Telangana Shakuntala is no more. She is 63. She died from a heart attack last night in her home at Kompalli. She started her movie career in 1981 with the film ‘Ma Bhoomi’. Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda is her last film. Shakuntala is of Maharashtra origin. She is a daughter of an army officer from erstwhile Hyderabad State, who settled in Hyderabad decades ago. One of his 4 daughters, she said in an interview sometime ago that she grew up like a boy fulfilling her parents’ craving for a boy they could not have. Her then tomboy years,s he said, reflect in the rough and loud roles she is known to play with aplomb. Known popularly as Telengana Sakuntala for speaking ...

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