Singeetham Srinivasa Rao passed away last night at 95, according to reports from 123telugu.com. The legendary Telugu filmmaker, known for shaping the visual language of Indian cinema across decades, died at Kaveri Hospital in Chennai after a prolonged illness. His final film, Sing Geetham, released this June, marked his 61st directorial — and not even that could slow his creative momentum. Just weeks before his death, he had shared the title of his next project in a WhatsApp group chat with his protégés: A Fruit Cuts the Knife. The phrase alone is a riddle, poetic, unsettling, unmistakably his. Nag Ashwin, who directed Mahanati and Kalki 2898 AD, confirmed the revelation, calling it proof of a man whose love for cinema never aged. The film remains unmade. Whether it will be completed as a tribute, or left as an unfinished dream, now rests with those who carried his torch. No official announcement has been made about production plans. But the title lingers. And so does the silence where his voice once was.