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Gollapudi Maruthi Rao is no more

Famous actor, writer Gollapudi Maruthi Rao (80 years) passed away on Dec 12th 2019.  He is under treatment in Chennai and passed away today (Dec 12 2019) after noon. Prior to movies, Gollapudi was stage artiste and story writer. He wrote and published many stories, short stories and novels. Gollapudi lost his son (Gollapudi Srinivas) in 1993 while shooting Prema Pustakam movie. Later Gollapudi Maruthi Rao finished the remaining shooting. He was appeared first time in "Intlo Ramayya Vidhilo Krishnayya" movie and later he performed various kind of roles as character artist, comedian and villain. He received many Nandi awards Nandi Award for Best Story – Atma Gowravam (1965) Nandi Award for Best Comedian – Tarangini (1983) Nandi Award for Best Character actor – Ramayanamlo Bhagavatham (1985) Nandi Award for Best Dialogue – Mestri kapuram (1991) Nandi Award for Best Screenplay – Prema Pusthakam (1994) Nandi Award for Best actor (Television) (1996) (got the info...