The state government has approved the installation of a statue of famed revolutionary vocalist Balladeer Gaddar, also known as Gaddar. Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) authorized the Tellapur Municipality's decision to install the statue. Gaddar Dies: Popular Telangana Folk Singer Gummadi Vittal Rao Passes Away at 77 Due to Ill Health.

Gaddar was born in 1949 as Gummadi Vithal Rao in Toopran, Telangana's Medak district. He was a famous Indian poet and singer. Gaddar, who suffered from a serious heart disease, was hospitalized to a Hyderabad hospital on July 20, 2023, and underwent bypass surgery on August 3. On August 6, 2023, while recovering from surgery, he died of lung and urinary difficulties at the age of 74. India News | Telangana Folk Singer Gaddar Passes Away at 77.

State Government Approved the Proposal To Install a Statue of the Folk Singer, Poet and Balladeer Gaddar

 

He won the Nandi Award for Best Lyricist for Orey Rikshaws song "Malletheega Ku Pandiri Vole" . For, Orey Rikshaw, a movie he also wrote songs including, Aapura Rikshowda,nJatharelli Podame, Naa Raktham Tho Naduputhanu Rikshawnu, Rajyangam Chattamandu, Gana Gana Gana, Amma Kanna. In 2011, Gaddar received the Nandi Award for Best Male Playback Singer for "Jai Bolo Telangana".