Telugu director-writer Nandyala Ravi succumbs to Covid-19

Telugu director and writer Nandyala Ravi succumbed to Covid-19 on Friday (May 14). He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Hyderabad after he tested positive for the deadly virus. Earlier, when the news about Nandyala Ravi testing Covid positive broke, a few celebrities from the Telugu film industry had come forward to help him and his family members to fight the battle with the virus. Megastar Chiranjeevi was one of them. Also, comedian Saptagiri donated Rs 1 lakh to the filmmaker for his hospital treatment, producer K Radha Mohan also gave Rs 1 lakh to Nandyala. His death has sent shockwaves to the entire Telugu film industry.

Condolence messages are pouring in for the director on social media. Actor Naga Shaurya mourned his death on social media as he tweeted, “Shocked by the news, You fought till the last:(#NandyalaRavi My Deepest Condolences”.

Shocked by the news,
You fought till the last:(
#NandyalaRavi
My Deepest Condolences ??? pic.twitter.com/UKvH8NxThv

— Naga Shaurya (@IamNagashaurya) May 14, 2021

Check out some of the condolences here.

Writer / Director #NandyalaRavi passes away this morning due to #Covid19

Om Shanthi pic.twitter.com/KCjk5EM3Fa

— BARaju (@baraju_SuperHit) May 14, 2021

Writer #NandyalaRavi garu
breathed his last this morning due
to #Covid19. May his soul rest in peace ? Om Shanthi ?? pic.twitter.com/25OaCM5gLm

— Alluri Suresh Varma (@sureshvarmaz) May 14, 2021

Deeply saddened and shocked to hear the passing away of my friend, writer #NandyalaRavi. My deepest condolences to his family.#RipNandyalaRavi pic.twitter.com/wfifbX5Pj3

— vijay kumar konda (@directorvijays) May 14, 2021

Deeply saddened and shocked to hear the passing away of my friend, writer #NandyalaRavi. My deepest condolences to his family.#RipNandyalaRavi pic.twitter.com/wfifbX5Pj3

— vijay kumar konda (@directorvijays) May 14, 2021

Nandyala Ravi was known for his films like Lakshmi Raave Maa Intiki, Orey Bujjigaa, and Power Play.

May his soul rest in peace and we offer our deepest condolences to Ravi’s family.

Recently, journalist-actor TNR aka Thummala Narsimha Reddy died in a private hospital in Hyderabad due to Covid-19 related complications, last year Telugu producer Pokuri Rama Rao also died of Covid.

Telangana is witnessing a decline in fresh Covid infections with 4,693 new Covid-19 cases being recorded on Thursday, which took the caseload to 5,16,404.

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