Venkateswara Rao Passes Away At The Age Of 72; Telugu Film Industry In Shock!

Editor P Venkateswara Rao Death: Senior Editor P Venkateswara Rao died today (June 20, Tuesday) in Chennai. Now he is 72 years old. It is reported that he passed away at 12 noon today. Besides Telugu, Venkateswara Rao has worked for films in Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam languages.

Senior Editor In Telugu Cinema

Death of senior technician P Venkateswara Rao has created a shock in Telugu film industry. Telugu cinema has lost many legends this year. Venkateswara Rao has worked as an editor for many great films. He is the nephew of top director KSR Das, a specialist in action movies who made many hits with the top heroes in his peak time.

Venkateswara Rao edited many super hit movies like 'Mondi Mogudu Penki Pellam', 'Captain Krishna', 'Iddaru Asadhyule', 'Muddai' along with 'Yugandhar' starring world famous actor Sarvabhauma Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. He has worked in more than 200 films. At that time his name was heard among the great editors in the South cinema industry.

P Venkateswara Rao worked with former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Karunanidhi, KSR Das, P Vasu, Mangikandan, Nageswara Rao and Boina Subbarao. Many film celebrities have expressed shock over his death.

Funeral Rites On June 22

His family members informed that P Venkateswara Rao's last rites will be held in Chennai on June 22nd (Thursday). President of Telugu Film Editors Association Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao and General Secretary Marthand K Venkatesh expressed their condolences on his death.

From the beginning of this year 2023, many tragedies are happening in the Telugu cinema. We lost Kalatapasvi K Vishwanath, actress Jamuna, young protagonist Nandamuri Taraka Ratna. Recently actor Sarath Babu has also passed away.

Sagar, who mentored directors like VV Vinayak, Srinu Vaitla, AS Ravikumar Chaudhary, famous dubbing artist Srinivasa Murthy, who gave life to the performances of many Tamil heroes including Suriya with his voice in Telugu, legendary singer Vani Jayaram also passed away this year. The death of each person has deeply hurt Telugu cinema celebrities and fans.