Manorama, actor, comedian and singer affectionately known as 'Aachi', died of multiple organ failure in Chennai on Saturday night (Oct 10). She was 78 and is survived by her son Boopathy.

Manorama has acted with veterans and legends like Anna Durai, M G Ramachandran, M Karunanidhi, N T Rama Rao, Sivaji Ganesan, Nagesh, Cho, Thengai Srinivasan and the present day actors including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Vijayakanth, Sarath Kumar, Sathyaraj, Vijay, Ajith, Suriya and Vikram have shared screen space with Manorama and they have a great respect for the actress.

• She had known me as a three-year-old child actor. A loving woman and a great performer. I would say that she and Nagesh are the mummy and daddy of Tamil cinema comedy. I am honoured that they both admired my work, commented on it and cheered me on. Bye bye my loving, funny mamma. -- Kamal Haasan.
• Aachi Manorama's death comes as a shock to all of us. I was talking to her yesterday evening and she said that she will participate in the event related to Nadigar Sangam elections. Within a few hours, I got the news that she is no more. It is a great loss to the film industry. --Sarath Kumar.
• Her contribution to the film industry is immense. While her achievements — she has acted in more than 5000 stage plays and 1200 movies apart from netting several film awards and receiving Padma Sri — are many, she remained a simple, humble human being. --Vijayakant, DMDK leader.
• Original Name: Gopishantha and Place of Birth: Mannargudi.
• First film: Malaiyitta Mangai (1958).
• Important films: Bommalattam (1967); Thillana Mohanambal (1968); Karunthel Kannayiram (1971 Duet wit S.P.B); Mr. Sampath (1972, directed by Cho); Pattikada Pattanama (1972, Madurai dialect); Unnal Mudiyim Thambi (1988).
• Manorama got her Padmashri in 2002

Tamil film celebrities took to their twitter handle to pay their condolence message.