It is a very sad time for the Telugu film industry, as in a short span of time, the industry has lost many eminent personalities.
On Sunday, prominent character actor Ahuti Prasad passed away after succumbing to cancer. On Monday, popular dialogue writer Ganesh Patro, too died of cancer.
Patro had worked on more than 100 films and mainly with director Balachander and Kodi Rama Krishna. His last film Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu was a huge hit.
Ganesh Patro was also popular in the literary and theatre circles, as he had written many plays. Born on June 22, 1945 at Parvatipuram of Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, Ganesh Patro started working in films from 1965.
Some of the notable films were Akali Rajyam, Rudra Veena, Maro Charitra, Mayuri, Idi Kada Kaadu, Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu, Maa Pallelo Gopaludu, Muvva Gopaludu, Preminchu Pelladu, Nirnyam and the latest Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. Ganesh Patro who lived in Chennai, passed away in a private hospital on Monday morning.
