Daggubati Ramanaidu passes away
on Feb 18, 2015
Ramanaidu passes away, Ramanaidu died: Veteran producer Dr Daggubbati Ramanaidu has passed away. He was suffering from cancer for the past few months and the legendary filmmaker has breathed his last today.The death news of Ramanaidu came as a big shock for entire Telugu film fraternity and several celebrities have expressed their grief over the death of the veteran producer.
Ramanaidu received Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award from Government of India in 2012 for his contribution to the Telugu cinema. In 2009, Ramanaidu was conferred with Dada Saheb Phalke award for life time achievement in film industry. Ramanaidu has produced over 130 movies in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Oriya and other languages on Suresh Productions banner and his name features in the Guinness Book of Records. Ramanaidu is survived by wife Rajeswari, sons Suresh Babu Daggubati (producer), Venkatesh Daggubati (actor) and daughter Lakshmi (mother of Naga Chaitanya).