Mukku Raju

Mukku Raju
Born
Sagiraju Rajamraju

1931
Kumudavalli, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died31 July 2014 (aged 83)
Bhimavaram, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesRajubabu
Occupation(s)Choreographer, Actor
Years active1984-2014
SpouseSaraswathi
Children3
AwardsNandi Award
Websitehttps://m.facebook.com/Mukku-Raju-532144596945359/?ref=bookmarks

Mukku Raju (Sagiraju Rajamraju) was a Tollywood film choreographer and actor. Raju started his career as choreographer in Tamil Cinema / Kollywood, but ended as an actor and has acted in over 1000 films.[1] He also directed and wrote scripts for a few films. He started a dancers associations in Madras, later moved to Hyderabad and co-founded the Telugu Dancers and Directors Association, to support and help the budding directors and dancers. He received the Nandi Award for Best Character Actor in 2008 for his film 1940 Lo Oka Gramam (A Village in 1940).[2]

Raju was also an Ayurveda practitioner and a Multilinguist and was best known by the name Sagi Rajan Raju in his hometown, Kumudavalli.

Raju died aged 83 after a short illness, and his funeral took place at Cherukuvada.

  1. ^ "Actor Mukku Raju passes away". indiaglitz. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. ^ "'1940 lo oka gramam' release soon". The Hindu. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.