Producer P Mallikarjuna Rao passes away

Senior producer Parvathaneni Mallikarjuna Rao (76), who produced many hit movies in Telugu and Hindi, is no more. Suffering from age-related ailments, he was undergoing treatment at Medwin hospital in Hyderabad before he breathed his last at 7 am on Tuesday morning (February 21, 2012).  He produced several hit movies like Kantharao starrerJwaladweepa Rahasyam (1965) and Iddaru Mongallu (1967),Akkineni starrer Manchi Kutumbam (1968), Shoban Babu's Manchi Mitrulu (1969) and Inti Gowravam (1970), Krishna's Nenante Nene (1968), Inti Kodalu (1974) etc. In Hindi too, he had many hits including Jitendra starrer Himmat (1970), Dharmendra and Rekha starrer Keemat (1973), Gulzar directed Mausam, K Viswnath directed Sanjog (1985) and Eeshwar (1989). Born in Krishna district on July 27, 1935, Parvathaneni Mallikarjuna Rao is survived by a wife and two sons.