Goparaju Yagneswara Venkata Ramana Murthy (born 5 April 1952), known popularly as Goparaju Ramana, is an Indian actor who works in

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and television shows. He made his feature film debut with '' Grahanam'' (2004), with his breakthrough film being '' Middle Class Melodies'' (2020). Prior to working in films, he have acted in many theatre plays.

Early and personal life

Ramana was born on 5 April1952 to Hanumantha Rao and Bala Tripurasundaramma in Kolakaluru village of

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, India. He married Leela Annapurna Visalakshi. They have one son, Goparaju Vijay, who is also an actor.

Career

Ramana has started his career as actor, in theatre. His first appearance was in the play ''Manavuni Adugujadallo'', written by Avula Sambasiva Rao, during his high school. In 1967, he joined the theater company Balanandam where he acted in plays like ''Sakkubai'', ''Strike'' and ''Polish Bhayya''. During the same period, he had also participated in several programs on

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. He had then started working in television shows, with notable ones being ''Padmavyuham'', '' Muddha Mandaram'' and ''Mahalakshmi''. In 2004, Ramana made his feature film debut in '' Grahanam'', directed by Mohana Krishna Indraganti. He got breakthrough for playing the role of Kondalrao in the film '' Middle Class Melodies'' (2020), which was premiered on

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. Hemanth Kumar of the ''

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'' in his review about the film, particularly praised Ramana's performance. The same was echoed by other critics including those of ''

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. ''He have later appeared in notable films like '' Ashoka Vanamlo Arjuna Kalyanam'' (2022),'' Bedurulanka 2012'' (2023) and'' Ambajipeta Marriage Band'' (2024).

Filmography

Television

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