Krishnam Raju

Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju is an Indian film actor known for his works in Telugu cinema He is widely known as Rebel Star for his rebellious acting style He is also the winner of the inaugural Nandi Award for Best Actor Krishnam Raju has starred in more than 183 feature films in his career He made his film debut with the 1966 Chilaka Gorinka produced and directed by Kotayya Pratyagatma Uppalapati has garnered five Filmfare Awards South and three state Nandi Awards Uppalapati is also an active politician