V. Doraswami Raju Passed Away

Noted Tollywood producer and distributor V Doraswamy Raju passed away today, January 18 after suffering cardiac arrest. He was admitted to a private hospital in the City after he complained of uneasiness.

The death of the senior producer has sent industry in grief as he was part of TFI for over 25 years. The funeral of the Doraswamy will take place today amid close friends and family. For the unversed, he owned VMC Productions, VMC Pictures, VMC films, VMC1 Company, VMC film Distributor, VMC picture palace and has produced numerous films of big heroes like Akkineni Nagarjuna, senior actor Akkineni Nageshwar Rao among others.

His noted films are Kirai Dada, Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu, President Gari Pellam, Madhavayya Gari Manavadu, Annamayya, Simhadri.