Tripuraribhatla Ramakrishna Sastry or T. Ramakrishna Sastry (10 April 1914 – 21 May 1998) was a famous stage and film actor in the early period of

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. He was famous in portraying the role of

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in about 12 films. He was born to Tripuraribhatla Raghavaiah and Kameswaramma in Pedaravooru of Tenali taluq in

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. He joined Rama Vilasa Sabha of Tenali and started as a child actor when 9 years old. He acted in Balamitra Sabha of Dantu Venkata Krishnayya in Guntur from 1926 onwards — ''Roshanara'', ''Krishna Leelalu'', ''Ramadasu'' plays – and toured South India. While he was playing with

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and C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, eminent film director

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was impressed by his performance and invited him to act in his film ''Mohini Rugmangada'' in 1937. He portrayed the Narada character with devotion and won applause of wide audience. Subsequently, he has acted in about 12 films including ''Markandeya'', ''Dakshayagnam'', ''Prahlada'', ''Mairavana'', ''Sumati'' and played different roles. Returning to the stage, he acted in the ''Ramanjaneya Yudham'' play of Betha Venkata Rao as Narada and gave hundreds of performances. He has earned a good name in playing Bilvamangala, Shivayogi, Ramadasu, Kabir and Narada. He participated in ''Tulabharam'' play of Sthanam Narasimha Rao before

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in New Delhi in 1952. He died at the age of 84 years in

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in the house of his son-in-law on 21 May 1998.Tripuraribhatla Ramakrishna Sastry, ''Luminaries of 20th Century'', Part II, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pp. 514-5.

Filmography

# Mohini Rugmangada (1937) # Markandeya (1938) # Mahiravana (1940) # Dakshayagnam (1941) # Sumati (1942) # Garuda Garvabhangam (1943)

References

External links

Ramakrishna Sastry at IMDb.
Male actors in Telugu cinema Indian male film actors Indian male stage actors 1914 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Indian male actors People from Tenali Actors from Guntur district {{India-film-actor-1910s-stub