Noted Telugu filmmaker and Former Minister Dasari Narayana Rao was cremated on Wednesday with full State honours. Dasari, who had the record of directing 150 films during his eventful career, breathed his last in a city hospital last evening. He was suffering from kidney and heart problems and had recently under gone cardiac surgery.
Known for his multi faceted personality, 75-year-old Dasari Narayana Rao had also acted in several films and was extremely popular in the industry for his special care towards the junior artists and film industry workers. Film studios, theaters, shootings and all other film related activities remained shut on Wednesday as mark of respect for him.
Thousands of people attended his funeral at his farmhouse in Moinabad. His funeral procession started from the Film Chamber office in Jubilee Hills and body kept on a flowed decked open vehicle was taken to Moinabad.