The
chief
of
the
prestigious
Prasad
Arts
Pictures
Anumolu
Venkata
Subba
Rao
died
at
a
private
hospital
in
Chennai
on
Thursday.
He
was
82.
AV
Subba
Rao
established
Prasad
Arts
Pictures
in
the
year
1952.
The
first
movie
made
under
this
banner
was
Pempudu
Koduku
with
Sivaji
Ganesan
and
Savithri.
AV
Subbarao
produced
more
than
35
films
in
Telugu,
Tamil
Kannada
and
Hindi
movies.
His
favourite
actor
was
Akkinenei
with
whom
he
made
the
maximum
number
of
his
films.
Akkineni
Nageswara
Rao
mourned
the
death
of
AVP.
Akineni
said
that
he
owed
his
rise
in
the
film
industry
to
AVSR.