Madhavapeddi Satyam

Madhavapeddi Satyam was a renowned Telugu singer and stageactor from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He entered into films as a singeractor in Y.V. Raos TamilHindi Biligual movie Ramadas in the year 1946. He played the role of Kabir. However, he became more popular as a playback singer thanks to his booming voice. His voice suited artists like S. V. Ranga Rao, Relangi and Ramana Reddy. He did also sing on few occasions for others like Akkineni Nageswara Rao, N.T. Rama Rao, Kongara Jaggaiah and Padmanabham. In a fivedecade long career he has sung numerable songs of which few have become hugely popular like Vivaha Bhojanambu, from the film Maya Bazar for S.V Ranga Rao, and Ayyayyo Jebulo Dabbulu Poyene, from the film Kulagothralu for Ramana Reddy.

Madhavapeddi Satyam was born onMarch 1922 at Brahmanakoduru village in Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh. He is the son of late Sri Madhavapeddi Lakshmi Narasiah and Late Smt. Sundaramma. From his childhood he showed immense love for singing and acting in dramas, inspiration being his Paternal uncle late Sri Madhavapeddi Venkatramayya, a well noted dramatist. He started portraying different roles in drama and one of them Chalo Delhi a social drama in which his singing, acting and music calibre was brought out for the first time in Madras . Spotted by the veteran DirectorProducer late Y.V. Rao in the year 1946, Satyam was very fortunate to get the golden opporotunity of acting as Kabir in Y.V. Raos film Ramadas and also singingsongs in this bilingual film in Tamil and Hindi under the musical supervision of late C.R. Subbaraman.

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