Legendary film producer Daggubati Ramanaidu (6 June
1936 – 18 February 2015) passed away in
Hyderabad on Wednesday after fighting
prostate cancer. Father of noted film hero, D. Venkatesh and grandfather of
upcoming actor, Rana, Ramanaidu established the well-known film house Suresh Productions,
named after his elder son. was a multilingual Indian film
producer. He was the founder of Suresh Productions and holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the most films produced by an
individual, having produced more than 150 films in 13 Indian languages. He has
also served as a member of parliament for the Bapatla constituency of Guntur
District in the Lok sabha from 1999 to 2004. He produced over 150 films in
most of the Indian languages with Telugu topping the list. Considered as an
icon of film industry, he introduced several film personalities through his
Suresh Productions.
Recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke
Award for lifetime achievement in 2009 and also Padma Bhushan in 2012 in
recognition of his contribution to Indian cinema, Ramanaidu also holds the
record for producing highest number of films in the world.
Born in an agricultural family
in Karamchedu in Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh, Ramanaidu also
represented the Bapatla constituency in Parliament during 1999 - 2004 getting
elected on the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) ticket.
He started Ramanaidu Studios
in Hyderabad in 1989 and offered the film-makers the facility of walking in
with a script and leaving with the final copy. He was also known for appearing
in guest roles in the films produced by him. Some of his well-known films
include Prem Nagar, Mundadugu, Soggadu, Jeevana Tarangalu, Devatha,
Sangharshana, Prathidwani, Aha Na Pellanta, Prema, Indrudu Chandrudu and the
latest being Gopala Gopala starring Venkatesh and Pawan Kalyan.
Some of his runaway hits in
Hindi include Tohfa, Insaf Ki Awaz and Prem Qaidi in which he introduced
Karishma Kapoor to the silver screen.
A large number of film
personalities made a beeline to his residence in the city soon after his
demise. Among them actor Nagarjuna, Rajasekhar, Chiranjeevi, Allu Arjun,
Nagachaitanya, film maker Allu Arvind paid floral tributes to the departed film
producer.
Cremation
on Thursday
D. Venkatesh, actor son of
Rama Naidu came out of his residence and announced that his father had died at
2.30 p.m. The body would be kept at Rama Naidu Studious on Thursday morning.
The funeral would be held later in the day, he added.
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