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Noted Tollywood Villain Passes Away:- Noted Tollywood villain and character artist Vinod breathed his last during the early hours of today due to brain stroke. Vinod suffered massive brain stroke at around 3 AM and the doctors revealed that he was brought dead. This came as a huge shock for Tollywood and condolence messages poured in for the actor. Vinod's who original name is Arisetti Nageshwara Rao hails from Tenali and he acted in over 300 Telugu movies. He started his career in 1980 with Keerthi Kantha Kanakam as a lead actor and the film has been directed by V Visweswara Rao.

Vinod shot fame with a powerful role in Venkatesh's Chanti after which he never looked back. The actor played several significant roles in several Telugu films. Vinod has been a part of bunch of serials on small screen. The last rites of the actor will take place today evening in Hyderabad.