The last rites of veteran film director and former Union Minister Dasari Narayana Rao, who died on Tuesday, will be performed near here with state honours today, a Telangana minister said.
Cinematography Minister T. Srinivas Yadav announced that Rao will be cremated at his farm house at Chevella near here. Movie theatres in both Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will remain shut on Wednesday as a mark of respect to veteran director Dasari Narayana Rao, who died here on Tuesday night.
Theatre owners in both the state decided to keep the theatres closed.
Messages of condolence were shared by Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan on Twitter. “Shri Dasari Narayana Raoji, my dearest and closest well-wisher and friend. One of the greatest directors of India. His demise is a loss to the whole Indian film industry. My heartfelt condolences to his family. May his soul RIP (sic),” tweeted Rajinikanth. “My sympathy and condolences to the family of Daasari Naryana Rao. His loss is truly a big loss for Telugu cinema. Late K.B. sir admired him,” said Kamal Haasan.
#RIP #DasariNarayanaRao ji pic.twitter.com/RHwRcgfLsl
— Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) May 30, 2017
Kamal Haasan remembered Dasari Narayana Rao and wrote in another tweet: “I remember the days spent with Narayan Rao gaaru and Mr Sanjeev kumar ji. Yaadgaar. He was a great fan of Mr. KB. I belong to a great family (sic).”
My sympathy and condolences to the family of Daasari NaryaNa rao.His loss is truly a big loss for Telugu cinema. Late K.B. sir admired him
— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) May 30, 2017
I remember the days spent with Narayan rao gaaru and Mr. Sanjeev kumar ji. Yaadgaar. He was a great fan of Mr.KB. I belong to a great family
— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) May 30, 2017
Earlier this year, Dasari Narayana Rao had undergone a surgery for infection in lungs and kidneys. He had been in and out of hospital for quite some time.
Dasari Narayana Rao’s name has been mention in Guinness Book of Records for directing 125 films in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. The National Award-winning director had produced 50 other films, .
Dasari Narayana Rao is best known for films like Premabhishekam, Megha Sandesham, Osey Ramulamma and Tata Manavadu. He had planned to make a biopic on late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa,.
Dasari Narayana Rao was a minister in the Council of Ministers headed by Manmohan Singh.He also ran a news paper in Telugu by name Udayam which was a sensation.
