Krishnam Raju

Acting

Krishnam Raju

Born January 20, 1940 · Mogalthur, Andhra Pradesh, India (age 86)

Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju is an Indian film actor, known for his works in Telugu cinema. He is widely known as Rebel Star for his rebellious acting style. He is also the winner of the inaugural Nandi Award for Best Actor. Krishnam Raju has starred in more than 183 feature films in his career. He made his film debut with the 1966 Chilaka Gorinka produced and directed by Kotayya Pratyagatma. …

Known For

Adavi SimhaluAdavi Simhalu · 1983
Adavi Simhalu
9.01983
Movie
Two childhood friends face obstacles and challenges after they confront gangsters and each other.
KurukshetramKurukshetram · 1977
Kurukshetram
9.01977
MovieDramaMusic
The Sanskrit epic Mahābhārata told through Cinema.
Manavoori PandavuluManavoori Pandavulu · 1978
Manavoori Pandavulu
10.01978
Movie
5 youngsters come together with help of Krishnamraju to oppose their village sarpanch's cruel deeds.
Radhe ShyamRadhe Shyam · 2022
Radhe Shyam
5.22022
MovieDramaRomance
Vikramaditya, a world-renowned palmist, believes love does not exist in his stars, until he meets Prerana. But when destiny tries to pull them apart, will love prevail?
GangmasterGangmaster · 1994
Gangmaster
1994
Movie
Gangmaster is a 1994 Telugu film directed by B. Gopal. It has music composed by A. R. Rahman. It was dubbed into Tamil with the title Manitha Manitha. The film was a remake of Hindi film Sir.
VamsodharakuduVamsodharakudu · 2000
Vamsodharakudu
6.02000
MovieDramaRomance
Suryam is a physical director in a local college and lives with his mother Varalakshmi, a widow. The college in which Suryam work belongs to an Industrialist called Sudarshan Rao.
SultanSultan · 1999
Sultan
6.71999
MovieActionDrama
Sultan is a action oreinted movie in which, Balakrishna played dual roles in this movie (Sultan and Prutivi) where as Krishna played a role CBCID officer.story of the movie is about Sultan who is currently wanted person in police list because of his crimes done to the society and Sekhar (Krishna) is given the task of nabbing Sultan. Rest of the movie about how sultan escapes from CBI officers.
BillaBilla · 2009
Billa
5.32009
MovieActionThriller
A police inspector sends a gangster-lookalike to uncover the gang's secrets.

Filmography

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Badi PanthuluBadi Panthulu · 1972
Badi Panthulu
8.31972
MovieFamilyDrama
Raghava Rao (N. T. Rama Rao) is a teacher in a government primary school. His wife is Janaki (Anjali Devi). Papa Rao (Nagabhushanam) is the school proprietor. The teacher lives with the commitment to basic values of life. He has two sons Satyam (Rama Krishna) and Venu (Krishnam Raju) and a daughter (T. Padmini). The school children built a house for their teacher with love and affection. After retirement, Raghava Rao has no choice but to live with his children.His ungrateful children sell the house of Raghava Rao and Janaki against their wishes. They separate their father and mother and take care of them by rotation even though the old couple wants to live together. Ramu (Jaggayya) is an old student of Raghava Rao who becomes a police officer. He purchases Raghava Rao's house in the auction and gifts it to his beloved teacher.

Venu

Vishwanatha NayakuduVishwanatha Nayakudu · 1987
Vishwanatha Nayakudu
7.01987
MovieHistoryDrama
The story is based on Indian historical events during the 16th century. It narrates the victory of Viswanatha Nayak on his father to express his devotion towards Srikrishnadevaraya. Viswanatha Nayak (Krishna) is the son of Nagama Nayak (Sivaji Ganesan), a successful General of Srikrishnadevaraya (Krishnam Raju) of the Vijayanagara Empire. Chola King Veerasekhara Chola invades the Madurai Kingdom and deposes the Pandya King Chandrasekhara Pandyan who was under the protection of Srikrishnadevaraya. Due to this, an enraged Srikrishnadevaraya sends Nagama Nayak to aid Chandrasekhara Pandyan. Nagama Nayak suppresses Veerasekhara Chola and takes Madurai, but then suddenly he calls off his allegiance and declining to help Chandrasekhara Pandyan usurps the throne. So, Viswanatha Nayak volunteers to face his father in the battlefield.

Sri Krishna Deva Rayalu

TrisulamTrisulam · 1983
Trisulam
1983
Movie
The film deals with the social issues of literacy, women empowerment and development and comments on the importance of literacy in the Indian villages, which is important for the progress of the country. In the film, Madhukar and Jaggu are Hitler-like tyrants who rule over a small community with an iron hand. They prefer to keep the inhabitants illiterate, so that they can continue to oppress and abuse them over time. But one young lad, Ramu, educates himself secretly with the help of the local school-master, Srikanth. Years later, Ramu has grown up and is now a formidable force to reckon with. Madhukar and Jaggu see him as a threat and soon spin a web of lies and deceit around him, leaving him with no alternative except to retreat, leaving the poor villagers once again at their mercy of their oppressors.

Ramu