Krishna Lifeless: Telugu Movie Star Was 79

Krishna, a serious star within the Eighties Telugu language movie business, has died. He was 79.

Indian media reported that he was taken to hospital in Hyderabad on Monday with extreme cardiac issues that wanted resuscitation. He died in hospital on Tuesday morning.

Along with his personal profession as actor, director and producer over a interval of some 5 a long time and 350 movies, Krishna is named the daddy of present star Mahesh Babu.

Born as Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna Murthy in 1943, Krishna started work within the movie business in 1961 and had his first main position in 1965’s “Thene Manasulu.”

He labored with main administrators together with Adurthi Subba Rao, V. Madhusudhan Rao, Okay. Viswanath, Bapu, Dasari Narayana Rao and Okay. Raghavendra Rao. Amongst his best-known roles was portrayal of Alluri Sitarama Raju, a freedom fighter in Andhra Pradesh. (This is identical position as was lately performed by Ram Charan in present hit movie “RRR”.)

He’s additionally famous for pairing up with the identical main actress on scores of productions. He labored with Vijaya Nirmala on 48 movies and with Jaya Prada on 47.

Amongst Krishna’s many awards was a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South and a 2009 Padma Bhushan type the Indian authorities in recognition of a lifetime of contributions to the cinema business.

Like many Indian movie stars, Krishna additionally went into politics. He was elected to parliament in 1989 as a member of the Congress Occasion. He retired from politics in 2012.

Tributes have poured in from the political courses, the movie business and from followers. Among the many first had been Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and Telangana chief minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao.

“That is coronary heart breaking. Our celebrity Krishna guru isn’t any extra. Legend and inspiration for generations.. We’ll all miss you sir,” wrote actor Nikhil Siddhartha on Twitter.