Ahuthi Prasad Passes Away
posted on Jan 4, 2015 @ 1:04PM
Veteran Tollywood actor Ahuthi Prasad (57) passes away at KIMS Hospital in Hyderabad on Sunday afternoon. He was ailing with cancer decease. His actual name is Adusumilli Janardhan Varaprasad. He has two sons. His native place is Koduru in Mudinepalli mandal of Krishna district.
He debuts with Telugu film ‘Ee Prashnaku Baduledhi?’ and acted in 275 films including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and one Hindi film. He became popular as Ahuthi Prasad with his marvelous performance in film ‘Ahuthi.’ His last film is Rudramadevi directed by Rajamouli. He also acted in “Shankar’ and ‘Patta Pagalu’ which are expected to release soon.
His performance in films Gulabhi, Ninne Pelladutha, Chandamama, Jayam Manadera, Kottha Bangaru Lokam, Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu etc. have earned name and fame for him. He won Nandi Award as Best Villain in Nenu Ninnu Premisthunnaanu in 2003, and again won Nandi Award in 2008 as Best Character Artist in film Chandamama. He served as general secretary of Movie Artists Association.
His funerals will be conducted at Errgadda graveyard on Monday morning. Before that, his body will be kept at Film Chamber to enable his fans and others offer him their last tributes.