URL copied Telugu film producer Doraswami Raju dies at 74 Noted Telugu film producer V Doraswamy Raju died at a super-specialty hospital here on Monday following a cardiac arrest. Raju, 74, was admitted on January 16 with health issues and the end came at 8.20 AM, hospital sources said. Raju, also a film distributor, produced several successful films, including 'Annamayya', 'President gari pellam', 'Kirayi Dada' (all with Nagarjuna), 'Sitaramayya gari Manavaralu' with legendary Akkineni Nageswara Rao and 'Simhadri' with junior NTR. 'Annamayya', a film on the life of renowned saint composer Tallapaka Annamacharya, is considered a memorable film in Telugu cinema. 'Sitaramayya gari Manavaralu', released in 1991, had won numerous awards.