Uppalapati Surya Narayana Raju (13 December 1948 – 12 February 2010) was an Indian film producer. He was the younger brother of

Krishnam Raju Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju (20 January 1940 – 11 September 2022) was an Indian actor and politician. He was known for his works in Telugu cinema and was widely known as "''Rebel Star''" for his rebellious acting style. He was also th ...

and father of

Prabhas Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju (; born 23 October 1979), known mononymously as Prabhas, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. One of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema, he is known as Rebel Star in ...

. His movie banner was ''Gopi Krishna Movies'' and he was the producer of ''

Bhakta Kannappa ''Bhakta Kannappa'' () is a 1976 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Bapu and produced by U. Suryanarayana Raju under the Gopikrishna Movies banner. The film was inspired by the 1954 Kannada movie '' Bedara Kannappa'' which was based on ...

''.

Personal life

Suryanarayana Raju was born in

Mogalthur Mogalthuru is a village in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was a princely estate during the British rule. Geography Mogalthuru is located at . It has an average elevation of 1 meter (6 feet). NH 214A passe ...

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, to Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Raju. He died in 2010 due to

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Filmography

As producer

References

1948 births 2010 deaths Telugu film producers Hindi film producers Film people from West Godavari district Film producers from Andhra Pradesh Krishnam Raju {{India-film-producer-stub