Prominent Telugu producer V Doraswami Raju passes away

Spanning 25 years of film career in Telugu film industry, Doraswami will be remembered for producing some blockbuster hits in Telugu. Starting his career as a film distributor, he went on to produce some superhit films under his home banner

Hyderabad: Prominent Telugu producer V Doraswami Raju on Monday passed away following massive heart stroke here in the city. He was rushed to a private hospital in Banjara Hills a few days ago after he complained uneasiness. Since then he had been undergoing treatment.

Several celebrities and industry bigwigs expressed grief through social media platforms over his sudden demise.

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Spanning 25 years of film career in Telugu film industry, Doraswami will be remembered for producing some blockbuster hits in Telugu. Starting his career as a film distributor, he went on to produce some superhit films under his home banner Vijaya Maruthi Creations (VMC) .

He launched VMC Creations in 1978 and went on to distribute more than 750 films in Rayalaseema region. He forayed into film production with Krishnam Raju-Akkineni Nagarjuna starrer Kira Dada. Directed by A Kodandaram Reddy, the movie was a blockbuster commercial success at the box office.

Some of his super hit flicks have been President Gari Pellam, and Madhavayya Gari Manavadu were back-to-back box office hits. Biographical movie Annamayya was again a trendsetter breaking box office records when it was released in 1997. Then came NTR starrer Simhadri which saw a runaway success.

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