SENIOR TELUGU/TAMIL ACTOR PASSES AWAY

Senior Telugu actor Vinod passed away early morning today (July 14) in Hyderabad. Reports suggest that he suffered a severe brain stroke at around 3 AM and was pronounced dead by the doctors.

The 59-year-old star has acted in over 300 films including a few noteworthy Tamil and Hindi movies. He started his acting career as a hero in 1980 with a Telugu film Keerthi Kantha Kanakam. He was famous for his roles in Chiranjeevi's Indra and Balayya's Lorry Driver.

We express our deepest condolences to the family of the departed.