Ramakrishna (Telugu actor)

Ramakrishna (Telugu: రామకృష్ణ) was an Indian actor who worked in Telugu cinema. He has acted in over 200 films, including Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam. He has acted as a Hero in several super hit Telugu movies such as 'Nomu', 'Pooja', 'Nenu Naa Desam', 'Bomma Borusa', 'Badi panthulu', 'Kurukshetram', 'Yuvataram kadilindi', 'Mantralaya Sri Raghavendra Vaaibhavam', 'Hantakulostunnaru jagrattha', 'Magadu', 'Katakatala Rudraiah', 'Doralu Dongalu', 'Kotalo paga', 'Viswanatha Nayakudu'. He played various roles in several mythological films, including Yashoda Krishna, Vinayaka Vijayamu, "Sri Krishnavatharam", Devude digivasthe. He had also acted alongside thespians N. T. Ramarao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao. His contemporary Heroes were, Krishna (Telugu actor), Haranath, and Sobhan Babu.

Ramakrishna
Born	15 October 1939 (1939-10-15) Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	22 October 2001 (2001-10-23) (aged 62) Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Years active	1960-1995
Known for	Indian Telugu Cinema
Spouse	Geetanjali

He was a stage actor from Bhimavaram in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, moved to Chennai in the 1950s. His movie debut was in 1960 with Nithya Kalyanam Pachathoranam.^[1]

His first marriage was in Bhimavaram, and has a daughter. He left his first wife and daughter and came to Madras. He married Telugu actress Geetanjali in 1974 and has a son 'Srinivas'. He died in 2001.^[1]

Filmography

Year	Movie name	Role	Notes
1960	Nitya Kalyanam Pacha Thoranam[2]		Debut movie
	Bhaktha Sabari	Lakshmana
	Rama Sundari[3]
	Mangalyam
1961	Kanna Koduku
	Indrajeet (Sati Sulochana)	Lakshmana
1961	Pelli Kaani Pillalu
1962	Daksha Yagnam	Chandrudu
	Swarna Manjari	Lord Jalakanteshwara Swamy
	Chitti Tammudu
1963	Sri Tirupatamma Katha	Lord Venkateswara
1964	Bangaru Timmaraju[4]
	Desa Drohulu	CBI Officer
1965	Thodu Needa		First movie with future wife, Geethanjali
	Aakasaramanna[5]	Anangapala
	Sri Simhachala Kshetra Mahima	Maha Vishnuvu
1966	Mohini Bhasmasura[6]	Shiva
	Hantakulostunnaru Jagratta
1967	Chadarangam
	Satyame Jayam
	Upayamlo Apayam		Acted as a Villain with Krishna as Hero
	Sri Krishnavataram	Arjuna
	Premalo pramadam
	Raktha sindhooram		3 Heroes, Ramakrishna, Balaiah, Shoban Babu
1968	Rajayogam[7]
	Sukha Dukhalu		Paired with Jayalalitha
	Asadhyudu[8]
	Ranabheri
	Veeranjaneya[9]	Arjuna
	Jeevitha bandham[10]		Kantha Rao
	Aggi Meeda Guggilam[11]	Arindhava
	Pedarasi Peddamma Katha
	Bhale Kodallu	Ramam
	Bangaru Sankellu		Guest role
1969	Sri Rama Katha[12]	Parvatha Raju
	Chiranjeevi[13]		Paired with Savitri
	Kadaladu Vadaladu
	Aggi Veerudu
	Karpura Harathi[14]	Dr. Raghu
1970	Janmabhoomi
	Pachani Samsaram
	Suguna Sundari Katha[15]	Jayanta Bhoopala
	Marina Manishi
	Evarini nammali
1971	Sri Krishna Vijayamu	Satyaki
	Manasu Maangalyam
	Vikramarka Vijayam	Vikramarkudu
	Andariki Monagadu[16]
	Kattiki kankanam[17]
	Rowdilaku Rowdilu	Madhu
	Maa Ilavelpu
	Adrushta jathakudu
	Bangaru Kutumbam[18]
	Bomma Borusa	Sundaram
1972	Korada Rani[19]
	Raitu Kutumbam
	Pilla Piduga[20]	Amar
	Datta Putrudu
	Adrushta Devatha[21]
	Kalavari Kutumbam[22]	Balu
	Badi Panthulu	Satyam	Acted as NTR elder son
1973	Panjaramlo Pasipapa	Dharma Rao, Sridhar	Dual role
	Aajanma Brahmachari[23]
	Mallamma Katha
	Devudamma
	Nenu Naa Desam[24]		Dual role
	Varasuralu
	Pasi Hrudayalu
1974	Kannavari kalalu	Air Commodore Raju
	Nomu	Nageshwar (Eshwar)	Super Hit and gave stardom to Ramakrishna
	Nijarupalu		Vijayanirmala, March 29
	Premalu Pellillu	Dr. Raghu
	Khaidi Babai[25]
1975	Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddham	Lakshmanudu
	Yashoda Krishna	Krishna
	Rajyamlo Rabandulu[26]
	Adadani Adrushtam
	Maya Maschindra	Lord Siva
	Ammayila Sapadham[27]
	Pooja		Biggest Hit as a Solo Hero
	Devude Digivaste
	Pichodi pelli
	Bullemma Sapatham[28]
	Bala Nagamma
	Naga Balayogi
	1976	Kotalo paga	Narasimha Nayaka	Own production
Aasthi Kosam
Ee Kalapu Pillalu
Vanaja Girija
Naa Pere Bhagavan
Doralu Dongalu
Magadu[29]
Alludochadu[30]		Ravi/Sekhar
Poruginti pullakura
Seelaniki siksha
Manchiki Maro Peru		Ravi
Mangalyaniki Maro Mudi[31]
Nijam Nidrapodu
1977	Kurukshetram	Balaramudu
	Chakradhari	Lord Panduranga/ Ranganna
	Judge Gari Kodalu
	Swarganiki Nichenalu
	Jeevithamlo Vasantham[32]	Madhu
	Manchi Roju[33]
	Seeta Rama leela
	Sri Krishna Jarasandha
1978	Prayanamlo Padanisalu
	Sri Rama Pattabhishekam	Lakshmana
	Katakataala Rudrayya
	Punniya Boomi	Ramu	Tamil film
1979	Allari Pillalu[34]
	Oka Challani Rathri	Nityanand
	Swami Drohulu[35]
	Sri Vinayaka Vijayamu	Lord Maha Vishnuvu
1980	Asadhyulaku Asadhyudu[36]	CID Suresh
	Venkateswara Vratha Mahatyam[37]	Lord Venkateswara
	Yuvatharam Kadilindi
	Lakshmi nilayam
	Maa Inti Devatha[38]
1981	Ramapuram lo Seetha		Own production
1982	Mantralaya Sri Raghavendra Vaibhavam		Acted as Raghavendra Swamy
1983	Bahudoorapu Batasari
	Tarzan Sundari[39]	Raghuram
1984	Aadadani Saval	Navy officer Ramu
	James Bond 999	SP Ravindranath
	Adarsavanthudu	Chiranjeevi
	Sangeetha Samrat	Sudhakar
	Ugra Roopam
1986	Brahmastram	Inspector Jagannath	Heroine's brother
	Ugra Narasimham
	Dharmapeetam Daddarillindhi[40]	Gopalakrishna
	Tandra Paparayudu	Rangarayudu
1987	Viswanatha Nayakudu	Lakshminarayana Pandit, Natyacharyudu
	Marana Homam
	Maa Voori Magadu	Raghuram	Brother of Krishna, SP
	Akshintalu
1988	Rocky
1989	Lankeswarudu[41]
	Adavilo Ardharathri
1992	Samrat Ashoka	Jayamallu
	Enkanna Babu	Lord Venkateswara
1995	Maya Bazaar	Dharmaraju