Hyderabad, Jan 23: Veteran Telugu comedian M.S. Narayana breathed his last Fri at a private hospital here because of kidney-related ailments. He was 63.

Narayana was undergoing treatment at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS).

“We’ve lost another nice actor. He showed signs of improvement yesterday (Thursday) however doctors aforesaid he was vital,” producer C. Kalyan told.

Although Narayana’s family claims he was admitted because of malaria, tests revealed that he had kidney-related problems.

On Thursday, doctors at KIMS performed chemical analysis on Narayana, who was later placed on ventilator support.

Narayana, who has over 750 films to his credit, started his career as a author.

Some of his best films embrace “Indra”, “Sontam”, “Dookudu” and “Shivamani”.

He had confined dialogues for films like “Alexander” and had conjointly directed “Bhajantrilu” and “Koduku”.

He is survived by his wife, daughter and son.