‘Arundhathi’ director Kodi Ramakrishna passes away

Renowned director Kodi Ramakrishna, a Telugu film industry stalwart of the 1980s and 1990s, is no more.  He breathed his last days after he started to be treated for a lung infection at Gacchibowli’s AIG hospital.  He died at 3pm on Friday.  Kodi had suffered a paralysis in recent years.  However, he recovered from the paralytic attack after a spell.  

It was with the 1982 film ‘Intlo Ramayya Veedilo Krishnayya’ that the late director had debuted.  ‘Mangamma Gari Manavadu’ (1984), ‘Thalambralu’ (1986), ‘Aahuthi’ (1987), ‘Station Master’ (1988), ‘Muddula Mavayya’ (1989), ‘Pelli’ (1997), and ‘Dongaata’ (1997) are among his popular movies.  

Known for making films in different genres, he made spy films, socially-conscious subjects and even supernatural thrillers. ‘Ammoru’ in 1995 was a huge sensation.  ‘Devi’ in 1999 was a trend-setter.  ‘Arundhati’ starring Anushka in the lead released in 2009 became one of the best-made films of the new millennium and was a super hit in its Tamil version too.  Many of his films have been dubbed in Tamil and Kodi Ramakrishna made one bilingual in Tamil and Telugu ‘Captain’ starring Sarathkumar, Suganya, Ranjitha and Raghuvaran in the lead roles.