Mukku Raju (Sagiraju Rajamraju) was a Tollywood film choreographer and actor. Raju started his career as

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Tamil Cinema Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...

Kollywood Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood ...

, but ended as an actor and has acted in over 1000 films. He also directed and wrote scripts for a few films. He started a dancers associations in

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, later moved to

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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 ''1940 Lo Oka Gramam'' () is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language period drama film directed by Narasimha Nandi. It stars Baladitya and Sri Ramya, with Rallapalli, Mukkuraju, Rajitha, Jenni, Vinodh and Gundu Hanumantharao in supporting roles. It is ...

(A Village in 1940)''. Raju was also an Ayurveda practitioner and a Multilinguist and was best known by the name Sagi Rajan Raju in his hometown, Kumudavalli. Raju passed at the age of 83 after a short illness, and his funeral took place at Cherukuvada.

Filmography

Other films like ''Erra Sainyam'', ''Orey Rikshaw'' and ''Cheemala Dandu'' were some of his popular movies. He played important roles in movies directed by R. Narayana Murthy. He choreographed for legendary actors NTR and

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji G ...

Awards

He received the

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in 2008 for the film ''1940 Lo Oka Gramam''.

Death

Raju died on 31 July 2014 due to ill health in

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, West Godavari district.

References

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