Legendary director Singeetham Srinivasa Rao tests COVID-19 positive

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao announced that he has been tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms on September 9th in Chennai. Revealing that he is currently in home isolation, the 88-year-old said that his quarantine period is up to September 22nd. Meanwhile, the octogenarian will be turning 89 on the 21st of this month.

In a video message released on Wednesday, legendary director Singeetham Srinivasa Rao announced that he has been tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms on September 9th in Chennai. Revealing that he is currently in home isolation, Singeetham said that his quarantine period is up to September 22nd. Meanwhile, the octogenarian will be turning 89 on the 21st of this month.
“Despite confined to my living space, I’ve been reading books and working on a few scripts. This global pandemic is a very serious thing and one has to be very careful in dealing with it. Face masks and social distancing norms should be a must. Despite following all the safety precautions, the virus has attacked me in an ingenious way and I still can’t figure out how it happened,” he said in the video.

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Stating that man has always tramped over virus at all times in history, the national award-winning filmmaker explained why he had to release his statement at this moment. “From the past few days, several media personals have been approaching me through phone calls, e-mails and messages for doing special stories on my birthday. I wasn’t able to attend them as I got contracted with COVID-19 on September 9. The CT scan results showed that the symptoms are very mild and home quarantine would be sufficient. Thereby, I wanted to inform everyone that I am fine and healthy.”
He jokingly said that when the doctor declared him COVID positive, he replied “For 65 years, I have been positive in everything and never been negative.”

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao holds the credit for revolutionising South cinema with an array of experimental and path-breaking films. Regarded as the king of versatility when it comes to filmmaking, his last directorial was ‘Welcome Obama’ in 2013. After seven years, Singeetham is contemplating to wield the megaphone once again with a biopic on Carnatic singer, social activist and scholar Bangalore Nagarathnamma. She lived during the pre-independence era and is also said to be a descendant of the famous devadasi community.

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