Kumar
Vatti,
the
filmmaker
who
made
his
directorial
debut
with
Maa
Abbayi,
is
no
more.
As
per
the
reports,
the
39-year-old
passed
away
due
to
COVID-19
complications
on
Thursday
(April
29,
2021)
at
the
Great
Eastern
Medical
School
And
Hospital
(GEMS),
Srikakulam
where
he
was
admitted
for
the
past
few
days.
Reportedly,
Kumar
Vatti
was
working
as
the
associate
director
of
the
popular
filmmaker
Parasuram
in
the
highly
anticipated
upcoming
Mahesh
Babu
starrer
Sarkaru
Vaari
Paata.
If
the
reports
are
to
be
true,
the
young
filmmaker
was
also
busy
with
the
scripting
of
his
second
directorial
venture,
which
was
expected
to
start
rolling
once
the
world
comes
back
to
normalcy.
Kumar
Vatti,
who
hails
from
Narasannapetta
town
of
Srikakulam,
was
a
long-time
associate
of
director
Parasuram.
He
had
assisted
the
senior
filmmaker
in
some
of
the
highly
popular
films
including
Anjaneyulu,
Solo,
and
Saarocharu.
Kumar
Vatti
had
also
worked
as
an
assistant
to
the
popular
editor
Marthand
K
Venkitesh.
He
worked
as
an
editing
assistant
to
Marthand
in
over
30
projects,
before
finally
making
his
directorial
debut
in
2017
with
the
movie
Maa
Abbayi.
The
action
thriller,
which
featured
Sree
Vishnu
and
Chitra
Shukla
in
the
lead
roles,
however,
emerged
as
a
critical
and
commercial
failure.