‘Panchakshari’ executive producer Akkineni Venkat Ratnam had passed away this evening at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderbad.
Aged 70, Shri Venkata Ratnam suffered a heart stroke and breathed his last while on his way to the hospital. He had attended Balakrishna’s 50th birthday celebrations yesterday morning.
He has been the executive producer for many films from Annapurna Studios, his latest Panchakshari, starring Anushka in the lead, is releasing today.