"I've lost my brother," says Prabhu Dheva on Srihari's death

In the midst of shooting for R... Rajkumar in Mumbai, Prabhu Dheva abruptly flew to Hyderabad on Thursday morning to be with the suddenly-deceased actor Srihari’s family. Prabhu who was the last to shoot with Srihari, was numbed with disbelief. “I can’t believe he is gone so suddenly! He is known as the Iron Man in the Telugu film industry. Srihari was one of the fittest healthiest actors I’ve worked with.” Belying reports that Srihari died of cancer Prabhu says, “That is not true. Because everyone close to him is too grief-stricken to react some sections of the media think they can say anything about him. Srihari died of a cardiac arrest. It was so sudden and unexpected! I was shooting with him two ago for R... Rajkumar in Mumbai. There was no sign of any illness. Srirhari was as fit as a lion. If he can go so suddenly any of us can go anytime.” Prabhu says he was a part of Srihari’s family. “His mother and sister are like my own mother and sister. His family and he treated me like one of them. I am on the way to Hyderabad to meet them. How will I face them? What will I tell them? Life shouldn’t be so unfair.” One last portion of Srihari’s shooting for R... Rajkumar remains incomplete. But Prabhu is not bothered. “When something like this happens you realize how frail and fickle life is. You realize you need to spend more time with loved ones. Because you never know what will happen tomorrow. Movies will come and go. I’ve lost a brother.” Showering praise on Shrihari’s acting abilities Prabhu Dheva says, “He was very versatile. He was accepted in both negative and positive roles. He played Pran Saab’s role in the Telugu version of the recent remake of Zanjeer. In fact he had stopped doing negative roles. Because of his love and affection for me he agreed to play the villain in R... Rajkumar. I keep remembering how healthy and happy he was. We were in Bangkok together for a schedule. He was fine. Now he’s gone!”