Senior cine writer and renowned artist Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao’s wife Paruchuri Vijayalakshmi today passed away due to a heart stroke. She was 74, leaving the veteran writer bereaved.
It's learned that the last rites of the departed soul will be conducted later on Friday in Hyderabad.
Meanwhile, Megastar Chiranjeevi immediately called up Venkateswara Rao to express his deepest condolences. The senior actor has known the Paruchuris for several years and he feels strongly about Rao's family. The most-recent association between Chiru and the Paruchuri Brothers is 'Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy'.