Legendary actor Kaikala Satyanarayana passed away
Legendary Tollywood actor Kaikala Satyanarayana breathed his last during the early hours of today in his Hyderabad residence due to health-related issues. The 87-year-old actor has been suffering from age-related issues from the past few months and he passed away at 4 AM in his Filmnagar residence. He acted in more than 750 films in his career spanning four decades. He has been away from acting from a long time. Kaikala Satyanarayana was active in politics during the 90s and he won in the Parliament elections from the Machilipatnam constituency.
Kaikala Satyanarayana is a non-controversial man and he maintained a healthy relationship with all the actors. He is also a recipient of several awards. The last rites of Kaikala Satyanarayana will be held tomorrow in Mahaprasthanam, Hyderabad. Rest in peace Kaikala Satyanarayana garu.
Why did Kaikala Satyanarayana write an open letter to YS Jagan?
Even such normal actions as thanks-giving can raise suspicions if the timing of the action is wrong. That is exactly what is happening to the thanks-giving letter that veteran actor and former MP Kaikala Satyanarayana has sent to AP Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Kaikala, who was seriously ill and was in the ICU for quite some time, has thanked YS Jagan for all the help he did and the concern he showed.
In fact, when Kaikala was hospitalized, Jagan personally spoke to him and provided financial assistance, everyone praised him for his care and concern. Kaikala was later discharged and he is currently recuperating. But in the meanwhile, the film theatre and ticket pricing issues cropped up and the film industry was at loggerheads with AP CM.
In order to appear to be doing something to end the standoff, the Jagan government first invited RGV and followed it up with an invitation to Chiru. Both have failed to achieve nothing. But there is a strong buzz that Chiru was offered a Rajya Sabha seat by YS Jagan. Even as the standoff is on, Kaikala has suddenly written this open letter thanking Jagan. The letter went viral within minutes on social media.
Kaikala left the hospital a month ago. He could have thanked soon after coming out of the hospital. But why now? He could have called up Jagan and thanked him, but he chose to write an open letter. Sources say that this is part of YSRCP’s PR plan at a time when the film industry issue is on. Sources say Kaikala and Chiru are quite close and that it is not unlikely that he was doing the bidding of Chiru. Isn’t it a pity that even senior actors are giving in to the Government’s PR exercise?
Telugu actor K. Satyanarayana back in hospital after health worsens
Veteran Telugu movie actor Kaikala Satyanarayana’s health condition took a turn for the worse on Saturday, film industry sources said. Family members rushed him to hospital and he is stated to be in a critical condition.
Earlier, on October 30, the veteran actor had been rushed to hospital after he slipped and hurt himself at home. Following treatment, he recovered and had returned home. However on Saturday his health condition deteriorated and family members rushed him to hospital.
He is currently being given treatment at a leading city hospital, and is receiving ventilator support, industry sources said. Concerned film fraternity members have been checking on the actor’s health condition, while admirers are taking to social media to express their concern.
In a career spanning more than six decades, the 86-year-old actor has acted in more than 800 feature films. He earned fame as the antagonist, and also played the lead roles in some movies. With advancing years, he gradually switched over to supporting character roles.
He also had a brief stint in politics, and represented Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency after winning the 1996 Parliament election on a Telugu Desam ticket.