Akkineni Nagarjuna, son of late Telugu cinema icon Nageswara
Rao, told his father, who died early Wednesday, was doing extremely fine.
Nageswara died here at a private due to intestinal cancer.
He was 91.
"My father was recovering well from the surgery. He was
absolutely fine Tuesday evening and spent time with all our family
members," Nagarjuna said journalists here.
Nageswara's body was shifted to Annapurna Studios for
industry members and fans to pay their last respects. He will be cremated
Thursday.
Born Sep 20, 1924 ,
Nageswara's 70-year-old career comprises a filmography of 256 movies. He had mainly
worked in Telugu as well as in a few Tamil movies.
He started his career in theatre and played women roles in
the initial years of his career. In 1944, he essayed the lead role in Telugu
drama "Sitarama Jananam".
Some of his best movies include "Batasari",
"Devadasu" and "Prem Nagar". He was also shooting for
Telugu family drama "Manam" with son Nagarjuna and grandson Akkineni
Naga Chaitanya.
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