The death of superstar Krishna is a huge loss to the Tollywood cinema Industry. In particular, it’s an irrevocable loss to the Ghattamaneni family.
Mahesh Babu lost his elder brother Ramesh Babu earlier in January 2022 and his mother Indira Devi in September 2022. It’s a big void for Mahesh personally.
Krishna was born on 31 May, 1943 in Burripalem of Guntur district. Burripalem was adopted by his son Mahesh Babu for development. He married Indira Devi and later to actress and filmmaker Vijaya Nirmala.
He had five children with Indira including late Ramesh Babu, Mahesh Babu, daughters Padmavathi, Manjula and Priyadarshini.
Knowns for his risk taking experiments, Krishna was credited with producing many technological firsts in the Telugu film industry such as the first Cinemascope film – Alluri Seetharama Raju (1974), the first Eastmancolor film – Eenadu (1982), the first 70mm film – Simhasanam (1986), the first DTS film – Telugu Veera Levara (1995) and introducing cowboy genre to the Telugu screen. He starred in the spy films Gudachari 116 (1966), James Bond 777 (1971), Agent Gopi (1978), Rahasya Gudachari (1981) and Gudachari 117 (1989). Krishna directed Sankharavam (1987), Mugguru Kodukulu (1988), Koduku Diddina Kapuram (1989), Bala Chandrudu (1990) and Anna Thammudu (1990), casting his son Mahesh Babu in pivotal roles.
