Gummadi Venkateswara Rao

Gummadi Venkateswara Rao , widely known as Gummadi, was an Indian film actor and producer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Tamil films. Known as a character actor, Gummadi starred in around five hundred feature films. He received critical reception for his works in Thodu Dongalu and Mahamantri Timmarusu , for which he has received the erstwhile Rashtrapati Award. Gummadi was an official member of the Indian delegation from South India to the Tashkent Film Festival in 1978 and 1982.

He was born in Ravikampadu near Kollur mandal, Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, India. According to one of his interviews, he studied in ZP High School, Kollur and Hindu College, Guntur.

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