Krishnam Raju

Acting

Krishnam Raju

Born 1940-01-20 · Mogalthur, Andhra Pradesh, India

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 has 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. Uppalapati has garnered five Filmfare Awards South and three state Nandi Awards. Uppalapati is also an active politician.

Acting credits

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9.0

Rayudu is a wicked man who wants to be the village chief. When he falsely accuses Brahmanna, the village head, of having an illicit affair with a woman named Susheela, Brahmanna proves him wrong.

Bobbili Brahmanna

1984

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Two crooks, Raja and Babu, who get released from jail, decide to help an innocent prisoner, who is falsely accused in a murder. In the process, both discover secrets about their childhood.

Guru Sishyulu

1990

Adavi Simhalu poster
9.0

Two childhood friends face obstacles and challenges after they confront gangsters and each other.

Adavi Simhalu

1983

Radhe Shyam poster
5.2

Vikramaditya, a world-renowned palmist, believes love does not exist in his stars, until he meets Prerana. But when destiny tries to pull them apart, will love prevail?

Radhe Shyam

2022

Vamsodharakudu poster
6.0

Suryam is a physical director in a local college and lives with his mother Varalakshmi, a widow. The college in which Suryam work belongs to an Industrialist called Sudarshan Rao.

Vamsodharakudu

2000

Gangmaster poster
NR

Gangmaster is a 1994 Telugu film directed by B. Gopal. It has music composed by A. R. Rahman. It was dubbed into Tamil with the title Manitha Manitha. The film was a remake of Hindi film Sir.

Gangmaster

1994

Manavoori Pandavulu poster
10.0

5 youngsters come together with help of Krishnamraju to oppose their village sarpanch's cruel deeds.

Manavoori Pandavulu

1978

Tandra Paparayudu poster
8.0

The story of an Indian Freedom fighter who fought the French even before the British could establish their authority in India

Tandra Paparayudu

1986

Kurukshetram poster
9.0

The Sanskrit epic Mahābhārata told through Cinema.

Kurukshetram

1977

Sultan poster
6.7

Sultan is a action oreinted movie in which, Balakrishna played dual roles in this movie (Sultan and Prutivi) where as Krishna played a role CBCID officer.story of the movie is about Sultan who is currently wanted person in police list because of his crimes done to the society and Sekhar (Krishna) is given the task of nabbing Sultan. Rest of the movie about how sultan escapes from CBI officers.

Sultan

1999

Billa poster
5.3

A police inspector sends a gangster-lookalike to uncover the gang's secrets.

Billa

2009

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Yuddham

1984

Bhakta Kannappa poster
10.0

The story of the famous Siva devotee, Kanappa.

Bhakta Kannappa

1976

Kirayi Dada poster
7.0

An unemployed youth is hired by a courtesan to spy on a rich landlord; he agrees and takes up a job at the landlord's house. He later finds out that the rich man killed his younger brother and his father is being jailed for that crime.

Kirayi Dada

1987

Chandi: The Power of Woman poster
NR

2013 Bollywood action drama by director V. Samudra starring the popular southern Indian actress Priyamani as Chandi, a skilled fighter. Together with her partner Azad, they work with local and national government, corruption and their own dark pasts.

Chandi: The Power of Woman

2013

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A widowed mother of one falls in love with her servant, who is a married man. Meanwhile, the village chief lusts after her and plots a sinister scheme.

Kamalamma Kamatam

1979

Yavade Subramanyam poster
7.3

A corporate man who sets out on a journey of self-discovery and heads to the Himalayas.

Yavade Subramanyam

2015

Talli Kodukulu poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Talli Kodukulu

1973

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Raghava Rao is a wealthy businessman who values money and reputation above everything else. When his daughter Sita marries an orphan, Ramu, against his wishes, he ends his relationship with her.

Abhimanavanthulu

1973

Rudhramadevi poster
5.2

Rudraba, daughter of Ganapatideva, the emperor of the Kakatiya dynasty, was officially designated a son through the ancient Putrika ceremony and given the name Rudradeva so that she could succeed her father after his death. Despite opposition, she became of the most prominent rulers of the Kakatiya dynasty and one of the few ruling queens in Indian history.

Rudhramadevi

2015

Badi Panthulu poster
8.3

Raghava Rao (N. T. Rama Rao) is a teacher in a government primary school. His wife is Janaki (Anjali Devi). Papa Rao (Nagabhushanam) is the school proprietor. The teacher lives with the commitment to basic values of life. He has two sons Satyam (Rama Krishna) and Venu (Krishnam Raju) and a daughter (T. Padmini). The school children built a house for their teacher with love and affection. After retirement, Raghava Rao has no choice but to live with his children.His ungrateful children sell the house of Raghava Rao and Janaki against their wishes. They separate their father and mother and take care of them by rotation even though the old couple wants to live together. Ramu (Jaggayya) is an old student of Raghava Rao who becomes a police officer. He purchases Raghava Rao's house in the auction and gifts it to his beloved teacher.

Badi Panthulu

1972

Neti Siddhartha poster
6.5

Neti Siddhartha is a 1990 Telugu action film produced and directed by Kranthi Kumar under the Kranthi Chitra banner. The film stars Krishnam Raju, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Shobana and Ayesha Jhulka in the lead roles, with music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. This film is a remake of the Hindi film Dharmatma (1975) which inturn is based on The Godfather. The film was recorded Average at the box office.

Neti Siddhartha

1990

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7.0

1973 Indian Telugu-language drama film

Jeevana Tarangalu

1973

Zombie Reddy poster
6.1

A game developer and his friends head to Kurnool to attend their friend’s wedding. But something much more menacing rather than delicious pelli bhojanam awaits them there.

Zombie Reddy

2021