5 Tollywood Celebrities Who Went Down From Rich To Poor

The film industry is an incalculable world, you never know when you will achieve success and attain star status. It's a long journey for a few stars! Whereas it's a span of one flick for a few. Once an actor is proved with his skills, offers start pouring on him. Suddenly the world around him changes as money is directly proportional to fame. There have been a few instances in the film industry, where celebrities gained immense fame, money but at last lost everything and fell flat. Here are those 5 celebs who met financially bitter ends.

Raja Babu

Hasya Nata Chakravarty was the name given to him as he was one of the best comedians Telugu Industry had! There is no overemphasis on saying that there were very few movies without him in the 1960s and 1970s. Raja Babu was a person who had concern for others, he never missed a moment to help the needy. Sometimes over sympathy falls on our neck, that's what happened with Raja Babu. He had differences with his wife and ultimately lost all the money. Later on, he was addicted to alcohol and died due to cancer.

Kanchana

Even before Savitri attained fame, Kanchana had her foot in the industry. And she was one of the actresses who ruled in the 1970s. She was very well raised by her family, but at the end they snatched away everything, breaking her trust.

Though she was a star heroine, at last she had to live in a small cottage. By this you can understand how she lost everything and became alone.

Savitri

Back in the 1950s and 60s, Savitri had a huge craze for her memorable performances in telugu and tamil films. She was one of the lady superstars of that time, when people used to go to movies to watch her on screen. Many believe Mahanati Savitri did a very big mistake by deciding to settle as Gemini Ganesan's second wife. Both were head over heels in love with each other. But from then her career slowed down, with an unhinged marital relationship. She started drinking alcohol and lost everything. Finally she succumbed to death at 46.

Sudhakar

There may be quite a few who didn't watch Venkatesh's Sankranti movie. Because Gemini TV airs the family entertainer at least once in a month. Sudhakar aka Anji enters Rajghavendra house as a thief but they provide him with a job. Most of today's generation doesn't know him as he belonged to the mid 90s.

He had a dream run as a comedian and was chosen as first choice for many films. The intriguing thing is he was Chiranjeevi's acting institute friend and a roommate in Madras. However after the Sankranthi Movie in 2005, Sudhakar faded away. It is believed that his excessive drinking brought him to that state.

Uday Kiran

Uday Kiran possesses arcane talent, which got him immense fame and was one of the leading young actors with back to back hits in the early 2000s. He started his career as a small town hero with no filmy background and achieved huge success within no time.

But it's extremely hapless that the quicker he rose to fame the quicker he slid down. Reasons for his downfall as an actor aren't discussed anywhere. But eventually he lost movies and money. Finally he to commit sucide due to financial issues.