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Suriya Sivakumar mourns the demise of dubbing artist Srinivasa Murthy

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The sudden demise of popular dubbing artist Srinivasa Murthy has left everyone in shock. Srinivasa Murthy, who has lent his voice to several stars in Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam, passed away on Friday in Chennai after following a cardiac arrest.

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The iconic voice artist that passed away in the wee hours of January 27 at his residence in Chennai, was paid tribute by Tamil superstar Suriya Sivakumar. Soon after the news of his demise broke on the Internet, he was paid tribute by Suriya. He took to Twitter and paid his emotional tribute to the artist.

Suriya wrote, ''This is a huge personal loss! Srinivasamurthy Garu’s voice & emotions gave life to my performances in Telugu. Will miss you Dear Sir! Gone too soon.''


Srinivasa Murthy's voice has a separate fan base. He has dubbed not just Tamil and Malayalam superstars but also Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan and Hrthik Roshan. He earned a special recognition by dubbing the hero roles in many movies including 'Singam', 'Aparichitudu', 'Veerudokkade' and 'Janatha Garage'. Srinivasa Murthy has dubbed over a thousand of Hollywood and Bollywood movies into southern regional languages, especially Telugu. His hard work and dedication earned him many awards including the Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist in 1998 for the Telugu film Shivayya.




​RIP Jamuna: Veteran actress's life and career in pics​

Veteran Telugu actress Jamuna passed away in Hyderabad on Friday after a brief illness. She was 86. A look back at her life and career in photos.

Veteran Tollywood actress Jamuna passed away in Hyderabad on Friday after a brief illness. She was 86. She breathed her last at her residence, family sources said.

Jamuna, who acted in about 200 movies in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi, is survived by a son and a daughter.

She was born at Hampi in Karnataka on August 30, 1936, but her parents Nippani Srinivasa Rao and Kowsalya Devi moved to Andhra Pradesh.

She received her primary education at Duggirala in Guntur district and was a stage artist in her school days.

Jamuna, whose real name was Jana Bai, made her acting debut at the age of 16 with Puttillu (1953) directed by Garikapari Rajarao.

It was L. V. Prasad's Missamma (1955) which gave her recognition. She had played a supporting character in the film with the lead roles played by NT Rama Rao, Savitri and Akkineni Nageswara Rao.

In a career spanning four decades, she portrayed a variety of roles and acted with these legendary actors of her time other top actors of her times.

Jamuna also acted in 11 Hindi films. She won FilmFare award for best supporting actress for 'Milan' (1967) starring Sunil Dutt and Nutan.

It was a remake of Telugu movie Mooga Manasulu (1964) which featured Jamuna along with Nageswara Rao and Savitri.


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