Sports & CultureVariety•1 min read•10/4/2026 (3h ago)

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, Indian Filmmaker Behind ‘Pushpaka Vimana,’ ‘Michael Madana Kama Rajan’ and ‘Aditya 369’ Dies at 95

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, Indian Filmmaker Behind ‘Pushpaka Vimana,’ ‘Michael Madana Kama Rajan’ and ‘Aditya 369’ Dies at 95
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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 Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi languages, and moved between farce, fantasy, mythology and science […]

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  • 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.
  • Rao made some 60 features in the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi languages, and moved between farce, fantasy, mythology and science […]

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 Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi languages, and moved between farce, fantasy, mythology and science […]

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