23 South Indian Telugu Actors Left Us Too Early!

Savitri

Savitri died too early for the liking of Telugu people and every film lover. She worked in more than 200 films in Telugu and Tamil languages from 1953 till her death. 

Soundarya

After Savithri, if we all mourn the loss of an actress dearly, then it is Soundarya. In a helicopter crash, she died too early when she was in plans to make a strong comeback.

Divya Bharathi

She died in her teens in Mumbai. She became a huge sensation in early 90’s with her films in Hindi, Telugu. The way she died is still a mystery and many conspiracy theories are still going around. 

Fatafat Jayalakshmi

Balachander created a very bold character who doesn’t care about rules and rebels in the 1970’s. Unfortunately, she was found dead in her room.

Silk Smitha

Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati from a small town near Eluru and Vijayawada road became Silk Smitha in films. She amazed with her dancing abilities and got the name of ultimate seductress on screen in no time. 

Uday Kiran

Most tragic memory of many youths from 2000’s generation is watching Uday Kiran rise to the top of the curve of popularity and then being unable to handle the downward spiral.

Shobha

Shobha was an actress on the rise in the late 1970s and early ’80s. Cinematographer and Director, Balu Mahendra loved her to the bits and no one knows a clear story about her death. 

Bhargavi

People who regularly watch Amrutham can see this girl as the lover of Sarvam, Uma Devi towards the end of the show. She became so popular in a few years on TV that many producers decided to rope her in films too. 

Yasho Sagar

Ullasamga Ustahamga movie hero and also producer, Yasho Sagar died in a car crash. He did not leave a long-lasting legacy but his movie will be remembered for its pure entertainment value by many.

Pratyusha

The most tragic death of all is hers. Her mother is still trying to find out the truth and many say there are powerful people involved who covered up for their children. 

Vijay Sai

Ammayilu Abbayilu actor Vijay tried to achieve success as a comedian in Telugu film Industry. But he died due to his personal differences with his wife and her family than any disappointment regarding his career.

Aarthi Agarwal

Aarthi Agarwal’s a tragic story. She rose to fame, fell in love, broke up with her partner, drank poison to die, later got married and took divorce as she couldn’t adjust with her husband. 

Sri Hari

Sri Hari developed liver related issues and he recovered from them by talking rest for over a year. He returned back to work and while doing a Hindi film, he died due to severe pain in his liver as he couldn’t be shifted to a medical facility from the shooting spot in time.

Raghuvaran

Raghuvaran just like Irrfan Khan had a very unique style in acting as his body language was different to any established acting norms.

Ishtam Charan

Post Ishtam film, many thought Charan Reddy will continue acting but he decided to stay away from it. He died early due to cancer and left behind a wife and a daughter.

Achyuth

Achyuth struggled hard from early ’90s to become a successful actor in Film Business. As he started to become a prominent figure, he died due to cardiac arrest. 

Venu Madhav

The comedian Venu Madhav faced a lot of health issues before his death. Many rumours have surfaced that he was dead and he cried in front of media begging to stop them.

KV Chalam

KV Chalam left behind his daughters and wife in disarray when he died all of sudden. He earned a good name for his comic and villainous acts on screen in 1970’s and early 1980’s. 

Kalpana

Tamil actress committed suicide at a very a early age due to some issues with his family. Tamil film historians opine that she could have offered much more to the screen hadn’t she committed suicide.

Mayoori

She was another Tamil actor who committed suicide in her teens. Why she did so? Not many sources will give you authentic and full information. She killed herself by hanging to the ceiling fan.

Monal

Simran’s look-a-like and her younger sister, Monal committed suicide after a failed love affair accused her sister. Apparently, she was in love with choreographer Prasanna and as he broke up with her, she died unable to cope up with it.

Viji

At the age of 18, she committed suicide. Yes, she died in her teens unable to handle rejection from her lover, drop-in opportunities and bad knee surgery.

Kunal

Kadhalar Dinam/ Premikula Roju actor could take failures in career but couldn’t handle love failure and committed suicide.