The mortal stays of veteran Telugu movie lyricist ‘Sirivenela’ Sitaram Sastri have been torched right here on Wednesday after a number of movie personalities and political leaders paid tributes to him.
Shastri is useless Due to issues associated to lung most cancers at a personal hospital right here on Tuesday.
The physique was stored within the movie halls right here earlier than being taken to the ‘Mahaprasthanam’ crematorium in Jubilee Hills. Shastri’s son lit the pyre in a standard ceremony on the crematorium. Top Telugu actors together with Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Pawan Kalyan, Allu Arjun, Mahesh Babu, famend director SS Rajamouli and others paid tribute to the late lyricist.
Telangana Finance Minister T Harish Rao, Andhra Pradesh Information Minister Perni Nani and Galadar Gadar additionally paid their final respects to Shastri.
“It is a big loss for the Telugu film industry. No one can compensate for the loss. I have lost a great friend. In terms of literature, he is the last stalwart of the film industry,” Chiranjeevi informed reporters.
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“We lost our greatest talent today. My prayers are with Shastri Garu’s family,” stated Mahesh Babu.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and different prime leaders condoled Shastri’s dying.
Shastri, who has left an indelible mark on the Telugu talking plenty with songs in movies like ‘Sirivenela’, ‘Swarna Kamalam’, ‘Subha Lagnam’, ‘Rudraveena’ and lots of extra, grew to become standard with veteran director Ok Vishwanath’s movie ‘Sirivenela’. Happened. ‘ in 1986.
He got here to be often called ‘Sirivenela’ Sitaram Shastri, although his surname is Chembolu.
Since then, he has written almost 3,000 songs and has acquired the Andhra Pradesh authorities’s Nandi Award a number of instances, amongst different honours.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
