angasthala Natulu - Stage Actors & Actresses
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A Dasaratha Ramaiah A Satyavathi A Siva Parvathi Aaakula Venkaiah Aakula Appa Rao Aakula Rangaa Kumari Aalaa Gopala Swamy Aamanchi Venkata Subramaniam(AVS) Aaradhyula Koteswara Rao Abburi Adi Narayana Sarma Abburi Subba Rao Abburi Vara Prasada Rao Abburi Venkata Ramarao (AVR), Visahkapatnam. He served as Artist and Announcer to ALL INDIA RADIO for 30 years. In 1977, he has won the National Best actor for a social play. He also acted in 15 - 20 films like "Sree Variki Premalakha", "Mudhamandharam", "Challenge", "Lorry Driver", "Papa Kosam",etc ... He did his diploma in acting from Andhra University and he has been the producer for the stage play "Amma" which has swept all the competetions for that year in 1997. Contributed by : Sashikanth Abburi, Visakhapatnam, India, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Achanta Venkataratnam Naidu (Tulasi-Jalandhara" Fame) Addanki Sreerama Murthy He used to act as "Dharma Raju" in Pandava vudyoga vijayamulu drama and was very famous in this role & as "Harischandra" opposte Pasupuleti kannamba! Played "Dasaratha" role in the early Telugu film "Paaduka Pattabhishekam". Popularly known as "Addanki". Contributed by : Satya.M. Madhavapeddi Adigopula Sai Sekhar Akki Venkateswarlu Alapati Surya Prakasa Gupta Anisetty Satyavathi Annapoorna Aradhyula Venkata Subba Rao Aradhyula Venkateswara Rao Atmakuri Rama Koteswara Rao B Siva Kumar B Valeswara Rao B Veera Raju B Vijaya Kumar Bachchu Samba Siva Rao Banda Kanakalingeswara Rao Bejjam China Kotaiah Bellamkonda Subba Rao An Advocate in Narasa Rao Peta, Guntur Dt. He was famous in the role of "Krishna" in Pandava Vudyoga Vijayamaulu stage drama. Since, he used to play the role, preserving his natural big moustache, he used to be popularly referred as "Meesala Krishnudu"! Contributed by : Satya.M. Madhavapeddi Betha Venkata Rao Bhagavatula Rajagopala Rao : Late Sri Bhagavatula Rajagopala Rao was a wealthy landlord who owned and maintained Rama Vilasa Sabha of Tenali. He directed several stage plays including Prataparudreeyam, Roshanara, Kanyasulkam, Mayasabha and Nartanasala. He translated Shakespeare dramas into Telugu and wrote Nartanasala. Dr. Govindarajula Subba Rao, Madhavapeddi Venkataramaiah, Sthanam Narasimha Rao, Peddipatla Chalapati, Vangara Venkatasubbaiah, Narumanchi, Hulakki and other great actors worked for Rama Vilasa Sabha. In Rama Vilasa Sabha, Sthanam Narasimha Rao was a salaried employee and acted in female roles ¡§C Roshanara, Madhuravaani, Draupadi, etc. Sri Rajagopala Rao hails from Nandur near Ponnur in Guntur Dist. and was the first son of Sri Bhagavatula Sree Rama Sastry and Smt.Sundaramma. His family was originally from Kolluru near Tenali. Contributed by B. R. Sastry, Vancouver, Canada. Bhimavaram Lakshmaiah Bindu Madhavi Bitra Punnaiah Boina Bhargavi Bommaraju Lakshmi Narayana Bommareddy Satyanarayana Reddy He is from Machavaram Vijayawada and played thousands of stage plays all over AP. Contributed by : Bommareddy Satyanarayana Reddy, Machavaram, Vijayawada, AP Bonepalli Venkateswara Rao Burra Jaya Lakshmi Burrabala Venkata Sai BV Brahmaiah B.V.Rama Rao Ch L Narsu Ch Narayana Murthy Ch Siva Prasad Challa Venkateswarlu Chendu Bhaskar Rao Chennam Subba Rao Cherukumalli Singa Rao Cherukupalli Rama Rao Cheruvu Siva Rama Sastry : Born in 1903 in Mailavaram (grandparent's house) and was a native of Bapatla, Gunturdistrict. He is the beloved disciple of Belamkonda Subba Rao. He played with Bellamkonda Subba Rao, Adanki Sri Rama Murti, Pulipati Venkatesvarlu, Abburi and famous Sthanam Narasimha Rao. In 1930s he acted in silent movies with Lakshmi Rajyam and Suri Babu. From 1937 to 1947 he often gave shows in Bombay (Mumbai), Madras, Hyderabad and all over Andhra Pradesh together with these actors. Siva Rama Sastry played in Udyoga Vijayam (as Krishna), Paduka pattaabhishekam (as Bharata), Harischandra (as Harischandra), Bobbili yuddham (as Ranga Rao), Chandra Gupta (Siva Rama Sastry as Chandra Gupta and Stanam Narasimha Rao as Mura) and other. The people of Bapatla honoured him at the completion of his age of 60 years with a big ceremony together with the cultural minister of Andhra Pradesh Kala Venkata Rao as the functional president and Pasala Purna Chendra Rao the director of Vijayawada radio station, the speaker of the function. He died in 1974 in Bapatla at the age of 71 and survived in his four children. Chikkala Sudhakar Chilakapati Krishnamacharyulu China Tirupati Kumari  TopChittoor V. Nagaiah Chunduru Madhusudana Rao CR Das CR Mohan D Sree Ramulu D Srinivasa Dikshit Daavuluri Rajeswara Rao Dasaradha Rama Raju Dasari Koti Ratnam Dasari Raghava Rao Devisetty Krishna Rao Devisetty Nirmala Dhulipala Sitha Rama Sastry. A very great stage actor from Guntur. In the role of "Duryodhana", he was next only to the legendary Madhavapeddi Venkata Ramayya! He also joined telugu film field and played character roles in several films. Popularly known as "Dhulipala"! Contributed by :Satya.M. Madhavapeddi Dilip Raja Doppalapudi Samba Siva Rao Dr D Chandram Dr Mikkilineni Radha Krishna Murthy Easwar Rao Eemani Veera Brahmacahry Eleswarapu Subramanya Sastry G James G Rama Devi G Sailaja G Subba Rao Gaddam Nageswara Rao Gannaboina Subbulu Ganpisetty Venkateswara Rao Gogineni Kesava Rao Gonuguntla Prabhakar Govindarajula Venkata Subba Rao Govindu Devaiah Gudipalli Satyanarayana Gummadi Kutumba Rao Gummadi Vimala Kumari Gummdi Venkateswara Rao Gundimeda Narasimha Rao Gurra Subramanya Sastry Guttula Usha Rani Haridasu Samba Siva Rao Hema Latha Inkollu Venkata Ratnam J Rama Mohan Rao Jagan Kumar Jagarlamoodi Lakshmi Narasimham Jagga Rao Jamuna Jandhyala Venkata Sita Rama Sastry Jasti Koteswara Rao Jawahar Babu Jaya Vani JC Kennedy Jeyamma TopJosyula Rama Chandra Rao K Aruna K Hari Prasada Rao K Kalpana K Kondala Rao Naidu K Prasad K Srinivasa Rao K Vijaya K Vijaya Lakshmi K Yoganand Kaanchanamaala Kaji Ahmed Hussain Khan Kakinada Koteswara Rao Kalaabandhu Baachu Achuta Ramaiah Kalaavaachaspathi Kongara Jaggaiah Kalidasu Koteswara Rao Kalidasu Lakshmikantam Kalyanam Raghu Ramaiah Kalyani Kanaparti Venkata Subba Rao Kanchanamala Kandukuri Bhyrava Murthy garu (1910 ?1983) Late Shri Bhyrava Murthy garu was born in Eluru and settled in Kothagudem due to his employment with Singareni Collieries . He was active member and director with Collieries Employees Recreation (CER) Club and acted and directed several stage dramas and one act plays including Kanyasulkam, Alluri Seetharama Raju, Krishna Rayabaram and his one act play ¡°Paga?written by Gollapudi Maruthi Rao garu won a couple of prizes during the competitions. He was appreciated by the Singareni Collieries management and was honored for his Girisam role in Kanyasulkam. With his association with Late Banda Kanakalingeshwar Rao garu and Late Nanduri Subbarao garu, a couple of dramas written and directed by him pertaining to Singareni collieries Karmikulu were broadcasted in All India Radio Vijayawada Karmikula Karyakramam. Contributed by : Kandukuri Mallikarjuna Raja, Sudan Kandula Raja Rao Kannamba Kanneganti Madhu Kanneganti Nasarayya Kanneganti Radha Kanneganti Sita Kumari Karumuri Sita Ramaiah Kasturi Narasimha Rao Katari Radhakrishna Murthy (R.K.Katari) : He is a Drama artist, who one the Best actor award in All India Civil services Drama Competetions held in Tripura. For more details, you can contact him in the address given below: Katari Radha Krishna Murthy, Flat no 111, Block 1, SMR Metropolis, Miyapur, Hyderabad - 500049, Tel : 040 23046285. Kavulu Bhagavan Das Kavuri Hema Chandra Sarma Kavuri Sri Rama Murthy Khemchand Chandana KL Vanaja Kode Radha Krishna Murthy Koganti Samba Siva Rao Kokilaamani Kolakaluri Rama Sesha Varma Kolla Hanumanta Rao Kommareddi Prasada Reddy Konatham Venkata Srinivasa Rao Kondapaneni Satyanarayana Kongara Jaggaiah Koochibatla Siva Rama Krishnaiah Kosuru Punnaiah Krishna Veni KSR Krishna Murthy KST Sai Kumpatla SubbaRao Kuppa Suryanarayana Lakkaraju Vijaya Gopala Rao Lakshmi Rajyam Lakshmi Tulasi TopLanka Satyanarayana Lila Lolla Suryanarayana M Aadi Lakshmi M Anjaneyulu M Mallikarjuna Rao M R Krishna M Rajesh Babu M Venkata Swamy Naidu Maadiraju Ranga Rao Maavillapalli Koteswara Rao Maddala Rama Rao(Raavan Fame) Maddali Durgachary Maddali Sesha Giri Rao Maddela Panchanadam Maddela Raja Kumari Madhavapeddi Satyam Madhavapeddi Satyam was also born in Brahmana Koduru (v), guntur dt to Madhavapeddi Lakshmi Narasayya and Sundaramma, in the 3rd decade of 20th century. He had a rich and melodius voice and was a recognised singer, even from childhood! He came to limelight on the Telugu Stage, as a member of the famous Malladi Suryanarayana drama trupe, for his role as"Nakshathraka" in "Harischandra" drama. His talent was recognised by Late Chakrapani who took him to Madras to act in the film "Shavukaru", produced by him and Nagi Reddy under the newly founded banner "Vijaya pictures". Though he acted in this and a few other telugu films, essentially being a talented singer, he attracted the attention of famous cine music directors, such as S. rajeswara rao, Ghantasala venkateswara rao and many others, who utilised him as a cine play back singer. He is reported to have sung nearly 7000 songs in films, some o0f which are in other indian languages too! He lent his voice particularly to S.V. Ranga Rao and Relangi Venkata Ramayya, in most of their films. He was specially famous for singing telugu stanzas in Mythological films. He has earned unprecedented name and fame, particularly for the song "Vivaha Bhojanammu" in the film "Maya Bazaar", produced by Vijaya Film pictures! Satyam passed away in Dec 2000, leaving a void in telugu film industry, that is hard to fill up! Contributed by : Satya.M. Madhavapeddi. Madhavapeddi Venkata Ramaiah Popularly known as "Madhavapeddi", Madhavapeddi Vekata Ramayya, was born to Koteswara Swamy and Venemma, in Brahmana Koduru (v), Ponnur Mandalam in Guntur Dt, during the last decade of 19th century. Sri Madhavapeddi Venkata Ramayya was acclaimed as one of the alltime stalwarts of the telugu stage! He was a contemporary of such great actors as, Addanki srirama murthy, Bellamkonda subba Rao, Pulipati venkateswarlu and was particularly famous for the role of Duryodhana, in "Pandava Udyoga Vijayamulu" stage drama, penned by the immortal Thirupathi Venkata Kavulu. He was also well known in the role of Prataparudrudu, in the stage drama, "Prataparudriyam" in which he and Bellary Raghavacharyulu, another of the alltime stalwarts of the telugu Stage, acting in the role of Yugandhara, used to excel! It is said that both these stalwarts, facing each other on the stage, used to skip delivery of some written dialougues, while conveying their meaning through their wonderful facial expression and body language, much to the dismay and delight of the knowledgeble viewers! After active stage career for over two decades, Madhavapeddi joined telugu film industry in its early phase and acted as "Nala" in the film "Chitra Naleeyam", "Sisupala" in "Draupadi Mana Samrakshanam" and in some other early films of Telugu screen, many of which were produced at Calcutta and Bombay, since the industry was not yet born in Madras! Madhavapeddi was known for his noblity and philanthropy and spent his earnings to help many in dire need! Not being blessed with own children, he adopted a poor muslim boy and brought him up! Contributed by : Satya.M. Madhavapeddi. Madhuragaana Kalaanidhi Vemparla Anjaneyulu Maharshi Raghava Makkapati Krishna Mohan Malathi Malladi Govinda Sastry Malladi Krishna Prasad Malladi Suryanarayana Mancha Narayana Mandalapu Indira Mandey Shyam Kumar Manikonda Subba Rao Manne Srinivasa Rao ,BTech (Agri. Engg.) Address : C/o Teja Hospital, Repalle,Tel:08648222289, 9440241271 Faculty: Actor, Director, Writer, Critic, Parishad Organiser. Awardlu: 1. "NATYA SRI" from Allahabad Natya Sangh, Allahabad. 2. "NATYA BHUSHAN" from Utkal Yuva Samskritika Sangh, Cuttack. 3. "VISISTA VYAKTHI" from Kala Jagathi (Cultural Magazine). 4. "RANGASTHALA RATNA" from Gopi Krishna Nataka Kala Parishad, Nutalapadu modalagunavi. Marreddi Venkata Ramana Reddy Marri Appa Rao Marturi Subbulu Master Kalyani MD Prasad Meena Kumari Melam Chandra Prasad Modukuri Subba Rao Mopatti Rama Rao MP Kanneswara Rao Mudigonda Linga Murthy Mukkamala Dattu Mukkamala Krishna Murthy An advocate in Guntur. Famous as stage actor from student days. Used to excel in the role of "Bussi" in"Bobbili Yuddham", stage play. Joined telugu film field and played a number of character roles. Popularly, known as "Mukkamala"!. Contributed by : Satya.M. Madhavapeddi Mukkamala Raghavaiah Mulugu Veera Bhadra Rao Munagaala Lakshmi Jyoti Munagapati Koteswara Rao Munipalli Suseela Munipalli Veeraiah Murthy Parvathi Muthineni Lakshmi TopNagumani Nalluri Lakshmi Rajyam Nandiraju Narayana Murthy Nanduri Jayaraj Nanduri Seshachary Nanduri Subba Rao (Radio annayya) : Nanduri Subba Rao garu (1932-2001) was famous Radio, stage artist, play wright, Producer in All India Radio, Vijayawada since 1960 to 1990. Famous for his lead role in Ganapathi play (written by Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham Pantulu). Also acted in and produced several hundreds of dramas from Akasavani, Vijayawada Kendra. Well known for his "Bavagari Kaburlu" and " Radio Bala Annayya". Receipient of National Awards for 2 times from I & B Ministry, Govt. of India. Acted in some telugu movies like "O Sita Katha", " Eduruleni Manishi", "Ananda Bhairavi" etc. Contributed by,Sunitha on 30.11.07 by email Naralasetty Samba Siva Rao Narla Koteswara Rao Natasekhara Krishna Neelam Mallaiah Nelloori Satyanarayana Nethi Parasurama Sarma Nimmagadda Venkateswarlu Nimmaraju SRA Prasad Nutakki Subba Rao Oorvasi Sarada P Anjaneya Sarma P Linga Rao P Pandu Ranga Rao P Pichaiah Naidu P Siva Parvathi P Sudarsanam Paada Rangaiah Paarupalli Satyanarayana Padma Padmaja Prabhakar Padmasri Sthaanam Narasimha Rao Pagadala Peda Tirupati Kumari Pagadala Rama Rao Pagadala Shyam Sunder Paladugu Radha Krishna Murthy Pamulpati Chenchu Rama Rao Panduri Kutumba Rao Parupalli Subba Rao Pasupuleti Kannamba Acclaimed as the Best Stage Character Actress in those days (1930's & 40's). She was famous in the Roles "Chandramathi, Kaikeyi, Nayakuralu etc". Joined Telugu Cine Field and became equally famous! Contributed by : Satya.M. Madhavapeddi Pathuri Ramakrishna Sasthri Patnala Sanari Viswanatha Chary Paturi Rama Krishna Murthy Paturi Sree Rama Sastry Peddibotla Chalapati Peesapati Narasimha Murthy Peruri Murali Mohan Pillalamarri Sundrara Ramaiah Pinnaboina Krishna Murthy Podhili Krishna Murthy Poornima Pothukuchi Lakshmi Narasimha Murthy Potukuchi Sankara Sastry Prabha Pratti Ramaiah Pratti Surya Narayana Pulapati Venkateswarlu Pulipaka Venkatappaiah TopPulipati Lakshmi Narayana Pushpagiri Shankar Puttugunta Venkata Subba Rao Puvvula Koti Veeraiah Puvvula Soori Babu R Koteswara Rao Naidu Raavi Venkata Subba Rao Raavinutala Sree Rama Murhty Raavipati Sree Rama Chandra Murthy Raja Kumari (Bhashabi) Raja Sivanand Rajya Lakshmi Raktakaneeru Nagabhushanam Raktakaneeru Sita RVR Acharya Sabaranjani Sailaja Sampath( Anjaneya Fame) Shanmukhi Anjaneya Raju Sheik Abdul Sattar Sheik Abdullah Sheik Mohammed Shrimadajjada Adibhotla Narayana Dasgaru (Hari Kadha Pithamaha) Sistla Sakshi Somayajulu Siva Parvathi Siva Rathna Kumari SP Lakshmana Swamy Sree Ranjani Sri Madabhushi Srinivasacharyulu Sthanam Narasimha Rao Sujata Susarla Kameswara Sarma SV Ananda Rao Swarajya Laksmi T Manohar T Rama Krishna Sastry T Sree Ramulu Taalluri Raghavendra Rao Tadanki Seshamamba Tadiboina Sivaji Tadikonda Vijaya Kumari Tangirala Anjaneyulu Tanneru Narayana Rao Tara Bai Tarani Teegala Sesha Rao Tenali Sakuntala Tenali Suseela Thondapu Rami Reddy: A great stage actor from kakinada.He had rich melodious voice and was a recognised singer, even from his childhood. Used to excel in all roles. Ramayya was acclaimed as one of the all time STAR & LEGEND of the telugu stage. His rendering of verses was very much acclaimed and appreciated for clarity and heart-touching recitation. He won many awards too. Tirunagara Ramanjaneyulu Toomati Ratna Gopal Tota Krisha Rao TSR Murthy Tumuluri Subramaniam Turaga Pundarikakshaiah TopTV Subba Rao TVR Samba Siva Rao Ubba Ankaiah Gana Gandharva, Gana Kousthubhalankara, Ganabhinaya Kalanidhi, Swarna kiriti etc. Basically, he hails from Prakasam Dt, and settled in Hyderabad. He acted as Sri Krishna, Narada, Bhakta Ramdas, Anjaneya, Dharmaraju etc. Right now, he is special advisor to TTD. He won many awards too. Even now we can hear his metallic voice from AIR. Contributed by : RamaKoteshwarRao on 7th Dec 2002 Uppaala Nancharayya Uppala Venkata Rathaiah Uppaluri Sitaramaiah V Basaveswara Rao V Subramanyam Vaali Subba Rao Valiveti Srimannarayana Valluri Venkata Subba Rao Valluri Venkta Ramaiah Chowdari Vangara Venkat Subbaiah Vangaveeti Yagna Narayana Sarma Vedala Venktappalacharya Veerisetty Nageswara Rao Veerisetty Raghu Ramaiah Vejendla Koteswara Rao Vejendla Samba Siva Rao Vempati Gangadhara Rao Chowdary Vemuri Gaggaiah Vemuri Radha Krishna Murthy Vemuri Ramaiah Vemuri Sita Rama Sastry Venigalla Janaki Devi Vinnakota Krishna Murthy VS Vijaya Lakshmi Yadavalli Suryanarayana Peru gaanchina rangastula natule kaaka, telugu cinemala lone motta modati vaatilo eeyana natinchaaru. Yadlapalli Kutumba Rao Yeddu Sudarsana Rao Yeleswarapu Kutumba Sastry |
