Background
He was born to Lakshmi Narayana and Ranganayakamma as Rangavajhula Ranga Rao of Kondiparru village near Gudivada.
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Sakshi Ranga Rao
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He began his career as a stenographer in Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He showed passion for theater arts and performed poignant roles on stage. He began his film career with Saakshi in 1967 directed by Bapu.
Then onwards, he became known by this screen name.
He acted in about 450 films over about four decades. The majority of them were comedies.
He had the distinction of acting in most of the Telugu film directed by K. Vishwanath, Bapu and Vamsi. He has acted in successful films like Sirivennela, Swarna Kamalam, April 1st Vidudhala, Joker and Swarabhishekam.
He died after a prolonged illness in 2005 in Chennai at the age of 63 years.
The apparent cause of death was diabetes and associated renal failure.
