Actor Arav Nafeez, popularly known as Bigg Boss Aarav, who was crowned Bigg Boss Tamil season 1 winner, married actor Raahei recently and become a family man.

Now the newly wed suffered a major personal loss. Aarav Nafeez's father breathed his last in the wee hours of Sunday due to illness.

He passed away early this morning at 1.30 am in Chennai due to multi organ failure and cardiac arrest. He was a lecturer at Trichy Government Law College.

It is said that body has been shifted to his hometown in Nagercoil where the last rites would be held this evening. Arav's co-contestants from 'Bigg Boss' and his fans are expressing their condolences to him on social media.

Aarav who started his career as a model did hundreds of ad films. He did few movies including Mani Ratnam's 'Ok Kanmani' and Vijay Antony' s 'Saithaan'. Aarav earned a lot of popularity on Bigg Boss show and became a household name. Actress Oviya fell in love with Aarav during the Bigg Boss show, however, she exited Bigg Boss later after attempting suicide.

Once the show was over, the actress even posted several selfies she took with Aarav. He was rumoured to be in a relationship with Oviya. However, neither of them ever made their relationship official.

While many believed that Aarav and Oviya were in a relationship, it came as a shock when Aarav announced his marriage to actress Raahei. The recently actress revealed that there's nothing between them, and she couldn't attend Aarav's wedding as she was at Kerala during the lockdown.  

After gaining prominence in Bigg Boss, he went on to play the solo lead in 'Market Raja MBBS' directed by Saran. His 'Raja Bheema' and 'Meendum Vaa Arugil Vaa' are gearing up for release in 2021.