Hyderabad, July 13 -- Megastar Chiranjeevi, who visited the residence of late veteran actor Kota Srinivasa Rao in Hyderabad to pay his last respects, remembered the long journey he shared with Rao and also recalled their early days in cinema.

Srinivasa passed away early this morning in Hyderabad. The actor was 83.

Speaking to the media outside the actor's residence, the megastar called him a "legendary character actor" and shared how their careers began together with the film Pranam Khareedu in 1978.

"Kota Srinivasa Rao was a legendary character actor. We both started working from the same movie, Pranam Khareedu. I had a great relationship with him; every movie with him was special," said Chiranjeevi.

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