Veteran Telugu actor Krishna has handed away. He suffered a coronary heart assault early Monday. He was revived at a non-public hospital 20 minutes after CPR. But his situation remained essential. He was 79 years previous.
Born as Ghattamaneni Sivarama Krishna in Buripalem in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, Krishna entered the Telugu movie business within the early Sixties by taking part in small roles. He made his debut in 1965 as a lead actor in director Adurthi Subba Rao’s romantic drama Thene Manasulu. And as they are saying, the remainder is historical past.
Krishna not solely captured the hearts of Telugu movie audiences, but in addition repeatedly pushed the boundaries of Telugu cinema. He was forward of his time in exploring new cinematic concepts, themes, know-how and visible kinds. Take his third movie, Goodachari 116 (Agent 116), for instance. It has the excellence of being the primary James Bond-esque espionage thriller of Telugu cinema. In 1967, the movie was thought-about a dangerous proposition when mythological movies dominated the Telugu field workplace. Written and directed by M. Mallikarjuna Rao, the movie opened to adverse evaluations turning into one of many highest-grossing movies of that 12 months. And it is among the iconic Telugu films of the bygone period.
Gudachari 116 gave Krishna a stable basis to pursue an enviable profession in Telugu cinema. And with movies comparable to Ave Kallu (1967), Sakshi (1967) and different James Bond-themed movies – James Bond 777 (1971), Agent Gopi (1978) – he served as a bankable star through the movie’s early years. strengthened his place. His career His fascination for doing spy thrillers additionally earned him the nickname ‘The Andhra James Bond’.
Krishna additionally loved a stellar popularity for his exemplary skilled self-discipline and work ethic. He was at all times able to go the additional mile for the advantage of the movie fraternity. He by no means took his stardom evenly even after garnering a ‘demi-god’ standing amongst his followers. He shot many tasks concurrently working in three shifts day-after-day. At the height of his profession, he shot a median of 10 movies in a 12 months, which is a report in itself. In 1970, he acted in 16 movies and in 1972 he made headlines in 18 movies. And most of his movies was income for the producers, serving to him obtain the title of ‘Superstar’ within the Telugu movie business.
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Apart from appearing, Krishna additionally directed and produced a number of blockbusters underneath his dwelling manufacturing banner Padmalaya Studios. He made his directorial debut with Simhasanam (1984), which was one of many largest blockbusters of his profession. He later remade the movie in Hindi as Singhasan with Jeetendra within the lead function. The Hindi remake was additionally an enormous hit. As a director, he has a complete of 17 movies to his credit score, together with some superhit movies comparable to Muguru Kodukulu, Kodukku Didina Kapooram, Anna Thammudu and Bala Chandrudu. He additionally bankrolled celebrity Rajinikanth’s Tamil movie Maviran.
In the later years of his profession, he performed essential supporting roles in movies comparable to Kanthaswamy, Baldoor, Vamsi, Raja Kumarudu and Ose Ramulamma.
Krishna was additionally instrumental in introducing a number of cutting-edge film-making strategies to Telugu cinema. His blockbuster movie Alluri Sitaram Raju was the primary Telugu movie to be shot in CinemaScope. His directorial debut Simhasanam was the primary Telugu movie to be made on 70 mm movie. His 2 hundredth movie Eenadu was the primary Eastman colour movie in Telugu. And he launched Telugu audiences to DTS sound results with Veera Levara.
In a profession spanning over 5 a long time, Krishna’s contribution to the expansion of Telugu cinema is unparalleled. In 2009, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan for his immense contribution within the subject of arts.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
