Madhusudhan Reddy leaves behind deafening silence

The man whom people instantly recall as one who produced ‘sound’ according to the mood of the situation in movies - starting from Gulaabi , Sishindri and more recently Arundhati , apart from Akkineni family’s Manam too, P. Madhusudhan Reddy, 48, died of a massive heart attack on Monday morning.

He is survived by wife Sashi, children Saidutta and Drudanjaneya Reddy residing at OU Colony. Reddy lent his innovative mind and ear to over a 1,000 films in the past two decades – progressively moving from being an engineer to a recording artiste and a designer. He is best remembered for Manam , Okkadu and Arundhati that fetched him a Nandi Award.

The very mention of the man brings to mind the wonderful manner in which he mixed sound. He was actually called ‘DTS Madhu’ by many in the film industry. All through his over two decades of career in the Telugu film industry, Madhusudhan Reddy was known as a ‘perfectionist’. Music director Devisri Prasad never worked with anyone else, impressed by his skills. Producer of

Arundhati , Shyam Prasad Reddy said he remembered Madhusudhan as a perfectionist beyond comparison. “Three days after

Arundhati was released, Madhusudhan Reddy went to a theatre to experience his output and was dissatisfied with his own performance. He went back to his sound theatre and rejigged his output, after which we made fresh prints for distribution,” he recalled.

The master technician was always the first to adopt new technologies in the ever-dynamic scenario of music and sound.