In
recent
months,
Telugu
film
industry
has
lost
a
few
leading
stars
like
Akkineni
Nageswara
Rao,
Uday
Kiran,
Srihari,
AVS
and
Dharmavarapu
Subramanyam.
When
it
is
struggling
to
recover
from
the
loss,
the
Tollywood
has
been
thunder-struck
by
the
shocking
news
about
the
death
of
filmmaker
Beeram
Mastan
Rao,
who
passed
away
in
Chennai
on
January
28.
According
to
reports,
Beeram
Mastan
Rao
was
suffering
from
some
age-related
illness
from
the
last
few
years.
The
69-year-old
director,
who
had
married
late
actress
Naveena
Lakshmi,
was
recently
admitted
to
the
Bharati
Raja
hospital
in
Chennai.
While
undergoing
treatment
for
the
disease,
he
breathed
his
last
in
the
hospital
on
Monday
morning.
Born
on
30th
October,
1944,
Beeram
Mastan
Rao
shared
great
bond
with
superstar
Krishna
as
both
hailed
from
same
district
and
he
was
said
to
be
one
of
the
latter's
favourite
directors.
The
filmmaker
hogged
the
limelight
with
the
hit
movie
Burripalem
Bullodu
starring
Krishna
and
actress
Sridevi,
who
went
on
to
become
a
hit
pair
in
Telugu
cinema.
It
also
marked
the
return
of
Sridevi
as
a
commercial
actress.
Beeram
Mastan
Rao
had
also
directed
late
legendary
actor
NT
Rama
Rao
in
the
film
Prema
Simhasanam
starring
actress
Manjula
in
the
female
lead.
He
had
directed
six
Telugu
movies
like
Bhurripalem
Bullodu,
Prema
Simhasanam,
Talli
Godavari,
Suvarna
Sundari,
Gayyali
Gangamma
and
Viplava
Sankham,
and
most
of
them
were
big
hits
at
the
Box
Office.
He
had
also
directed
a
few
TV
serials.
Several
Tollywood
filmmakers
including
Tamanna
Bharadhwaj
attended
the
condolence
meet
held
in
Hyderabad
and
paid
tributes
to
Beeram
Mastan
Rao.