Krishnam Raju

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 is 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. Raju has garnered five Filmfare Awards South and three state Nandi Awards. Raju is also an active Politician.

Krishnam Raju was born in Mogalthur, West Godavari District onJanuary 1940 to Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Raju. He had a wife before he married Shyamala Devi in 1996. He has three daughters. Film producer Suryanarayana Raju is his younger brother and Prabhas is the son of Suryanarayana Raju. Krishnam Raju worked as a journalist for the Andhra Patrika. He was awarded the Second Best Photographer in state level. He is fond of cameras and has a collection of cameras. He owns GopiKrishna Movies.

Source: Wikipedia