The Telugu legend artist Bapu's wife Bhagyavathi (75) passed away today. She had been ailing and been hospitalized for some time at Chennai where she breathed her last today.

Bhagyavathi's death was condoled by many film personalities and close ones.

Sattiraju Lakshminarayana, popularly known as Bapu recently received a belated Padmashree award from the President of India. Bapu a simpleton in his life is a legend in Telugu world as an artist. He directed many movies latest of which is 'Sreerama Rajyam'.

Bapu gave a definition to Telugu beauty and richness of Telugu culture through his art. A beautiful girl from a Telugu family is compared with Bapu's creation. And it is known from the close sources that Bapu used to get an inspiration from his wife whenever he hesitated for stroke of the brush to draw a curve of a beauty of a lady in his art.

(AW-SriJa)