Dr. Nagabhairava hospitalized
Dr. Nagabairava Koteswara Rao, aged 77, a well-known film writer has been hospitalized in a top-class city hospital for treatment of his cancer and diabetic-related ailments, which he has been suffering from for quite some time.
He was very close to late actor and former Chief Minister N. T. Rama Rao. Nagabairava wrote the script for Brahmarishi Viswamitra. He also wrote the lyrics for many movies.
The Telugu University conferred an honorary doctorate on him in the 1990s. In the three decades that he reigned in the film industry, he has introduced 200 lyricists to the film and literary circles.
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