Srinu Vaitla: Srinu Vaitla's Tribute To Guru.. Emotional Tweet That Will Be Remembered

Tollywood is haunted by a series of tragedies. The death of yesteryear actress Jamuna recently shocked the industry which lost senior actors Satyanarayana and Chalapathy Rao in the month of December last year. Before recovering from this tragedy, senior director Vidya Sagar Reddy alias Sagar passed away. He is 70 years old. He was suffering from liver-related illness for some time and breathed his last at a private hospital in Chennai on Thursday morning. While film celebs are mourning Sagar’s death, Srinu Vaitla, who is his disciple and famous director, tweeted his tribute.

‘It is very sad to know that my Guru Sagar is no more. The assistants treated everyone very kindly and taught many valuable things. He has been a great support to all of us. You will be remembered forever sir’ he posted emotionally.

Born on March 1, 1952 in Nidamarru near Mangalagiri, Vidyasagar Reddy made his directorial debut in 1983 with the film ‘Rakasiloya’. Naresh and Vijay Shanthi got their first success with this film.
After that, he directed hit movies like ‘Stuartupuram Dongalu, Ammadonga, Ramasakkanodu’ and became known as a successful director by directing around 35 films in his 40-year film career. Vidyasagar, who has done many films with Suman and Bhanuchander in his career, has also made films with Krishna and Ravi Teja.

The film ‘Ramasakkanodu’ directed by him won three Nandi awards. This movie starring Suman and Maheshwari was released in 1999. And the list of those who worked as assistants with him is long.. Now many of them have become star directors. Especially Srinu Vaitla, VV Vinayak, Ravi Kumar Chaudhary, G Nageswara Reddy and others continue to be successful directors in the industry.

Vidya Sagar Reddy, who served as the president of the Telugu Film Association, was also the president of the Telugu Film Directors Association three times. Meanwhile, many celebrities are condoling his death on social media. It is reported that the last rites will be held in Chennai today evening.