Dubbing artiste Ghantasala Ratnakumar passes away

Ratnakumar was suffering from kidney related ailments and was on dialysis for the last few months.

Ghantasala Ratnakumar, son of legendary singer late Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, passed away due to cardiac arrest today.

Ratnakumar was suffering from kidney related ailments and was on dialysis for the last few months. He was admitted to a hospital in Chennai where he passed away while undergoing treatment.

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Ratnakumar was a popular dubbing artiste and even entered the India Book of Records for dubbing eight hours non-stop. He worked as dubbing artiste for almost 40 years and has dubbed for more than 1500 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Sanskrit. He also gave his voice to over 15, 000 episodes in Telugu and Tamil serials and more than 50 documentaries.

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