Telugu actor Udai Kiran suicide

by nevada Sun Jan 05, 2014 6:47 pm

http://www.aegindia.org/2014/01/tollywood-hero-uday-kiran-commits-suicide-by-hanging-himself/2139753.html

by Hellsangel Sun Jan 05, 2014 6:48 pm

Was he Sharmila's boy toy as well?

by confuzzled dude Sun Jan 05, 2014 6:51 pm

Thanks to Chiranjeevi family for screwing up his career, he probably has never recovered.

by nevada Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:01 pm

Poor guy could have survived doing some stupid ass TV show at-least. Too bad his life ended this way.

by truthbetold Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:33 pm

Lot of those incidents related to chiranjeevi happened a while back. He is now married. Why this sudden drastic action? Any news on what provoked this extreme reaction?

by Guest Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:38 pm

OMG! OMG! OMG! This is such a shock! He even got married recently.

by Propagandhi711 Sun Jan 05, 2014 10:13 pm

not commenting on why he killed himself but looks like he suffered big time before dying, judging from the scar around his neck. ppl who know what they're doing make the noose knot in such a way that the neck snaps for almost instant death but looks like he went the hard way, with his circulation cutoff. must have been a terrible death struggle for 4 mins atleast. sad

by Guest Sun Jan 05, 2014 10:23 pm

R.I.P

by smArtha Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:03 pm

Kinnera wrote:OMG! OMG! OMG! This is such a shock! He even got married recently.

It is quite possible that the change in marital status sealed the fate. It is one thing being unsettled in career, have inconsistent cash flows, live through series of flops as a single guy. And yet another thing going through this as a married person. Marriage is a whole new responsibility, expectations and challenges. More so, if he marketed his potential to the girl and/or if the girl fell-in-line with expectations of success, fame and money that his capabilities offered.

by b_A Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:00 pm

nevada wrote:Poor guy could have survived doing some stupid ass TV show at-least. Too bad his life ended this way.

Sad to hear this news. Generally these lover boy kind of heroes have a short shelf life. Look at the careers of Tarun, Raja ( of Anand fame) etc. Not just in telugu industry. Look at where Arvind swamy ( of Roja,Bombay not the Sulekha fame) is now. Only those heroes getting a mass image survive in the long run ( Ravi teja , jr NTR) even if they get some flops periodically.

by nevada Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:27 pm

b_A wrote:
nevada wrote:Poor guy could have survived doing some stupid ass TV show at-least. Too bad his life ended this way.

Sad to hear this news. Generally these lover boy kind of heroes have a short shelf life. Look at the careers of Tarun, Raja ( of Anand fame) etc. Not just in telugu industry. Look at where Arvind swamy ( of Roja,Bombay not the Sulekha fame) is now. Only those heroes getting a mass image survive in the long run ( Ravi teja , jr NTR) even if they get some flops periodically.

You are right. These heroes have severely short shelf lives. I vaguely remember reading about Raja doing a suicide attempt some time ago. Tarun is from a filmy family and has been in the industry since he was a child so he probably is not as shocked as the others that fortune in this business can turn on a dime.

From what I heard, except Mahesh Babu's family, the other filmy dynasties of the Telugu industry rule with an iron fist - promoting their family heirs at any cost(controlling theaters, using media to drum up publicity,etc) and by crushing any non dynastic person who seems like a threat.

by truthbetold Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:58 pm

These days there are far more opportunities than couple of decades ago. he could have found a decent career in tv. he was only 30 or 31. he could.have developed into a character actor.
there is probably more to this than meets the eye.
but i wish the guy showed more courage considering he made a recent commitment to a young lady.

by Impedimenta Mon Jan 06, 2014 2:04 pm

what a way to die! RIP. No idea who he was.

by Guest Mon Jan 06, 2014 2:27 pm

Impedimenta wrote:what a way to die! RIP. No idea who he was.

He was the hero in K. Balachander's tamil movie, Poi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H288JtU_QYk

by smArtha Mon Jan 06, 2014 2:58 pm

From what I heard, except Mahesh Babu's family, the other filmy dynasties of the Telugu industry rule with an iron fist - promoting their family heirs at any cost(controlling theaters, using media to drum up publicity,etc) and by crushing any non dynastic person who seems like a threat.

"Uday Kiran's death has sparked a controversy with a section alleging that he was deliberately sidelined by the top stars and producers after his fabulous initial years. A group representing Brahmins (his caste) alleged that two castes - Kamma and Kapu (to which a majority of Telugu heroes including the top like Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna belong to) do not allow others to grow in the industry that produces highest number of films in the country after Hindi. Denying such a trend, Telugu Movie Artists Association President Murali Mohan however admitted to the importance of caste in the Telugu film industry. "Till the Telugu movie industry was based in Chennai caste was not a factor but things have changed after it moved to Hyderabad," said Mohan.

Meanwhile, a lawyer filed a petition in State Human Rights Commission, seeking direction to the government to order probe into the actor's suicide. Petitioner Arun Kumar alleged that four families were ruling the Telugu film industry and cited this as the cause for Kiran's suicide... Read More ...

Is UK a Brahmin?! His last name (from Wiki) implies so. However, if I remember the gossip mills from 2003, one of the reasons for alliance break up with Chiru's family was he claiming to be a Brahmin but turning out to be Naayi Brahmin (mangali).

How did Chennai to Hyderabad migration of industry create or consolidate caste based institutions in the industry? Also, why did the powerful (numbers, money and political influence wise) Reddy & Raju communities not continue to make a mark in the industry even though there were stalwarts from the early years viz. B N Reddy, D V S Raju etc.?

Lastly, hopefully this ‘Arun Kumar’ isn’t that Vundavalli Arun Kumar guy. How does he expect the HRC to establish culpability and offer grievance/redress? Too many guys out to grab opportunities to enter media.

by Guest Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:02 pm

suicide is in dozen ke bhaav lately in India. scary proportions. Pick up any local daily, and it's everywhere. girl failed in one test in school/college, hangs herself. misunderstood teen, jumps from 5th floor. youth or couple failed in love, poisons themselves. Kid not given a toy, guess what. business gone wrong, there we go again. no idea what's going on. what created this culture shift?

by Guest Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:35 pm

smArtha wrote:
Is UK a Brahmin?! His last name (from Wiki) implies so. However, if I remember the gossip mills from 2003, one of the reasons for alliance break up with Chiru's family was he claiming to be a Brahmin but turning out to be Naayi Brahmin (mangali).

How did Chennai to Hyderabad migration of industry create or consolidate caste based institutions in the industry? Also, why did the powerful (numbers, money and political influence wise) Reddy & Raju communities not continue to make a mark in the industry even though there were stalwarts from the early years viz. B N Reddy, D V S Raju etc.?

Lastly, hopefully this ‘Arun Kumar’ isn’t that Vundavalli Arun Kumar guy. How does he expect the HRC to establish culpability and offer grievance/redress? Too many guys out to grab opportunities to enter media.

Is that why his engagement was cancelled (that he's a naayi brahmin)? Hmm..

It's not Vundavalli who filed the case. it's a different guy.

by truthbetold Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:52 pm

I have heard caste and family importance when the industry was in madras. so move to hyd is.just another excuse.
who gave the first break to this uday kiran ? ramoji rao.
life is not easy in any industry. but in a high gambling industry like move industry it is more intense land grab. The guy who is risking money has the right to use it the way he sees it fit. also no sensible guy will risks crores of rupees for some idiotic concept of caste.
people who go into these fields are aware of the difficulties and should steel themselves.
i recently posted about gummadi gopalakrishna, a drama artist. check his story. how hard he worked to come up to a level of recognition.
i do not know much about this.uday kiran. but to blame systematic issues for.his death seems a little far fetched. victimhood philosophy.

by indophile Mon Jan 06, 2014 4:43 pm

Really sad news. A sad end to a young life. I saw one of his movies a few years ago and he looked promising in that movie. His mistake probably was to put all his eggs in the movie industry basket when he had no godfather in the industry propping him up all the time.

by Propagandhi711 Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:29 pm

happens with athletes, popstars and movie actors that come to prominence in teens and once their glory days are over it's nothing more than a humiliating grind trying to eke out a living without any of the recognition they grow up taking for granted. must be hard on ppl without any other life skills. as smartha said, getting married must play a big role in his death. I call BS on the caste allegations, with chandrababu, jandhyala etc being the obvious examples.

by Propagandhi711 Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:41 pm

Tracy Whitney wrote:suicide is in dozen ke bhaav lately in India. scary proportions. Pick up any local daily, and it's everywhere. girl failed in one test in school/college, hangs herself. misunderstood teen, jumps from 5th floor. youth or couple failed in love, poisons themselves. Kid not given a toy, guess what. business gone wrong, there we go again. no idea what's going on. what created this culture shift?

in india ppl are everywhere, so suicide will also be everywhere

by Propagandhi711 Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:45 pm

smArtha wrote:

From what I heard, except Mahesh Babu's family, the other filmy dynasties of the Telugu industry rule with an iron fist - promoting their family heirs at any cost(controlling theaters, using media to drum up publicity,etc) and by crushing any non dynastic person who seems like a threat.

"Uday Kiran's death has sparked a controversy with a section alleging that he was deliberately sidelined by the top stars and producers after his fabulous initial years. A group representing Brahmins (his caste) alleged that two castes - Kamma and Kapu (to which a majority of Telugu heroes including the top like Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna belong to) do not allow others to grow in the industry that produces highest number of films in the country after Hindi. Denying such a trend, Telugu Movie Artists Association President Murali Mohan however admitted to the importance of caste in the Telugu film industry. "Till the Telugu movie industry was based in Chennai caste was not a factor but things have changed after it moved to Hyderabad," said Mohan.

Meanwhile, a lawyer filed a petition in State Human Rights Commission, seeking direction to the government to order probe into the actor's suicide. Petitioner Arun Kumar alleged that four families were ruling the Telugu film industry and cited this as the cause for Kiran's suicide... Read More ...

Is UK a Brahmin?! His last name (from Wiki) implies so. However, if I remember the gossip mills from 2003, one of the reasons for alliance break up with Chiru's family was he claiming to be a Brahmin but turning out to be Naayi Brahmin (mangali).

How did Chennai to Hyderabad migration of industry create or consolidate caste based institutions in the industry? Also, why did the powerful (numbers, money and political influence wise) Reddy & Raju communities not continue to make a mark in the industry even though there were stalwarts from the early years viz. B N Reddy, D V S Raju etc.?

Lastly, hopefully this ‘Arun Kumar’ isn’t that Vundavalli Arun Kumar guy. How does he expect the HRC to establish culpability and offer grievance/redress? Too many guys out to grab opportunities to enter media.

there's some talk that he and his dad had a huge fallout over misappropriation of funds and the like. that along with spousal expectations and slumping career can easily push someone who's weakminded into depression and into suicide. movie industry is rife with such stories

by confuzzled dude Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:47 pm

b_A wrote:
nevada wrote:Poor guy could have survived doing some stupid ass TV show at-least. Too bad his life ended this way.

Sad to hear this news. Generally these lover boy kind of heroes have a short shelf life. Look at the careers of Tarun, Raja ( of Anand fame) etc. Not just in telugu industry. Look at where Arvind swamy ( of Roja,Bombay not the Sulekha fame) is now. Only those heroes getting a mass image survive in the long run ( Ravi teja , jr NTR) even if they get some flops periodically.

Telugu movie industry & all the theatres in the state are controlled by just 2 (may be 3) , Allu Aravind, Ramanayudu and Dil Raju to some extent. No producer, I mean no producer can release a movie without these guys blessings. Dasari vented out many times that these are not the days for small producers/movies and this trend not at all good for the industry.

by nevada Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:01 pm

confuzzled dude wrote:
b_A wrote:
nevada wrote:Poor guy could have survived doing some stupid ass TV show at-least. Too bad his life ended this way.

Sad to hear this news. Generally these lover boy kind of heroes have a short shelf life. Look at the careers of Tarun, Raja ( of Anand fame) etc. Not just in telugu industry. Look at where Arvind swamy ( of Roja,Bombay not the Sulekha fame) is now. Only those heroes getting a mass image survive in the long run ( Ravi teja , jr NTR) even if they get some flops periodically.

Telugu movie industry & all the theatres in the state are controlled by just 2 (may be 3) , Allu Aravind, Ramanayudu and Dil Raju to some extent. No producer, I mean no producer can release a movie without these guys blessings. Dasari vented out many times that these are not the days for small producers/movies and this trend not at all good for the industry.

I read somewhere that Dasari himself was in dire straits living in rented accommodation and surviving on handouts for a while. Then he became minister of coal(or natural resources, whatever it is called) and made money through kickbacks.

by confuzzled dude Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:16 pm

Nevada wrote:
I read somewhere that Dasari himself was in dire straits living in rented accommodation and surviving on handouts for a while. Then he became minister of coal(or natural resources, whatever it is called) and made money through kickbacks.

Could very well be, he made several flop movies in the mold of Osey Ramullama and with his son but that doesn't invalidate what he had said about current state of Telugu industry (basically controlled by small scale Dawood Ibrahims)

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