Popular dubbing artiste Ghantasala Ratnakumar, son of legendary music composer Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, died on Thursday at a private hospital in Chennai. He succumbed to cardiac arrest. Ratnakumar was diagnosed with Covid-19 earlier but had recently tested negative. The artiste was also said to be suffering from other health-related issues including kidney issues.
He has worked in more than 1,000 movies in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi as a dubbing artiste. Ratnakumar had also lent his voice for many Telugu and Tamil television serials and cartoons. He had also worked on about 50 documentaries as a dubbing artiste. Ratnakumar had written dialogues for films such as Aata Arambham and Veerudokkade, amidst others. He had entered the India Book of Records for dubbing for eight hours non-stop.