Devadas Kanakala passes away

Friday, August 2, 2019 - 19:00

Veteran actor, director and writer Devadas Kanakala is no more. He was also famous acting teacher. Many of today’s topmost actors are his students. Born in 1945 in Yanam, he began his career as actor in stage plays. He was survived by a son Rajeev Kanakala, who is popular character actor and daughter Sree Lakshmi. His daughter-in-law Suma is famous anchor. 
 
He last appeared in Mahesh Babu’s ‘Bharat Ane Nenu’. Some of his popular movies are ‘O Seetha Katha’, ‘Siri Sirimuvva’, ‘Gorintaku’ and ‘Gang Leader’. 
 
He was undergoing treatment for age-related ailments and breathed his last at Kondapur KIMS hospital in Hyderabad.