Veteran Tollywood choreographer passes away

Kamareddy Dec 3: Tollywood choreographer Badiga Dharmaraju (97) has passed away on Friday night at Ankol of Nasrullabad mandal in Kamareddy district. He was suffering from illness for the last few months.

He taught classical dance to NTR, Jr NTR, Prabhudeva, Krishna, Mahesh Babu, Udaya Bhanu etc.

He choreographed more than hundred Telugu films such as 'Lavakusha', 'Seetharama Kalyanam', 'Aditya-369', 'Pournami' and others. He was married to Prabhavathi, a dancer, and settled in Chennai. In the final stages of his life, he returned to his native village.

Film star Prabhudeva and others on Saturday paid tributes to the master.