Veteran Actor Krishna, Mahesh Babu’s Father, Dies

Hyderabad:

Veteran Tollywood Actor Krishna who had suffered a cardiac arrest on Monday died at present at round 4 am in Hyderabad.

Mr Krishna, 80, was delivered to the emergency division of a hospital at 1.15 am on Monday in cardiac arrest, medical doctors stated.

CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) was carried out instantly and he was shifted to the ICU for therapy and remark, they stated. The actor’s situation was stated to be important and he was being handled on a ventilator.

Mr Krishna, initially Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna Murthy, had acted in 350 movies and was one of many high actors of the time. He was additionally a profitable director and producer. He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2009.

Mr Krishna was the daddy of actor Mahesh Babu and father-in-law of TDP chief Jay Galla. He had joined the Congress and have become an MP within the Eighties however give up politics after former PM Rajiv Gandhi’s dying.

His spouse and Mahesh Babu’s mom Indira Devi died in September this 12 months. His elder son Ramesh Babu died in January. Actress Vijaya Nirmala, who was his second spouse, had died in 2019.