ETV Suman No More

Suman, the son of Andhra Pradesh media baron Ramoji Rao, passed away of cancer, a disease he was battling for the last 6 years, in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, at around 12:15am. He was 45.

Suman was Ramoji Rao's second son, and is survived by his wife, Vijaeshwari, and two children. He was born on the 23rd of December, 1966.

Suman breathed his last at Yashoda Hospital. His last rites will be held at Ramoji Film City, the massive film city bult by his father's conglomerate.

Suman was schooled at Hyderabad Public School. He was then coached with Kondaveeti Venkata Kavi for 7 years. After his BA in Economics, Suman went on to pursue his post-graduation in journalism from Osmania University. He later did a specialization course in journalism from the USA.

After coming back from abroad, he worked in the editorial team at Eenadu, the newspaper. In 1995, when Ramoji Rao launched his TV channel ETV, Suman's career skyrocketed. He spent his career at his father's TV channel network, involving himself in several TV serials in various departments - screenplay, cinematography, direction, writing and even acting.