Career
He was known as Andhra Kamal Haasan. He rose to the heights of stardom with his movies, Needaleni Adadi, Turpu Padamara, Kanyakumari, Idekkadi Nyayam and Jaganmohini. He was considered the folk hero of the generation next to that of North. T. Rama Rao and Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao.
He has debuted in 1974 with the film Needa Leni Aadadi of Navashakthi Films banner by Parvathaneni Gangadhara Rao.
lieutenant is also debut film for actress Prabha. The film ran for a hundred days and commercially successful.
He started getting offers from the others The film directed by B. Vittalacharya became a blockbuster.
Later, he has acted in the films like Gandhrava Kanya, Mantradandam, Mohini Sapatham, all directed by Vittalacharya.
He has also worked with other directors as a folklore hero in films like Triloka Sundari (1980) under Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. He has acted in about 100 films in two decades. Both are married, and he had grand children.