Deaths that left Telugu film industry mourning in 2011
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oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
Telugu
film
industry
has
lost
several
big
names
in
the
year
2011.
EVV
Satyanarayana,
actresses
Sujata,
Nutan
Prasad,
etc.,
demises
have
turned
out
to
be
unbearable
losses
to
the
Tollywood.
Here,
we
are
bringing
you
some
of
the
deaths
that
left
the
industry
mourning.
Noted
Telugu
filmmaker
EVV
Satyanarayana
died
of
severe
cardiac
arrest
at
Apollo
Hospital,
Jubilee
Hills
in
Hyderabad
on
January
21.
The
56-year-old
producer,
who
introduced
Pawan
Kalyan
to
the
silver
screen
with
the
movie
Akkada
Abbai
Ikkada
Ammayi,
was
suffering
from
throat
cancer.
Popular
writer
Mullapudi
Venkata
Ramana
passed
away
on
February
24
in
Chennai.
He
breathed
his
last
at
the
age
of
80.
Versatile
actor
Nutan
Prasad
passed
away
at
Apollo
Hospital
in
Hyderabad
on
March
2
at
the
age
of
61.
He
was
suffering
from
heart-related
ailment.
Popular
South
Indian
actress
Sujatha
died
in
Chennai
due
to
a
cardiac
arrest
on
April
6.
She
was
suffering
from
kidney
related
issues.
Actor
Rami
Reddy,
one
of
the
most
popular
villains
in
Telugu
Cinema,
died
on
April
14
at
KIMS
hospital,
Hyderabad.
He
was
suffering
from
kidney
related
disease
for
a
long
time.
Young
music
director
Thumma
Anil
Reddy
died
under
suspicious
circumstances
on
April
22.
Earlier,
it
was
said
that
he
died
due
to
a
cardiac
arrest
and
later
it
was
revealed
that
he
breathed
his
last
after
suffering
a
head
injury.
Popular
Kuchipudi
classical
dancer
Nataraja
Ramakrishna
passed
away
at
the
Nizam's
Institute
of
Medical
Sciences
(NIMS)
in
Hyderabad
on
7th
June.
The
88-year-old
bachelor,
who
was
known
for
his
'Andhra
Natyam' and
'Perini
Shivatandavam',
died
following
prolonged
illness.
Director
VR
Pratap,
who
directed
Junior
NTR's
debut
movie
as
a
hero,
passed
away
on
July
6.
The
filmmaker,
who
was
suffering
from
chronic
leukaemia,
died
at
his
home
town
Tenali.
South
Indian
producer
Dasari
Padma,
wife
of
Telugu
filmmaker
Dasari
Narayana
Rao,
died
on
28th
October
following
a
brief
illness.
The
65-year-old
producer
died
due
to
lung
infection.
Veteran
Telugu
film
producer
and
noted
lyricist
MS
Reddy,
popularly
known
as
Mallemala
passed
away
on
December
11
at
his
residence
in
Film
Nagar
in
Hyderabad
due
to
prolonged
illness.
He
was
87.