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Kongara Jaggayya
Renowned Telugu actor, writer and politician; Padma Bhushan recipient · India · On the map · Actors · Lived 1926 to 2004 · aged 77
Kongara Jaggayya was an Indian actor, littérateur, journalist, lyricist, dubbing artist and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was known as Kanchu Kantam Jaggayya (Telugu) for his booming voice.
Kongara Jaggayya is read about 94 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 24 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
JokerFilm, Manager B. S. Murthy1991
Assembly RowdyFilm, Shivaji's father1989VijayFilm1987
Pasivadi PranamFilm, Church Father1986
ChantabbaiFilm1984
Disco KingFilm, Jagannatham1982MeghasandesamFilm, Ravindra Babu's brother-in-law1980
Yedanthasthula MedaFilm, Jananatham1978
KarunamayuduFilm, Pontius Pilate1974
Alluri Seetarama RajuFilm, Rutherford Scott Coward1971
Naa ThammuduFilm1966
NavaratriFilm1962
AradhanaFilm, Saradhi1955
ArdhangiFilm, Nagendra Rao / Nagu1926Born31 December 1926People around Kongara
Close ties
N. T. Rama Rao Also in Bobbili Puli and Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu
Akkineni Nageswara Rao Also in Thodi Kodallu and Donga Ramudu
Savitri Also in Thodi Kodallu and Donga Ramudu
Jamuna Also in Donga Ramudu and Bangaru Papa
Krishna Ghattamaneni Also in Alluri Seetharama Raju and Agni Parvatam
Allu Rama Lingaiah Also in Thodi Kodallu and Alluri Seetharama Raju
Chiranjeevi Also in Nyayam Kavali, Chantabbai and Veta
Dasari Narayana Rao Directed Bobbili Puli and Meghasandesham
K. Raghavendra Rao Directed Agni Parvatam and Alludugaru
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao Also in Ardhangi and Aradhana
Sowcar Janaki Also in Doctor Chakravarthy and Chinnari Papalu- Adurthi Subba Rao Directed Thodi Kodallu and Doctor Chakravarthy
Anjali Devi Also in Veeranjaneya and Kalyana Mandapam
Vijayashanti Also in Agni Parvatam and Donga Garu Swagatham
Krishna Kumari Also in Doctor Chakravarthy and Bangaru Papa
Vanisri Also in Kodalu Diddina Kapuram (1970)
Chandra Mohan Also in Alluri Seetharama Raju and Alludugaru
M. Prabhakar Reddy Also in Alluri Seetarama Raju and Yugapurushudu
Sridevi Also in Bobbili Puli and Badi Panthulu
Jayaram Jayalalithaa Also in Devudu Chesina Manushulu and Aastiparulu
Jaya Prada Also in Meghasandesham, Veta and Dongala Veta- Vijaya Nirmala Also in Alluri Seetharama Raju and Ramalayam
Chittoor Nagaiah Also in Preminchi Choodu and Muddu Bidda
Kanta Rao Also in Alluri Seetarama Raju and Guru Sishyulu
Filmography 40
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Awards
About this person
In a film career spanning forty years as a matinee idol, he starred in eighty films, as a lead actor, and lead antagonist in a variety of genres. In 1967, he was elected as a member of the fourth Lok Sabha, from the constituency of Ongole, becoming the first Indian film actor to be elected as a member of the Parliament.