Krishnudu

Krishnudu Biography

Krishnudu is a popular actor of Telugu cinema, who has done both lead and supporting roles. After playing numerous supporting roles, he became the solo hero of the movie, Vinayakudu and his destiny changed forever. Released in 2008, the movie was opened to critical and commercial acclaim. He has excelled in comic roles. To pursue his dreams in films, he even skipped his marriage to several years.

He was born and brought up at Rajolu of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He was born into a family of farmers. After schooling he left for Bangalore and studied diploma in automobile engineering. A diehard fan of films, slowly his attention was drawn towards films. So he reached Hyderabad to study acting in a film institute. But following an accident, his leg got badly injured. It was exactly at the same time he was trying to find his luck as a hero in Telugu film industry. Suddenly he put on weight also. So things didn’t work out and he reached Mumbai to get training in fashion photography with Subi Samuel.

He reached Hyderabad and started his own studio The Faces, in 1999. Again he got attracted to film industry, but as a scriptwriter and director. He got contact with many assistant directors of the industry. He started assisting film director Rasool Ellore in Bhageeratha, followed by Sekhar Kammula during this period and also did a few character roles. He played a small but memorable role in ‘Happy days’, while he was assisting Sekhar Kammula.

Luck stuck at his doorsteps once again when he was casted for the lead role of the movie – Vinayakudu. Movie was directed by Naveen Prasad and he was paired with Sonia of Happy Days fame. The movie earned critical acclaim and two Nandi awards too. After that he became a regular actor of Telugu film scene and appeared in movies like - Chandamama Kathalu, Manam, Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalaraju, Gopala Gopala, Dalam etc.

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Updated: January 31, 2016