Beeram Mastan Rao Dies At 69, Tollywood Condoles His Death

In recent months, Telugu film industry has lost a few leading stars like

Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Uday Kiran, Srihari, AVS and Dharmavarapu

Subramanyam. When it is struggling to recover from the loss, the Tollywood

has been thunder-struck by the shocking news about the death of filmmaker

Beeram Mastan Rao, who passed away in Chennai on January 28. According

to reports, Beeram Mastan Rao was suffering from some age-related illness

from the last few years. The 69-year-old director, who had married late

actress Naveena Lakshmi, was recently admitted to the Bharati Raja hospital

in Chennai. While undergoing treatment for the disease, he breathed his last

in the hospital on Monday morning.
Born on 30th October, 1944, Beeram Mastan Rao shared great bond with

superstar Krishna as both hailed from same district and he was said to be one

of the latter's favourite directors. The filmmaker hogged the limelight with

the hit movie Burripalem Bullodu starring Krishna and actress Sridevi, who

went on to become a hit pair in Telugu cinema. It also marked the return of

Sridevi as a commercial actress. Beeram Mastan Rao had also directed late

legendary actor NT Rama Rao in the film Prema Simhasanam starring actress

Manjula in the female lead. He had directed six Telugu movies like

Bhurripalem Bullodu, Prema Simhasanam, Talli Godavari, Suvarna Sundari,

Gayyali Gangamma and Viplava Sankham, and most of them were big hits at

the Box Office. He had also directed a few TV serials. Several Tollywood

filmmakers including Tamanna Bharadhwaj attended the condolence meet

held in Hyderabad and paid tributes to Beeram Mastan Rao.