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Kalyanam Raghuramaiah is a Actor Indian born on 5 march 1901 at Guntur district (Inde)
Kalyanam Raghuramaiah (1901-1975), popularly known as Eelapata Raghuramaiah, was a Telugu drama and film actor and recipient of the Padmasri award.
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, Narada etc. 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". It 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 Sri Krishna Rayabaram and in the film Chintamani.
He married Savitri second daughter of Rohini Venkata Subbaiah and Sitamma in 1938 at Bapatla. She inaugurated the statue of her husband Raghuramaiah at Chebrolu, Guntur district on 5 March 2013. At the age of 92 years i.e. 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 Dr. T.V.S. Gopal, Chintala Ratna, and Gangisetty Raja. His brother-in-law Rohini Venkaiah, Commercial Tax Officer (Retd.) and his wife Dr. Rohini Venkata Sundara Varada Rajeswari, Famous Devotional Writer of several books and Member Sree Hampi Virupaksha Vidyaranya Maha Samsthanam and their son Rohini Mahesh, Devotional Writer of several articles and Member Sree Hampi Virupaksha Vidyaranya Maha Samsthanam date of birth and his son Rohini Harish date of birth and Raghramaiah's date of death is same i.e. February 24.
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.
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Birth name Kalyanam Venkata Subbaiah
Parents = Kalyanam Narasimham and Venkata Subbamma
Nationality Inde
Birth 5 march 1901 at Guntur district (Inde)
Death 1975 (at 73 years)
Nationality Inde
Birth 5 march 1901 at Guntur district (Inde)
Death 1975 (at 73 years)
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, Narada etc. 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". It 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 Sri Krishna Rayabaram and in the film Chintamani.
He married Savitri second daughter of Rohini Venkata Subbaiah and Sitamma in 1938 at Bapatla. She inaugurated the statue of her husband Raghuramaiah at Chebrolu, Guntur district on 5 March 2013. At the age of 92 years i.e. 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 Dr. T.V.S. Gopal, Chintala Ratna, and Gangisetty Raja. His brother-in-law Rohini Venkaiah, Commercial Tax Officer (Retd.) and his wife Dr. Rohini Venkata Sundara Varada Rajeswari, Famous Devotional Writer of several books and Member Sree Hampi Virupaksha Vidyaranya Maha Samsthanam and their son Rohini Mahesh, Devotional Writer of several articles and Member Sree Hampi Virupaksha Vidyaranya Maha Samsthanam date of birth and his son Rohini Harish date of birth and Raghramaiah's date of death is same i.e. February 24.
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.
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Dakshayagnam (1962)
Directed by Kadaru Nagabhushanam
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Devika, Pasupuleti Kannamba, Meena Kumari, Chittor V. Nagaiah
Rating73%
Usha Parinayam (1961)
Directed by Kadaru Nagabhushanam
Actors Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Jamuna, Pasupuleti Kannamba, P. Suri Babu, Peketi Sivaram
Roles Lord Krishna
Banasura, the king of demons undertakes severe penance to solicit the blessings of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva appears to Banasura and asks him to reveal his desire. Banasura asks for Shiva, Parvati and their entire family to guard the entrance to his city Sonapuri. Shiva goes to Sonapuri with his entire family including the Pramadhaganas to guard the city. This provides the arrogant Banasura with over confidence and he wages war against the devas. The devas are no match for the mighty Banasura who is under the protection of Shiva and are defeated in the ensuing battle. He further challenges Shiva, the very power under whose allegiance he defeated the devas. Angered with Banasura’s arrogance, Shiva curses him that when the flag of your chariot falls without a reason, Sri Krishna will fight you and humble your pride.
Apavadu (1941)
Directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam
Genres Drama
Actors K. S. Prakash Rao, Kalyanam Raghuramaiah, C. Lakshmi Rajyam, R. Balasaraswathi Devi, S. Varalakshmi
Roles Kamaraju, fried of Prakash