Aside from being a two-time Andhra Pradesh authorities’s Nandi Award winner, Krishnam Raju received the Filmfare finest actor award for ‘Tandra Paparayudu’ in 1986. He was awarded the Filmfare South ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award in 2006
Krishnam Raju. Pic- Twitter
Veteran Telugu actor Uppalapati Krishnam Raju has handed away on the age of 83 in wee hours on Sunday, household sources knowledgeable. He’s survived by his spouse and three daughters. ‘Bahubali’ star Prabhas is his nephew. Popularly generally known as ‘Insurgent Star’ of Tollywood, Krishnam Raju has acted in additional than 180 films in a profession spanning over 5 a long time.
Krishnam Raju acted in films starting from social, household, romantic, thriller films to historic and mythological films. His succesful films embrace ‘Amara Deepam’, ‘Sita Ramulu’, ‘Katakataala Rudraiah’ and plenty of extra. The actor’s final on-screen outing was Prabhas starrer ‘Radhe Shyam‘.
Aside from being a two-time Andhra Pradesh authorities’s Nandi Award winner, Krishnam Raju received the Filmfare finest actor award for ‘Tandra Paparayudu’ in 1986. He was awarded the Filmfare South ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award in 2006.
Born, January 20, 1940 within the West Godavari district, Krishnam Raju made his movie debut in 1966 with ‘Chilaka Gorinka’. Briefly, he additionally portrayed the anti-hero in some films. Krishnam Raju grew to become a family identify in Telugu houses with films like ‘Bhakta Kannappa’ and ‘Tandra Paparayudu’. He additionally produced a number of films beneath his ‘Gopi Krishna Films’ banner.
In his later years, together with movie’s, Krishnam Raju additionally pursued a profession in politics. He contested because the Congress candidate from Narasapuram in 1991 however record. He received from the identical seat because the BJP candidate within the 1999 polls and served as a junior minister within the Vajpayee cupboard until 2004.
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