Telugu choreographer Rakesh Master passes away

According to doctors at Gandhi Hospital, he suffered multi-organ failure. The senior technician was diabetic and was diagnosed with severe metabolic acidosis, the IANS report added.

The choreographer, who has worked in as many as 1,500 movies and delivered several hit songs, began his career with dance reality shows.

Born in Tirupati as S Rama Rao, Rakesh worked under Master Mukku Raju in Hyderabad for some time before beginning his career as a dance master, IANS reported.

For a while now, the technician, who had previously collaborated with popular Telugu actors including Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, Mahesh Babu, Ram Pothineni, and Prabhas, had been keeping a distance from the industry.