Nostalgia: SV Ranga Rao Died With Bottle In His Fist

SVR has been the king among actors in the hearts of millions of Telugu and Tamil film lovers.

But his personal life was a tragedy. He was henpecked. Wife drove him to drinking. In the final stages he died in a bathroom while drinking. He was found dead with a bottle in his hand and the same bottle could not be removed from his fist.

He was notorious on sets. Bapu, Ramana were scared to offer him role. He was off drinks for some time.

But he resumed drinking towards the end of shooting. In the film 'Sampoorna Ramayana', the scene of Ravana taking away Sita was taken when he was full drunk. He was often falling on the ground while shooting this scene.

He used to come late to sets and if producer objects, he used to say – 'get lost'. That is how Gummadi got more roles than him.