Kalyanam Raghuramaiah


Kalyanam Raghuramaiah , popularly known as Eelapata Raghuramaiah, was an Indian film actor, and thespian known for his works in Telugu cinema, and Telugu Theater. A recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, and the Padmashri, He was known for the roles of Krishna or Dushyantha, Bhavanisankar, Narada etc. He performed those roles for about 60 years. He indulged in elaborate raga alapana, based on different ragas while rendering padyams.

He was born in Suddapalli village of Guntur district and named as Venkata Subbaiah. He was popular during childhood days in playing Raghurama, hence named as Raghuramaiah by Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao.

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