20 March 2008

Telugu star Shoban Babu Passes away


Popular Telugu cine hero Shobhan Babu, who reigned supreme in the Telugu film industry for decades along with the two stalwarts NTR and A Nageswara Rao, died of cardiac arrest at the Apollo Hospital here on Thursday.
The 71-year-old handsome yesteryear hero was rushed to the hospital as he collapsed and started bleeding through his nose while practicing yoga, his daily routine in the morning, according to his family sources.
Doctors who attended on him at the hospital declared him dead. He is survived by his wife, one son and three daughters.
After voluntarily announcing retirement from the films, he was away to tinsel world for the last 13 years. He is said to be a successful name in Chennai’s real estate business since he left the Telugu cinema.

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