Background
He was born in Suddapalli village of Guntur district and named as Venkata Subbaiah.
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. He was famous for the roles of Krishna or Dushyantha, Bhavanisankar, et cetera He performed those roles for about 60 years.
He indulged in elaborate raga alapana, based on different ragas while rendering padyams.
He had the extraordinary ability to sing padyams and songs through whistle, by putting his finger in mouth and producing the whistle or flute sound (meaning Eela in Telugu). He has acted in various dramas and gave more than 20,000 stage performances.
People such as Nehru, Tagore and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan are known to have appreciated Raghuramaiah. He was called the "Nightingale of the Stage" by Rabindranath Tagore He entered Telugu cinema in 1933 in the film "Prudhvi Putra".
lieutenant is the 5th movie in Telugu cinema industry.
This is the 1st Telugu movie produced by Telugu person viz. Pothina Srinivasa Rao. He acted as Krishna in many films including Rayabaram and in the film Chintamani.
At the age of 92 years id est (that is) on 08.12.2014 she died due to old age at Vijayawada.
They have only one daughter viz. Thota Satyavathi, Son-in-law Thota Parvateeswara Rao.
Their grand children are Doctor T.V.S. Gopal, Chintala Ratna, and Gangisetty Raja. He toured Malaysia, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore with a drama troupe in 1972.
He died of a heart attack in 1975 at the age of 75 years.
A bronze statue of him has recently been installed in Suddapalli village where he was born.