
Revered Indian filmmaker Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, whose work spanned the 1957 Telugu-language classic “Mayabazar” and this year’s musical “Sing Geetham,” died Oct. 3 in Chennai following a period of ill health. He was 95. Rao made some 60 features in the Tel…
From ‘Raja Paarvai’ and the dialogue-free ‘Pesum Padam’ to ‘Apoorva Sagodharargal’ and ‘Michael Madana Kama Rajan’, Srinivasa Rao pushed the boundaries of mainstream filmmaking, leaving behind a body of work in which experimentation and entertainment comforta…