A veteran of over 500 films, AVS aka Aamanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam is no more. The actor passed away at his residence in Hyderabad on Friday evening. AVS who has been diagnosed with a liver ailment a few years ago had been admitted in a super specialty hospital for 10 days recently and was discharged after the doctors declared that his illness was incurable.

A native of Tenali town in Guntur district, AVS began his career as a journalist. He debuted as an actor in the 1993 with Mr Pellam. His performance in the movie earned him many laurels including the prestigious Nandi Award. Since he went on to carve a niche for himself as a comedian par excellence in his two decade long career.

His last release was Shriya Saran starrer Pavitra. As soon as the news of his death broke, condolences messages from the Tollywood fraternity started pouring in online.

nani ?@NameisNani 17m RIP AVS gaaru .. Sad

Siddharth ?@Actor_Siddharth 2m Telugu actor AVS garu is no more. Sweet man. He used to speak very passionately about cinema. Gone too soon. RIP sir.

Varun Sandesh ?@iamvarunsandesh 2m Very saddened to hear bout the death of AVS garu. Was a grt comedian n a grt guy. May his soul R.I.P.. Deepest condolences to his family…

ganesh bandla ?@ganeshbandla 10m My co actor my family friend Avs garu no more RIP:-(

RAGHU KUNCHE ?@kuncheraghu Omg one more shocking news for Tollywood — well known comedian and director

Ram Pothineni ?@ramsayz 3m #RIP AVSGaru..thank you for all these years..strength to the family. .

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Regional> Entertainment> Tollywood / by Karthik Pasupulate, TNN / November 08th, 2013