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Hyderabad (The Hawk): Veteran Tollywood actor Krishna went away early on Tuesday morning in a Hyderabad hospital while receiving treatment for a heart arrest. He was 79. One of the last living giants of the Telugu film industry, Superstar Krishna, passed away at Continental Hospital, where he had been brought late Sunday night following a heart arrest. He was unconscious when brought to the hospitals, but after 20 minutes of CPR, the medics say he was brought back to life. His health was critical, and he was put on a ventilator. Mahesh Babu, a well-known actor, Krishna's son, and other family members were present at the hospital. Ghattamaneni Over the course of a five-decade acting career, Siva Rama Krishna Murthy, or Krishna as he was more well known, appeared in more than 350 movies. A couple of the films he directed and produced as well. Krishna, who was born on May 31st, 1942, in Burripalem, Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district, began his career in movies in the early 1960s with minor roles. With the critically acclaimed 1965 film Thene Manasulu, he made his acting debut as the main character. The spy movie "Gudacchari 116" from 1966 was a huge success and made Krishna one of the most sought-after actors. Due to his accomplishment, he had offers for 20 movies. He then appeared in at least six films that were similar to James Bond. The 1967 movie "Sakshi" received favourable reviews at the Tashkent Film Festival. His 1972 Telugu feature film "Pandanti Kapuram" won the national film award for the best Telugu feature that year. Krishna is credited with a number of important films, including the first cinemascope film in Tollywood, "Alluri Seetharama Raju" (1967), the first Eastman colour film, "Eenadu" (1982), and the first 70 mm ...