Hyderabad: Veteran Telugu film actor Chandra Mohan died of cardiac arrest at Apollo Hospital in the city on Saturday morning. He was 80 and is survived by wife Jalandhara and two daughters.

His family members have said that the actor had been ailing due to age-related health issues for some time. The funeral rites will be conducted in Hyderabad on Monday, they added.

Chandra Mohan, whose original name was Mallampalli Chandrasekhar Rao, was born on May 23, 1943 at Pamidimukkala village in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. He was a cousin of K Vishwanath, Dada Saheb Phalke award-winning director who died in February this year and was also closely related to popular playback singer Late S.P. Balasubrahmanyam.

He debuted in the Telugu film industry with the 1966 movie 'Rangula Ratnam', for which he won the state government’s Nandi award for best actor, and went on to act in 932 films, including playing the lead role in 150 movies.

The veteran actor won several awards from the state government, including two Filmfare awards, for the best actor and character artiste.

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