When the death news of Mallikharjuna Rao was announced by the authorities of Apollo Hospital at around 11 AM, the tollywood film fraternity rushed to the spot to pay their last respects to the actor.

Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, ANR, D. Ramanaidu, Rajasekhar, Satyanarayana, Pawan Kalyan, Nagababu, Brahmanandam, NTR, Allu Arjun, Nithin, Kota Srinivasa Rao Ranganath, Rajeev Kanakala, Venu Madhav, Rallapalli, Kalyani, Roja, Rama Prabha, were among the prominents, to pay their homage as a mark of respect to the late actor. All the colleagues of from film fraternity had a last glimpse of Mallikharjuna Rao, whose body was kept for display in Ramanaidu’s complex. After the visit of all important people, the coffin carrying the body of Mallikharjuna Rao has been taken to Anakapalli, his native place for cremation. The funeral will take place tomorrow.