‘Judo’ Rathnam no more

Chennai: Veteran stunt master ‘Judo’ Rathnam, who has worked with stars in several Tamil movies, passed away here on Thursday. He was 93. K K Rathnam was the man behind the jaw-dropping fights of top actors including Rajnikanth. He debuted as a villain in ‘Thamarai Kulam’ in 1959 in which he acted with Sowcar Janaki and M R Radha and later started his career as stunt master in ‘Vallavan Oruvan’in 1966. Muktha Ravi of Muktha films posted in social media: “A great loss to Muktha Films.” tnn