2010-01-27

Veteran Actor Gummadi Venkateswara Rao Passes Away

Gummadi Venkateswara Rao
Veteran actor, Gummadi Venkateswara rao (83) passed away yesterday night around 11.30 pm. He was admitted in Care Hospital on Sunday due to serious illness.

The actor was popularly known as Gummadi, who has entered the silver screen with the film Adhrusta deepudu and served the Telugu cinema for more than 55 years by acting in 500 films in various genres. He is known for his unique style of dialogue delivery and expressions and was also awarded the prestigious Raghupathi Venkaiah Award by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in1999.

According to sources, the final rituas are to be performed tomorrow at Panjagutta burial grounds, Hyderabad.

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