Telangana Shakunthala died

Veteran Tollywood actress Telangana Shakunthala died with heart attack Narayana Hrudayalaya, Hyderabad yesterday late night. Shakunthala was actually Maharashtrian and so her mother tongue is Marathi, but she become famous as Telangana Shakunthala because of her excellent command over Telangana accent. Telugu people believed that she is perfect successor of veteran actress Suryakantham, who did a wide range of characters in hundreds of Telugu films.

Shakunthala begins her film career in Tollywood with Maa Bhoomi in 1981 and did her last film Pandavulu Pandavulu Tumeda in 2014. She did more than 70 films in her three decades association with Telugu Film Industry. Films Nuvvu Nenu, Okkadu, Lakshmi, Neeku Naaku, Maa Naanna Chiranjeevi, Rajanna and many other films stood as testimony for her marvelous acting skills as character artist and as a most powerful lady villain. Her funeral may be conducted at Hyderabad, today afternoon.