EVV
Satyanarayana,
who
tickled
the
funny
bones
of
the
Telugu
film
audience
with
his
comedy
movies,
has
left
the
Tollywood
in
mourning.
He
was
known
for
his
simplicity
and
down-to-the-earth
nature.
His
death
has
created
a
vacuum,
which
cannot
be
replaced
by
anyone.
EVV
was
born
on
June
10,
1956
to
Venkata
Rao
and
Ratnamma.
His
family"s
prime
occupation
was
agriculture
and
even
he
tried
his
hand
in
farming
but
ended
up
in
a
huge
loss.
From
his
childhood
days,
he
was
passionate
about
drama
and
cinema.
Like
every
movie
buffs,
he
bunked
the
classes
to
watch
movies.
Through
his
one
of
his
relatives,
he
made
an
un-successful
attempt
to
enter
film
industry
in
1980s.
He
also
met
a
few
directors
to
work
under
them.
But
it
was
Hasya
Brahma
Jandhyala
Subramanya
Sastry,
who
recognized
his
passion
and
gave
him
opportunity
to
work
as
an
assistant
director.
He
worked
with
Jandhyala
for
many
films
like
Nalugu
Stambhalata,
Rendu
Jella
Seetha,
Nelavanka,
Rendu
Rella
Aaru
etc.
He
finally
made
his
breakthrough
as
an
independent
director
with
Chevillo
Puvvu
starring
Rajendra
Prasad
and
Brahmanandam
in
1990.
But
he
did
not
earned
much
name
with
this
film.
But
fame
was
waiting
for
him
in
the
form
of
Prema
Khaidi,
which
went
on
to
become
one
of
the
biggest
hits
of
the
same
year.
In
his
career
span
of
53
films,
he
has
given
many
hit
movies
like
Hello
Brother,
Intlo
illalu
vantintlo
priyuralu,
Thotti
Gang,
Vedekkadi
Mogudandi,
Gopinti
Alludu,
Abbaiyigaru,
Maa
nanaku
Pelli
etc.
He
also
worked
with
superstars
like
Venkatesh,
Nagarjuna,
Balakrishna,
Mohan
Babu,
Pawan
Kalyan
and
Chiranjeevi.
But
his
Alludu
Majaka
starring
Chiranjeevi,
Ramya
Krishnan
and
Rambha
landed
in
trouble
for
its
double
entendres
dialogues
and
scenes.
The
movie
was
re-censored
after
the
release
as
several
women
groups
and
critics
protested
for
undermining
basic
family
values
and
for
vulgar
scenes.
Nonetheless,
the
movie
was
a
commercial
hit.
Later,
double
meanings
were
common
in
his
films.
He
also
launched
his
own
production
house
'EVV
Cinema".
Like
his
guru
Jandhyala,
EVV"s
most
of
the
films
were
comedy
genre.
He
also
directed
Bollywood
movie
Sooryavamsham,
a
remake
of
Tamil
movie
Suryavamsha,
starring
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Soundarya.
His
last
film
was
Kathi
Kantha
Rao
with
his
son
Allari
Naresh
in
the
lead
in
December
2010.
The
film
is
running
successfully
in
a
few
theatres
in
Andhra
Pradesh.
Telugu
film
director
Eedara
Veera
Venkata
Satyanarayana
better
known
as
EVV
Satyanarayana
passed
away
last
Friday
at
a
private
hospital
in
Hyderabad.
He
died
of
cardiac
arrest
and
he
was
also
suffering
from
cancer.
His
wife
Saraswati
Devi
and
two
sons,
Allari
Naresh
and
Aryan
Rajesh,
survive
him.
However,
his
last
rites
were
performed
on
Saturday
at
his
farmhouse
in
Nekkam
village.
Though,
he
might
have
left
this
world
but
his
memories
will
remain
in
the
heart
of
Telugu
audience
for
long
time.