Veteran Telugu film actor Jayaprakash Reddy died of heart attack at his residence in Guntur on Tuesday.
Jayaprakash Reddy was famous as a comedy actor in Telugu films audiences. He started his career with the film Brahmaputrudu.
In the late 1980s, he acted in small roles in several films. He got recognition from Balakrishna’s film Samarasimha Reddy.
Reddy played memorable roles in many famous films such as Premichukundam Ra, Gabbar Singh, Chennakeshwareddy, Sithaya and Temper.
Jayaprakash Reddy hailed from Allagadda district and was famous in films for his Rayalaseema accent.
Jayaprakash Ready was accepted as the best actor in the Telugu film industry due to his excellent style of dialogue delivery. Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has also expressed grief over the death of Jayaprakash Reddy.
Jayaprakash Ready was living in Guntur for the last several months. Due to the growing infection of the corona virus epidemic, the shooting of films was being stopped, so because of this, Reddy used to participate in stage play every week in Guntur.
N. Chandrababu Naidu, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh also expressed his sadness on the demise of Jaya Prakash Reddy. He tweeted, “Telugu cinema and theatre has lost a gem today with the demise of Jayaprakash Reddy Garu. His versatile performances over several decades have given us many memorable cinematic moments. My heart goes out to his family and friends in this hour of grief. #JayaPrakashReddy”.
