Madhavapeddi Satyam | |
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| Born | 11 May 1922 |
| Origin | Brahmanakoduru, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Died | 18 December 2000 (aged 78) |
| Genres | Playback singing |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Actor |
| Instrument | Vocals (Baritone) |
| Years active | 1946–2000 |
Madhavapeddi Satyam (11 March 1922 – 18 December 2000) was an Indian playback singer and actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema.
He entered films as a singer-actor in Y. V. Rao's Tamil-Hindi bilingual movie Ramadas in the year 1946, playing the role of Kabir. However, he became more popular as a playback singer due to his booming voice. His voice suited artists like S. V. Ranga Rao, Relangi and Ramana Reddy. He also sang for others like Akkineni Nageswara Rao, N.T. Rama Rao, Jaggayya and Padmanabham.
In a five-decade long career, he sang numerable songs including popular ones like "Vivaha Bhojanambu" from the film Mayabazar (1957) for S. V. Ranga Rao, and "Ayyayyo Chethilo Dabbulu Poyene" from the film Kulagothralu (1961) for Ramana Reddy.[1] Satyam is also a close relative of Madhavapeddi Suresh, famous music composer in 1990s Telugu films.[1]