This story is from October 25, 2015

Telugu actor Mada passes away

Well-known actor Mada Venkateshwara Rao, 65, died here last on Saturday night. He had been ailing for sometime and breathed his last in a corporate hospital.
Telugu actor Mada passes away
Well-known actor Mada Venkateshwara Rao, 65, died here last on Saturday night. He had been ailing for sometime and breathed his last in a corporate hospital.
A theatre personality-turned-actor, Mada acted in more than 300 films but what distinguished him from the rest of the actor in Tollywood was the ease with which he played eunuch in several films.
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Though Mada acted in films like ���Muthyala Muggu��� with Bapu giving him a break, showing his prowess as an actor, it was his role in ���Chillara Kottu Chittemma��� that brought him recognition in 1977 as a comedy actor. He portrayed the role of a eunuch in as many as 70 films. His other notable films include ���Chillara Kottu Chittemma���, ���Eka Lavya: and ���Malle Poovu���.
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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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