In a big loss to the Tollywood film industry legendary actor Superstar Krishna passed away in the early hours of Tuesday at a private hospital. He was rushed to the Continental hospital in Hyderabad on Monday due to cardiac arrest and he was placed on a ventilator for support. Unfortunately, he could not make it and breathed his last.
Krishna’s demise puts an end to the second generation of actors in Tollywood. Rebel star Krishnam Raju recently passed away and Superstar Krishna left us today and there are no surviving second-generation actors now.
Superstar Krishna is a sensation in the industry and he is dubbed as the producer’s hero as he always wanted the producers to be happy. He is among the few actors who compensate exhibitors and producers by doing films for less remuneration immediately after any failure.
Superstar Krishna always wanted to offer something new to the audiences and he introduced many new technologies. The Tollywood industry might not be the same if not for the technologies he introduced. He introduced new technologies like 70MM, CinemaScope, and DTS.
It was Krishna who introduced the popular Hollywood genres like spy films and Cowboy films. Not just doing films he also created a few classics in the genres. Films like Goodachari 116, and James Bond 777 were way ahead of their times and introduced the world of spy to Telugu audiences.
Takkari Donga Chakkani Chukka and Mosagallaku Mosagadu started the trend of cowboy films in the industry and a few stars like Megastar Chiranjeevi Superstar Mahesh Babu took forward the trend.
Krishna also started the trend of doing multistarers and acted with all his contemporaries. He shared screen space with stars like NTR, ANR, Sobhan Babu, Krishnam Raju, and others. Krishna acted in more than 350 films and this record still remains untouched.
All his films are on one side and Alluri Seetarama Raju is on one side. The iconic film stays special in his career and Tollywood history. The film tells us the story of celebrated freedom fighter Alluri Seetarama Raju who made the ultimate sacrifice for the motherland. He gathered the tribals and waged a war with the British rulers.