Veteran Telugu actor and former Parliamentarian Kaikala Satyanarayana died at his Jubilee Hills residence in Hyderabad in the early hours of Friday after a brief illness, said family members. The last rites of Kaikala will be performed at Mahaprasthanam crematorium in Jubilee Hills on Saturday. With his six-long decade career in the film industry, he has acted in over 750 films.
He has received many awards, including the 2011 Raghupati Venkaiah Award, the 2017 Filmfare Awards for lifetime achievement award for Telugu cinema and the Andhra Pradesh government’s Nandi film awards.
RRR actor Ram Charan tweeted, “Deeply saddened to hear the demise of Kaikala Satyanarayana Garu.. His contribution to our film industry will be remembered forever !! May his soul rest in peace”
Mahesh Babu wrote, “Extremely saddened by the passing away of KaikalaSatyanarayana garu. I have some very fond memories of working with him. He will be missed. My deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. May his soul rest in peace.”
Allu Arjun tweeted, “saddened to hear the demise of Kaikala Satyanarayana Garu.. His contribution to our film industry will be remembered forever !! May his soul rest in peace”
The veteran actor shared screen space with Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh and Chiranjeevi, Mahesh Babu, Prabhas, Ram Charan, and Allu Arjun. Kaikala was born on July 25, 1935, in Krishna district, and received his primary education in Gudlavalleru, as well as his intermediate education and graduation in Vijayawada. Kaikala was discovered by DL Narayana, who cast him in his 1959 film Supayi Koothuru, directed by Changayya.
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