Balireddy Prudhviraj (born August 6, 1964) is an Indian actor and politician who appears in

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films. Known for his comic roles, he has acted in over 100 films. He is noted for his dialogue of ''30 Years Industry'' in the 2002 film '' Khadgam'', which also became his moniker. In February 2019, he was appointed as state secretary to YSR Congress Party of

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. He worked as chairman of SVBC TV channel run by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams until January 2020.

Career

Prudhviraj was born in

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, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. He was introduced by famous Dr. Prabakar Reddy and

E. V. V. Satyanarayana Eedara Veera Venkata Satyanarayana (10 June 1956 21 January 2011) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed a total of 51 films in Telugu and Hindi and introduced many actors to Telugu cinema. He was well known for ma ...

in their first film '' Aa Okkati Adakku'' (1992). During this film he spent forty days with Rao Gopala Rao, where he learnt about the film industry. He played many roles in about 100 films. He was well recognized for his dialogue "30 Years Industry ikkada" in Krishna Vamsi's film '' Khadgam'' (2002) and this film changed his fate. In the year 2022, he joined Jana Sena Party

Controversy

He has been nominated as chairman of

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in 2019. In January 2020, his audiotape recording with a female employee of SVBC TV channel went viral on YouTube and SVBC employees protested urging him to resign from his post as the chairman of the channel. Following that incident Prudhviraj resigned as chairman of

Filmography

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External links

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