Chief Minister K. Rosaiah, Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu and Praja Rajyam chief K. Chiranjeevi on Saturday condoled the death of well-known comedian Padmanabham in Chennai on Saturday.
In separate messages, the leaders described the death as an irreparable loss to the Telugu film industry and conveyed condolences to the bereaved family. Mr. Rosaiah said the film industry had lost an able comedian belonging to the old generation.
Mr. Naidu described Padmanabham as the pet son of Telugu ‘kalamatalli' who acted in over 700 Telugu and Tamil films besides, producing and directing several movies. He recalled that ‘Devata' made by the late comedian was a landmark film starring the then heartthrob NTR. He listed ‘Kadanayaka Molla', ‘Pottipleader', ‘Srisrimaryada Ramananna' as notable films starring Padmanabham, who helped several debutants, including singer S.P. Balasubramanyam.
Expressing deep sorrow over the death of an ‘able' actor, Praja Rajyam president and ‘mega star' K. Chiranjeevi said Padmababham had a created a niche for himself during the six decades he spent in the industry offering breezy entertainers to Telugus. He recalled that Padmanabham was recently presented the Padmasri Allu Ramalingaiah Memorial Award.
State CPI secretary K. Narayana said Padmanabham was a ‘comedy king'.
In separate messages, the leaders described the death as an irreparable loss to the Telugu film industry and conveyed condolences to the bereaved family. Mr. Rosaiah said the film industry had lost an able comedian belonging to the old generation.
Mr. Naidu described Padmanabham as the pet son of Telugu ‘kalamatalli' who acted in over 700 Telugu and Tamil films besides, producing and directing several movies. He recalled that ‘Devata' made by the late comedian was a landmark film starring the then heartthrob NTR. He listed ‘Kadanayaka Molla', ‘Pottipleader', ‘Srisrimaryada Ramananna' as notable films starring Padmanabham, who helped several debutants, including singer S.P. Balasubramanyam.
Expressing deep sorrow over the death of an ‘able' actor, Praja Rajyam president and ‘mega star' K. Chiranjeevi said Padmababham had a created a niche for himself during the six decades he spent in the industry offering breezy entertainers to Telugus. He recalled that Padmanabham was recently presented the Padmasri Allu Ramalingaiah Memorial Award.
State CPI secretary K. Narayana said Padmanabham was a ‘comedy king'.
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