Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (82), the legend of Telugu film industry passes away today at Care Hospital, Hyderabad.
He was admitted into the hospital as he turned severely ill. Both his kidneys were failed and followed by that, it resulted in multi organ failure. Gummadi was earlier affected with paralysis but got convalesced fighting with it. He appeared last in the movie ‘Kasinayana’ in 2008 while his first movie was Adrushta Deepudu in 1950. He was born on 9th July 1927.
His last recorded video was on 20th January 2010 when he shared his views on color-Mayabazaar.
Incidentally, this great legend once declared that he was the fan of our greatandhra.com columnist, writer, critic, translator, biographer, TV anchor and historian MBS Prasad. Greatandhra.com expresses deep condolences to the family members of Gummadi. (more...)
Gummadi Passes Away
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Here is a tearful tribute to a great veteran who can play any role with class and elan. May his soul rest in peace. He will always be alive in the hearts of all telugu movie fans
On Behalf of Malaysian Telugus I wish to express our deepest condolences to the family of this great actor who has entertained us for about 5 edecades with his well controlled acting talent. May his soul rest on peace.
Appanna Naidu
Kuala Lumpur
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