Producer BA Raju confirmed his death and tweeted, “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved Ramesh Babu garu. He will continue to live on in our hearts forever. We request all our well-wishers to adhere to the COVID norms and avoid gathering at the cremation venue. – Ghattamaneni Family”.

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Megastar Chiranjeevi expressed shock and grief at the news and taking to his social media handle wrote, “Shocked and deeply saddened by the demise of Shri.G.Ramesh babu. My heartfelt condolences to Shri.Krishna garu , @urstrulyMahesh and all the family members. May the Almighty give strength to the family to cope with the tragic loss.”

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Many others from the south film industry expressed remorse, director Ramesh Verma shared condolences with the family of the bereaved, he tweeted, “Shocked to here this, Ramesh Babu Garu was no more Broken heart. Condolences to Krishna garu, mahesh babu garu & entire family. Om Shanti,” he wrote.

Earlier this week, Mahesh Babu tested positive for COVID-19 and he took to his social media to reveal that he has isolated himself and is under home quarantine.

Now it will be left to see whether Mahesh will be allowed to attend the last rites of his own brother or not.

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Peepingmoon quoted a source close to the film as saying, “Mahesh Babu has signed Bahubali director SS Rajamouli’s next big-scale action movie. He had committed to this project even before Ramayana was offered to him. Rajamouli’s Pan-India project has been planned to be shot sometime mid-next year and the makers of Ramayana are also looking at the same time frame. Both the projects require a long-term commitment from the actor and that led him to choose one between the two. Mahesh Babu simply picked Rajamouli over the Madhu Mantena, Allu Aravind and Namit Malhotra backed multilingual 3D series,”

Reportedly, Mahesh Babu is busy with his film under the direction of SS Rajamouli. The film is penned down beautifully by Rajamouli’s father K.V. Vijayendra Prasad and is said to be an adventure action-drama set which will be shot in Africa. The film will also be high on VFX and is expected to be on theatres around mid-2022.

The report further stated, the makers of the mythological film “Ramayana” was looking forward to cast both the superstars in the lead roles but Mahesh’s dropping out from the film has kept them to pause the shoot for the film.

On Mahesh’s exit from the film, the portal further quoted the source as saying, “Ramayana is still at the nascent stage. Although Madhu Mantena has claimed it to have Bollywood’s biggest ever cast, the reality is no one is signed as yet. Mahesh Babu has turned down, and Hrithik Roshan too cannot be trusted until he starts shooting. They’ve approached Deepika Padukone and Kareena Kapoor Khan for Sita’s role but none of them have responded yet. Mukesh Chhabra is casting actors from across India for supporting characters but the lead A-list casting is still undecided,”

Meanwhile, Mahesh Babu is one among the busy actors and also has two films to complete further.