One of the most famous and popular senior telugu film editor Gautham Raju 68 passed away on Tuesday. The news shook the entire industry and social media. He had been suffering from kidney related issue for some time. He breathed his last in a private hospital, Hyderabad, where he was admitted on the kidney related problem. Many celebrities expressed their condolence for his unfortunate death.
Career of editor Gautham Raju
Gautham Raju started his film career almost 40 years back. As a film editor his first movie was Nalugu Sthambalata in 1982. He had provided enormous and valuable services to the industry.
His success opened doors and got opportunities from multiple languages like Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada. He worked with superstars from various industries including Chiranjeevi, Rajinikanth and many more. Son of India, Ramudu Anukoledu Janaki Kalaganaledu are his recent and last films. In his 40 years span, he worked for almost 800 films.
6 Nandi Awards
For the excellence in his film editing, Gautham Raju was awarded with 6 Nandi awards for films Srivariki Premalekha(1984), Mayuri(1985), Chandamama Rave(1987), Hai Hai Nayaka(1988), Bharatha Nari(1989), Aadi(2022).
Tweets and Condolences
Paruchuri Gopalakrishna expressed his condolences on his Facebook account.
Saddened by premature exit of Gouthamraju garu. Happened to work with him for Dhammu. Huge respect for his humility and talent, tweeted MM Keeravani
Saddened by premature exit of Gouthamraju garu . Happened to work with him for Dhammu. Huge respect for his humility and talent
— mmkeeravaani (@mmkeeravaani) July 6, 2022
Very sad to hear about the demise of the Legendary Editor Sri. Goutham Raju garu. Had the privilege to work along with him on many memorable movies, tweeted Kona Venkat.
Very sad to hear about the demise of the Legendary Editor Sri. Goutham Raju garu 🙏 Had the privilege to work along with him on many memorable movies 🙏 pic.twitter.com/Lc1NbJcLMQ
— KONA VENKAT (@konavenkat99) July 6, 2022
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