In what can be called a befitting and most deserving sendoff to Dasari, a name that will remain forever in the history, the entire Telugu film industry came to a halt to mourn his death. Celebs are queuing up to pay their last respects to the departed legend.
As a tribute, the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce has cancelled all the film shootings on Wednesday and also instructed the single screens and multiplexes to stop screening of movies.
Earlier, Telangana state’s Cinematography Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav announced that the last rites of Dasari will be performed with full state honors.
Dasari’s Moinabad farmhouse is the place where he will be laid to rest on Wednesday. His wife Padma, who left this world in 2011, was also cremated there. A horde of celebs from the film and political fraternities are expected to attend the funeral and pay their last respects to Dasari.
Personalities from not just Tollywood and the Telugu states but from across film industries are conveying their condolences and hailing the contribution of Dasari to Telugu film industry. People from political world have recollected his services to the nation in the authority of a union minister.