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Milkuri Gangavva is an Indian
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, comedian and actress. She used to work as a farm-worker before becoming popular on YouTube. Gangavva is known for her diction of
Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...
dialect of Telugu language. In 2020, she entered the Telugu
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show ''Bigg Boss 4'' as one of the 19 contestants.


Early life

Gangavva hails from Lambadipally village of
Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...
state's Jagitial district. No record exists of her birth date. Gangavva received no formal education as she dropped out during her first grade. She was married off when she was five. Gangavva had four children, three daughters and a son, including a daughter who died.


Career

Gangavva used to work in agriculture fields and rolled cigarettes before venturing into YouTube in 2016. She was approached by son-in-law Srikanth Sriram to feature in his channel ''My Village Show'' which focuses village culture and rural life of Telangana. She started off with guest appearances before acting full-time from 2017. Gangavva's comedic roles in the series gained her wide recognition. Gangavva's unique diction of Telangana's dialect made her popular among the
Telugu people Telugu people (), also called Āndhras, are an Ethnolinguistic group, ethno-linguistic group who speak the Telugu language, Telugu language and are native to the India, Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Yanam district of Puducher ...
. In 2019, Gangavva made her
Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of Film, motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Based in Film N ...
debut with '' Mallesham'' and later that year she also appeared in '' iSmart Shankar''. In 2020, on the occasion of
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, Gangavva received Women Achiever Award from Tamilisai Soundararajan, Governor of Telangana.


Filmography


Films


Television


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