away. He had been undergoing treatment for an illness for quite some time now. My condolences... I pray that his family gains the strength to bear his untimely demise.'Seema G Nair, Vishnu Prasad's co-actress from the show Gokulam, reflected on her bond with the now deceased actor in a touching note. Shared on Facebook, the post also included a picture of Vishnu. She wrote, 'Vishnu Prasad bids farewell... A bond of many years comes to an end. Our connection began when my son Appu was just six months old. Vishnu came to act as my brother in Gokulam, and that's where it all started.'Further, Seema also recounted her hospital visit to meet the actor. Recalling the day, the actress mentioned that she cracked a few jokes, calling him a lone tusker. In a heartbreaking revelation, she mentioned that Vishnu's daughter wanted to donate a part of her liver to save her father. Concluding, Seema penned, 'He wanted to live, and we believed he would. But... Farewell, Vishnu.'Apasara, Vishnu's on-screen wife in the show Rakkuyil, also remembered her co-star, even sharing some glimpses of their camaraderie through a series of pictures. The behind the scenes photos from the show featured the duo as a married couple, allowing the fans a peek into their bond. The side note read, 'Dear Vishnu brother, RIP.'Vishnu Prasad is survived by his daughters, Abhirami and Ananika. In terms of career, he gained fame for his roles in several Malayalam and Tamil films, including Kasi (2001) Kaiyethum Doorath (2002), Runway (2004), Mambazhakkalam (2004) Ben Johnson (2005), Lokanathan IAS (2005), Pathaka (2006) and Lion (2006).The actor's funeral is expected to take place on Friday.
NDTV
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NDTV
Malayalam Actor Vishnu Prasad Dies After Family Struggled To Arrange Money For Liver Transplant
New Delhi: Renowned Malayalam film and television actor Vishnu Prasad died on Friday morning at a private hospital in Kochi. He was undergoing treatment for liver disease and had been in critical condition for the past few days. The news of his demise was shared by actor Kishor Satya on social media. "Priyappettavare, Oru sankada vaartha... Vishnu Prasaad antharichu. Kurachu naalukalaayi rogabadhithanaayi chikilsayil aayirunnu. Aadarajjalikal... Adhehathinte akaala viyogam neridaan kudumbathinu shakthiyundaavatte ennum praarthikkunnu (Dear friends, a sad news... Vishnu Prasad has passed away. He had been undergoing treatment for an illness for quite some time now. My condolences... I pray that his family gains the strength to bear his untimely demise)", Kishor wrote on Instagram, along with a photo of the late actor. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kishor Satya (@ Vishnu Prasad's family had been preparing for a liver transplant. His daughter had volunteered to donate a part of her liver, but the family was struggling to raise the required Rs 30 lakh for the surgery. The Association of Television Media Artistes (ATMA) had launched a fundraising campaign, but his condition worsened on Thursday. He is survived by his daughters, Abhirami and Ananika. Vishnu Prasad was known for his roles in several Malayalam and Tamil films, including Kasi (2001), Kaiyethum Doorath (2002), Runway (2004), Mambazhakkalam (2004), Ben Johnson (2005), Lokanathan IAS (2005), Pathaka (2006), and Lion (2006). He was also a well-known face in Malayalam television serials.
Indian Express
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Malayalam film-television actor Vishnu Prasad passes away due to liver disease, family struggled to arrange money for treatment
Renowned Malayalam film and television actor Vishnu Prasad has passed away. He breathed his last at a private hospital in Kochi on Friday morning while undergoing treatment for liver disease. He had been in critical condition for the past few days. Actor Kishor Satya announced the news of his passing on social media. ' Priyappettavare, Oru sankada vaartha… Vishnu Prasaad antharichu. Kurachu naalukalaayi rogabadhithanaayi chikilsayil aayirunnu. Aadarajjalikal… Adhehathinte akaala viyogam neridaan kudumbathinu shakthiyundaavatte ennum praarthikkunnu. (Dear friends, a sad news… Vishnu Prasad has passed away. He had been undergoing treatment for an illness for quite some time now. My condolences… I pray that his family gains the strength to bear his untimely demise),' Kishor wrote on Instagram while sharing a photo of his deceased colleague. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vishnu Prasad (@ View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vishnu Prasad (@ View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vishnu Prasad (@ Vishnu Prasad succumbed to the illness while his family and colleagues were gearing up for the actor's liver transplant. Although his daughter had volunteered to donate her liver, the family was struggling to raise the huge amount of money required for the treatment. According to OnManorama, Vishnu's family faced the challenge of raising Rs 30 lakh for his surgery. While the Association of Television Media Artistes (ATMA) had initiated a fundraising campaign to help them, his health deteriorated on Thursday, resulting in his demise. He is survived by his daughters Abhirami and Ananika. Known for his performance in movies such as actor Vikram's Kasi (the 2001 Tamil remake of director Vinayan's 1999 Malayalam drama Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum), Fahadh Faasil's Kaiyethum Doorath (2002), Dileep's Runway (2004) and Lion (2006), Mohanlal's Mambazhakkalam (2004), Kalabhavan Mani's Ben Johnson (2005) and Lokanathan IAS (2005), and Suresh Gopi's Pathaka (2006), Vishnu Prasad was also a notable face in the realm of television serials.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
6 lessons from a student loan counselor: Follow a plan to tackle your debt
Managing your student loans and making a repayment plan starts with understanding the basics of personal finance. There is no quick fix for student loan debt, but there are strategies: especially aggressive or strategically slow. There is a lot of confusing guidance and policy surrounding student loans. Stay focused on your goals and don't be afraid to tune out the noise and ask for help. If there's anything I've learned after six-plus years as a certified student loan counselor, it's that higher education debt hits close to home: my landlord's daughter, and a neighbor down the street; a volleyball teammate, and a colleague from work; my wife's client, and the parents of our daughter's friends. Obviously, student loan debt also stretches far and wide. I've counseled a minuscule fraction of the 43 million borrowers who are a collective $1.6 trillion in the red. But my half-dozen years as a pro bono counselor has taught me many things that might be useful as you handle your own student loans. So, here goes. Repaying your student loans, as you might have found out, requires some know-how that our high school and college classes left uncovered. Take budgeting, for example. Creating and maintaining a budget is critical for zeroing debt of any kind, whether you're making minimum or extra payments. Relate reading: [Survey] You're more likely to get a raise if you learned about money as a kid That's why budgeting is often a first step for borrowers I counsel. I'm reminded of a couple in their 30s who were going back to school for nursing degrees. They had taken out student loans as well as a personal loan and an auto loan, all simply by eye-balling their bank accounts and estimating their side-hustle earnings. So, we created a budget together to begin allocating payments toward their highest-interest debts (trimming a few unnecessary expenses along the way). They also needed to understand how interest works, another basic topic we often learn after leaving school. Fortunately, you don't have to remember algebra to calculate interest — use student loan payment calculators for that. Get up to speed How to make a budget in 5 steps How to replenish your emergency fund Simple ways to build good money habits Resources to boost your financial knowledge When I interviewed the last student loan ombudsman of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), she described the system for repaying federal education debt as a 'labyrinthine.' It certainly has maze-like features: there are so many passages to consider, so many obstacles in the way. Here's the example of Yasmine Kasi, whose family I've counseled over the years: 'When I heard about the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, I did look into that as a strategy to help alleviate my loans,' says Kasi, an Illinois-based speech language pathologist. 'I applied based on my experience working for a [New York City Department of Education] public school for four years. However, I was denied.' Especially after a roadblock like that, the job of a counselor is to help you figure out where you are and which routes lead to your destination. With student loans, however, possible routes can appear (or disappear) before your very eyes. For instance, the Biden Administration presented the SAVE repayment plan in 2023, only for the courts to strike it down. Then the Trump Administration temporarily removed access to all income-driven repayment (IDR) plans in 2025. On the bright side — trust me, there is one — everyone has at least one pathway to either a successful payoff or much-deserved relief. The job of you, the borrower, is to participate in finding it. Navigate your loans Find your federal loan servicer Check out your student loan balance How to start paying your loans The first and most frequent question I typically get from clients: 'How do I get rid of these loans?' If only it was so simple. I typically tell borrowers that there are two main ways to 'get rid' of education debt: the especially aggressive approach or the strategically slow one. Especially aggressive: A borrower with excellent credit and strong cash-flow who doesn't rely on federal loan protections is more likely to benefit from refinancing with a private lender, perhaps multiple times, to keep lowering their overall interest rate. Even better if they can make extra, even biweekly payments, especially after windfalls like tax refunds or a pay raise, to trim their principal faster. Strategically slow: A borrower who works for the government, a nonprofit or simply in a low-paying career is more likely to benefit from keeping their monthly payment low on an IDR plan while working toward a forgiveness or loan repayment assistance program. It can and often does take years for relief to arrive. Whether you more closely identify with the excellent-credit borrower or the low-wage worker — or more likely, are somewhere in between — the harder truth for everyone is that there are no fast and easy solutions. (If someone promises you one, that's a red flag of a potential student loan scam.) With that said, you can identify the right strategy, and by sticking with it, reach your goal of a zero balance. Set a strategy Consider tips for paying off loans See if an early repayment would be wise Is income-driven repayment a better fit? Review available forgiveness programs Prioritize education debt repayment or investing? Understand the consequences of non-payment I hear from borrowers all the time who ride the roller coaster highs and lows of what certain politicians say in public. This isn't specific to any one political party either. Leading up to and during the Biden Administration, for example, mass student loan forgiveness proposals became a lightning-rod topic around the country. And more recently, the Trump Administration's recent targeting of PSLF and its dismantling of the Department of Education writ large has undoubtedly left many of us uncertain, even confused about what the future holds. It's hard to blame borrowers for getting their hopes up or for hanging their heads. Too often in our media coverage of student loan policy proposals, we don't contextualize enough. For every grand promise from someone in the District of Columbia, there are caveats: This is an idea for change, not change by itself. And even if it comes to fruition, it may not affect every borrower, and it may not come into effect anytime soon. So, my advice to clients and to you: action over words. And if the words stress you out, avoid the headlines altogether. Instead, stay on top of the news morsels that matter to you by getting some assistance. The Education Department's contractors are notorious for providing spotty (or worse) service to federal loan borrowers. And I haven't seen enough evidence that private loan borrowers are significantly happier with their lenders. 'People overwhelmingly know what to do with their loans, but then they get bad information from their servicers that cause[s] them to second-guess themselves or make bad decisions or not do anything at all,' says education debt lawyer Stanley Tate, who has been counseling for 11 years. 'We're talking about the most complex consumer loan product in the world full stop, and you're asking people who are call center employees to… advise someone on what to do when there are so many tripwires built into the system.' Don't misunderstand. Your federal loan servicer or private lender (be it a bank, credit union, online company or state agency) is a good place to get information about your loan and a one-size-fits-all menu of repayment options. It's not a good place for nuanced guidance. Instead, seek out a certified professional who can tailor a plan to your situation. And while you're at it, yes, be skeptical. Clients have asked me for my company name (there is none) and how long I've been doing this. It's also wise to ask counselors, lawyers and others whether they've successfully helped borrowers who were experiencing what you're experiencing now. Find qualified experts Organizations that offer student loan help How to get trustworthy advice online Ways to get free financial assistance There are a handful of borrowers I've spoken with who will reach out randomly, maybe once a year. Sometimes they'll ask the same question they posed in the past, only hoping for a different answer. I usually remind them that… The so-called quick fix doesn't exist (for most borrowers). The news is sometimes misleading (because it lacks context). The best way to end your debt is to set a strategic plan (and stick to it). It's not the most uplifting message. That explains why it's sometimes met with a shrug, and a similar phone call a year or so later. Again, that's not to blame borrowers. But 'not having the time' is a common refrain. And I get it. Life happens. Loans can wait, or at least it seems they can. Consider Kasi, the pathologist who has a six-figure student loan balance. 'Beyond [PSLF], I have not looked into other strategies,' she says. 'My family and I moved around between states the last couple of years, and I'm still settling down before I try to reassess my situation… I am hoping in a year from now, I will be in a better position.' My advice for Kasi and for every student loan borrower: If you don't have time to dedicate to your student loan repayment, you're probably right. But go ahead and schedule it anyway. Write on your calendar, set an alarm or simply pick a day and time each week or month to check in on your debt, where your strategy stands and whether your options have changed. Yes, like the rest of it, this is easier said than done, particularly when you have family, work, other bills and all the usual obligations of adulthood. But I still say, dedicate time to your student loans on a recurring basis. At least it'll give you a break from all that other stuff. Take it step-by-step, beginning where it makes the most sense for you. You might start by learning to budget, connecting with a professional or logging back into or your private lender's portal. The key is to start and be consistent. Have a specific question about your loans? See step five (above) about how to find help. The National Foundation for Credit Counseling or your state's student loan ombudsperson are potential starting points. You're also welcome to email the writer at apentis@ Sign in to access your portfolio
