Tollywood’s legendary actor Krishna passed away this morning around 4 AM at the age of 79. He breathed his last in the Continental Hospital, Hyderabad due to multi-organ failure. He was admitted to the hospital yesterday at midnight after he fell unconscious due to respiratory issues.
The doctors immediately gave him CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) for 20 minutes and then he was shifted to ICU and was on ventilator support. Superstar Krishna acted in more than 350 movies and made his debut with Thene Manasulu movie in 1965.
He acted in many notable movies like Alluri Sitaramaraju, Pandanti Kapuram, Simhasanam, Gudachari 116, James Bond 777 and Agent Gopi. He also essayed many roles in spy, historical, mythological, western, action and cowboy genre films. Well, the late actor also directed 17 movies.
He became a producer and bankrolled a few movies under his home banner, Padmalaya Studios. He also received the prestigious Padma Bhushan in 2009. Superstar Krishna was born on 31 May, 1943 in Burripalem of Guntur district. His younger son Mahesh Babu is now an ace actor in Tollywood.
His elder son Ramesh Babu passed away a couple of years ago and his first wife Indira Devi also breathed her last a few days ago. His second wife and well-known actress Vijaya Nirmala also passed away a couple of years ago
He is survived by his four children, including Mahesh Babu and Telugu actor Manjula. Soon after the news of his death, fans of Krishna and people from the film industry expressed their grief and paid tributes. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and his Telangana counterpart K Chandrashekar Rao were among the political leaders who paid tribute to Krishna.
