George Reddy

George Reddy was the founder of the Revolutionary Students Movement in Andhra Pradesh, India. He was a student of the Osmania University, Hyderabad and was the university gold medalist, a mark of academic excellence.
He was the founder of the Progressive Democratic Students Union,[1] which was a student body on the campus of Osmania University. The PDSU is now the student wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy.

Reddy was murdered on campus by the Jan Sangh sympathizers within sight of the police, in 1972.[2]

Reddy is the inspiration for the lead character Michael, played by Ajay Devgan in the movie Yuva and Surya in the movie Aayutha Ezhuthu, directed by Maniratnam.

References

  1. ^ Programme Document of the PDSU, from cpimlnd.org, the official website of the CPI-ML-New Democracy
  2. ^ Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 4, no 1, p 1302 (Jan. 1969). .