Comedian Mallikarjuna Rao, who became popular with his 'Battala Satti' role in Ladies Tailor, passed away at a corporate hospital in Hyderabad in the early hours of July 24. Mallikarjuna Rao did comedy roles in many Telugu films and reaped good laughs on the screen throughout his career.
Though he is a comedian on the screen, he was quite serious outside and he served the film industry in the capacity of MAA (Movie Artistes Association) secretary. He was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad two days ago following a complaint of acute leukaemia. He was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition and doctors had lost hopes on his survival but kept him under strict medical observation.
It is worth mentioning here that the doctors claimed 48 hours time to announce the chances for his survival. True to their expectations, he died before the said time. After he was kept in hospital, popular film personalities including Chiranjeevi, Nagababu, Brahmanandam, Venumadhav and others visited the hospital to inquire about his health. He breathed his last in the early hours of Tuesday.
He breathed his last at Apollo Hospital this morning. He was admitted to Apollo Hospital three days ago. Mallikarjun Rao has been suffering from Leukamia for quite some time.
Mallikarjun Rao is one of the senior most Comedians in Tollywood. Hailed from Anakapally, Mallikarjuna Rao acted in around 375 telugu movies. Became popular with role of ‘Battala Satyam’ in Ladies Tailor directed by Vamsi. He won the Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film ‘Tammudu’.
Ladies Tailor, Hello Brother, Tammudu and Badri are some of the films in which Mallikarjuna Rao excelled audience with his comedy.
Popular Telugu Actor, writer Tanikella Bharani treats Mallikarjuna Rao as his guru and to his credit Mallikarjuna Rao introduced LB Sriram, actor cum writer to director Vamsi, who gave chance to LB Sriram in his movie.
He is the general secretary of the Movie Artists Association. He also served as the chairman of the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Srinagar colony.
The news of his news death came as a big shock to everyone in Tollywood. A host of actors and technicians are rushing to Apollo to pay their last respects to Mallikarjun Rao. His last rites would be performed at his native village near Anakapalli.
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