WELL KNOWN FILM MAKER
Dasari Narayana Rao, well known filmmaker and producer, has died. He was 75 years old.
Rao celebrated his 75th birthday on May 4 this year. He has been hospitalised for a while now. It was reported earlier today that Rao was critical.
The filmmaker was undergoing treatment at the KIMS Hospital in Hyderabad. He had to undergo a gastric balloon surgery some time ago.
Rao is known for his work predominantly in Telugu cinema. He holds a record in the Limca Book of Records for directing the maximum number of films. Some of his most famous films are Tandra Paparayudu (1986), Meghasandesam (1983) and Kaante Koothurne Kanu (2000).
HE is Well-known Telugu film director and former Union Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayana Rao died here on Tuesday after prolonged illness. He was 75. Rao, who holds the Guinness Book of Records for directing 125 films in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi, died at a private hospital due to health complications. The National Award-winning director had produced 50 other films. He had been in and out of hospital for quite some time and had undergone surgery for infection in the lungs and kidneys earlier this year.Rao, who was a Minister in the Council of Ministers headed by Manmohan Singh, was also chargesheeted in the coal scam. Some of his famous films include Premabhishekam, Megha Sandesham, Osey Ramulamma and Tata Manavadu. Rao had planned to make a biopic on late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.
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