Sunday, February 21, 2010

Padmanabham, comedian, dies

Popular yesteryear Telugu and Tamil film comic actor, producer and director Padmanabham died of heart attack at the age of 79 at his residence in Chennai on Saturday.
Basavaraju Padmanabha Rao, popularly known as Padmanabham, has acted in more than 400 Tamil and Telugu films, including blockbusters like Maya Lokam, Pathala Bhairavi, and Potti Pleader. 
He portrayed immortal characters like Tenali Ramakrishna and Maryada Ramanna.
On Saturday morning he suffered a heart attack at his residence while reading the newspaper, his family members said.
 

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