Producer V Tamil Azhagan, the eldest son of late producer-politician RM Veerappan, passed away on February 14. Tamil Azhagan passed away due to age issues.

Tamil Azhagan has produced films starring Rajinikanth, like SP Muthuraman's Ranuva Veeran (1981), Jagannathan's Moondru Mugam (1982), P Vasu's Panakkaran (1990), Suresh Krissna's Baashha (1995). He has also produced the Kamal Haasan headliner Kaaki Sattai (1985), which was directed by Rajasekhar, and Pudhiya Vaanam (1988), which was directed by RV Udayakumar.

Apart from producing those films he has directed Manthira Punnagai (1986) and Nila Pennae (1990). Manthira Punnagai (1986) is a thriller, which stars Sathyaraj, Nadhiya, Raghuvaran, and Thengai Srinivasan, among others. Meanwhile, Nila Pennae (1990) stars Anand, Divya Bharti, Vennira Aadai Moorthy, and Janagaraj.

His last rites is to be conducted at 5:00 pm today, at his residence in Thirumalai Pillai Road, T Nagar.