Ahuti Prasad

Ahuti Prasad

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Ahuti Prasad Profile

  • Name:
  • Ahuti Prasad
  • Born:
  • January 2, 1958
  • Died:
  • January 4, 2015
  • Father:
  • Adusumilli Ranga Rao
  • Mother:
  • Hymavathi
  • Spouse:
  • Vijaya Nirmala

Ahuti Prasad Biography

Ahuti Prasad was a popular character artist associated with Telugu cinema. This veteran actor was associated with Telugu cinema for 30 years and he passed away on 4 January 2015 in a private hospital in Hyderabad after a prolonged illness aged only 57. He was suffering from colorectal cancer for a long time. He has acted in more than 120 films and has received the prestigious Nandi Award twice in his career. His real name is Adusumilli Janardhan Vara Prasad and the ‘Ahuti’ tag got added to his name following the memorable role he played in Shyam Prasad Reddy’s hit film Ahuthi. His last film was Rudrama Devi, which was still in the production phase when the actor passed away.

 

He was born as Adusumilli Janardhan Vara Prasad in Koduru, Krishna district near Mudinepally on 2 January 1958. Adusumilli Ranga Rao and Hymavathi were his parents. His family shifted to Raichur in Karnataka later. Since college days he was interested in acting. So after studies he moved to Hyderabad, where he took an acting course from Film Institute, where actors Ramjagan and Achyuth were his classmates. He got his first break to films through the movie - "Vikram", directed by V Madhusudhan Rao. The movie also marked the acting debut of Nagarjuna.

 

He got noticed for his debut movie and very soon he received the film Ahuthi. He shot to fame after this movie and there was no turning back after that. In 2002 he received Nandi Award for Best Villain for the movie - Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu and won Nandi Award for Best Character Actor in 2007 for Chandamama. He also appeared in Tamil movies - Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu and Nimirndhu Nil. Ahuti was suffering from prolonged illness due to cancer, though the family denied it in public. He passed away two days after his 57th birthday.

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Updated: December 30, 2015

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