Shortly before he was admitted to hospital for surgery on July 20, Telugu revolutionary folk artist and balladeer Gaddar had told a press conference with a confident assurance that he would be back ...

‘Gaddar is a life force’, is how Vasanth Kannabiran describes the balladeer in the book ‘My Life is a Song: Gaddar’s Anthems for the Revolution’, her translation from Telugu to English that is ...

Over the last four decades, there have been many compilations and interpretations of “songs of resistance” from varied perspectives. Each progressive group has also presented and published its ...

HYDERABAD: Revolutionary balladeer and folk singer Gaddar who played a key role in the Telangana movement with his songs, spanning several decades passed away here while undergoing treatment at a ...

Late on Sunday evening, my phone started blowing up with texts from friends in Indian activism circles. “Dost,” the first one read, “Gaddar has died.” With the news came a dull, throbbing ache that ...

Covering his bare torso with a gongadi (woollen blanket), carrying a stick, tossing his long hair in the wind and singing the song of revolution; Gaddar is a household name in the Telugu-speaking ...

Balladeer Gaddar carried a bullet in his body for 26 years — from April 1997, when suspected plainclothes cops sprayed five bullets on him, to August 2023, when he breathed his last at the age of 74.

Gaddar penned songs for films, and they became a sensation. His song 'Bandenaka bandi katti' in the 1979 film 'Maa Bhoomi' was one such hit. Well-known Telangana folk singer, poet and balladeer Gaddar ...

A revolutionary poet, a people's singer, a voice to the voiceless, a folk artist and a familiar name to every Telangana citizen--Gaddar breathed his last at a hospital in Hyderabad at 3pm on Sunday.

Gaddar’s life experiences and struggles were woven into songs. Ask him about his life and he would narrate those experiences in songs. Ask him about his family, he would break into songs. His village ...

Revolutionary balladeer Gaddar (Gummadi Vithal), 74, has passed away after a brief illness, leaving behind a rich legacy of songs that inspired generations of youth in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

His body was taken to L B Stadium in the city to enable people to pay their last respects. Renowned Telangana folk singer and balladeer Gaddar, who was popularly known for his revolutionary songs ...