Overview

• Allu Kanakaratnam, wife of Padma Shri Allu Ramalingaiah, died early August 30 at 1:45 am at age 94 due to age-related ailments.
• Her mortal remains were placed at Allu Aravind’s residence before the last rites in Kokapet, where Allu Arjun, Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan served as pallbearers.
• Chiranjeevi said he arranged the donation of her eyes in keeping with her stated wish and confirmed the procedure was completed.
• Allu Arjun flew in from Mumbai and Ram Charan halted his Peddi shoot in Mysore to return to Hyderabad and join the family.
• Industry figures, including Pawan Kalyan, Naga Chaitanya and Trivikram Srinivas, visited to offer condolences, with Pawan arriving late at night after a Vizag engagement.