Akkineni Nageswara Rao No More

Legendary Telugu veteran artist Akkineni Nageswara Rao who made Indian film industry proud with his memorable services is no more. He died early in the morning hours today at Care Hospitals suffering with Cancer. The news is officially confirmed by ANR son Nagarjuna before media. ANR is suffering with deadly cancer diagnosed very recently. He then organized a family press meet to clear the news to media people and requested the Fans not to rush for his home expressing the sympathy. Later on, ANR looked to be in sound condition attending the shooting of family muti star flick 'Manam.'

Though media speculated ANR's death nearly two to three weeks ago but Nagarjuna and Sumanth quashed the rumors. However, they could not stop the sad thing to happen. ANR was born on 20th September, 1924 in Venkata Raghava Puram and studied only to class four before entering into films with 'Dharma Pathni.' Now, his last movie is 'Manam' still to release. ANR enjoyed a complete life of acting with 75 years of career spanning in different roles. He was an inspiration and one of the main pillars in shifting the Tollywood from Chennai to Hyderabad and thus also happened the establishment of Annapurna Studios. Cinejosh prays for ANR's soul to rest in peace.