{
  "id": 11940295,
  "title": "Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, Indian Filmmaker Behind ‘Pushpaka Vimana,’ ‘Michael Madana Kama Rajan’ and ‘Aditya 369’ Dies at 95",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/singeetham-srinivasa-rao-indian-filmmaker-behind-pushpaka-vimana",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-04T14:02:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/obituaries-people-news/singeetham-srinivasa-rao-dead-indian-filmmaker-pushpaka-vimana-1236898526/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Revered Indian filmmaker Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, whose work spanned the 1957 Telugu-language classic “Mayabazar” and this year’s musical “Sing Geetham,” died Oct. 3 in Chennai following a period of ill health. He was 95. Rao made some 60 features in the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi languages, and moved between farce, fantasy, mythology and science […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Legendary Filmmaker Singeetham Srinivasa Rao Dies At 95: Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, Pawan Kalyan Pay Tribute",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/legendary-filmmaker-singeetham-srinivasa-rao-dies-at-95-chiranjeevi",
        "published": "2026-10-04T08:00:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}