MUMBAI: MUMBAI: 86-year-old veteran Tollywood producer Gorantla Rajendra Prasad passed away on July 7suffering from prolonged illness. The death of Rajender Prasad has left the Tollywood industry, who couldn't come over the demise of editor Gautam Raju, who happened to pass away yesterday.

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Gorantla Rajendra Prasad co-produced several films with late popular producer Rana Daggubati's grandfather D Ramanaidu. He entered the film industry in 1963 with the film Ramudu Bheemudu, which was his debut production venture. He along with D Ramanaidu produced the film, which became a super hit back then. He later founded his production house Madhavi Pictures and produced several blockbuster hits in the past.

Some of his super hit Telugu films include Dorababu with Akkineni Nageswar Rao, Manjula, Suputrudu, Kurukshetra, Player and many more. Most of the films produced by Rajendra Prasad are blockbuster hits.

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Yesterday, the Tollywood industry offered condolences as famous Tollywood editor, Gautam Raju breathed his last on Tuesday. He was 68. Going by the reports, he was being treated for kidney-related issues in Hyderabad for several days.

Many celebrities from the Telugu film industry offered heartfelt condolences to the family in this difficult time. In fact, Megastar Chiranjeevi helped Gautam Raju's family by donating with a financial relief of Rs 2 Lakh. He also assured to stand by the family if they need any help in life.

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