Filmmaker and Dada Saheb Phalke Award recipient D Ramanaidu was cremated here on Thursday, with full state honours. Photo : Viral Bhasyani
In the words of Anil Kapoor,"Naidu Saab is the last of the movie moguls, an independent movie producer who dreamt epic projects like S S Vasan and L V Prasad. I can’t imagine what cinema is going to be like without Naidu Saab."
His elder son Suresh Babu is a leading producer, while younger son Venkatesh continues to be a successful hero in Telugu. His grandson Rana Daggubati has a successful career as an actor in Telugu and he also did Bollywood films like 'Dum Maro Dum'
Ramanaidu was awarded an honorary doctorate by S V University, Tirupati.
He set up a charitable trust that supports schools, colleges, old age homes and hospitals.
Ramanaidu joined TDP and represented Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency in the 13th Lok Sabha though he stayed away from politics after that.
The producer went on to set up the state-of-the art Ramanaidu Film Studio in Hyderabad, besides another studio in the picturesque port city of Visakhapatnam.
He founded his production company Suresh Productions and started making films in 1963 with 'Anuragam'.
Born in a family of agriculturists at Karamchedu village in present day Prakasam district in Coastal Andhra in 1937, Ramanaidu dabbled in business for a while, before taking a plunge into filmmaking.
"The passing away of the legend has left a void in the Telugu Film industry. I convey my sincere condolences to the bereaved members of the family and to his rasikas. I pray to God to rest his soul in peace," he said.
Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah today expressed shock over the demise of multi-lingual film producer Daggubati Ramanaidu who died in Hyderabad today and said the passing away of Dada Saheb Phalke Awardee has left a void in the Telugu film industry.
Film actor Anil Kapoor, who worked in D Ramanaidu’s biggest Hindi films, became emotional on hearing about the death of the veteran producer. “He used to call me his son. He would order his own kids to stand up when I would enter the room,” said the
His films like 'Prem Nagar', 'Srikrishna Tulabharam' (starring late NT Rama Rao), 'Ahana Pellanta', 'Prema', 'Bobbili Raja' (starring his son Venkatesh), 'Indrudu Chandrudu' (starring Kamal Haasan), 'Malliswari' (with Venkatesh and Katrina Kaif in
He holds the record for producing the biggest number of films by an individual. Ramanaidu, who produced more than 130 films in a career spanning about five decades, had a Midas touch that made most of his films successful at the box-office.
The prolific filmmaker, father of actor Venkatesh and grandfather of young actor Rana Daggubati, holds the rare distinction of producing films in several Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Oriya, Punjabi, Bengali
The Telugu film industry has reacted with shock and grief at the passing of this very successful producer who bagged the Dadasaheb Phalke and several other prestigious awards,.
Daggubati Ramanaidu, a veteran film producer and founder of Suresh Productions D Ramanaidu lost his battle with prostrate cancer on Wednesday. Celebrities from the South film industry, flocked to the legend's home in Hyderabad to pay their last
His film production company Suresh Productions made about 155 films in 15 different languages like Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati, Marathi and Bhojpuri.
Born into a family of agriculturists in Prakasam district in coastal Andhra in 1936, Ramanaidu passion for films and made his first film 'Anuragam' in 1963. He went on to make the Telugu superhit 'Ramudu-Bheemudu' with the late N T Rama Rao.
A group of nuns listening to the recital of Ramayana by poet P. I. Sankaranaryanan at Chavara Cultural Centre in Kochi on Friday marking the beginning of Ramayana month (Karkkidakam) and during a meeting on religious harmony. (Photo: SUNOJ NINAN
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient had battled cancer for months and the end came around 2.30 pm yesterday, according to his actor son Venkatesh.
Ramanaidu, a filmmaker, who made memorable films like 'Ramudu-Bheemudu', 'Srikrishna Tulabharam' and 'Premnagar', passed away at his residence on Wednesday after a protracted illness. He was 78.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao paid homage to the veteran producer earlier in the day. Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor, veteran actress Sridevi, Bollywood producer Boney Kapoor, former MP and actress Jayaprada as well as a large number of
Ramanaidu's elder son D Suresh Babu, a leading producer, lit the funeral pyre at Ramanaidu Studios here, accompanied by his younger brother and popular hero Venkatesh.
Rana and Abhiram bid teary farewell to grandfather Ramanaidu