Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Mutturaju, better known as Dr Rajkumar or Annavaru (elder brother) emoted, laughed, mourned, fought, danced, sang and ruled with the masses not only in reel life, but also in real life. The state had witnessed untold sorrows when Dr Rajkumar was kidnapped by forest brigand Veerappan and then later when he died, leaving behind frenzied masses. The John Wayne of south Indian cinema, he had acted in more...