Vangara Venkata Subbayya, better known as Vangara, was an actor of

Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, ...

. He acted in more than 100 films and in some plays.

Early life

He was born in Sangam Jagarlamudi near

Tenali Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, drama and hence, it is called ''Andhra P ...

. He started his acting career in 1901 in the play ''Chitranalineeyam'' at the age of four years.Nataratnalu, Dr. Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy, pages:434-36. He has worked for sometime as teacher. He joined Rama Vilasa Sabha, Tenali and acted in many dramas portraying various roles. He toured India and abroad with Yadavalli Suryanarayana.

Filmography

# '' Balayogini'' (1936) # '' Malapilla'' (1938) # '' Raitu Bidda'' (1939) # ''

Palnati Yudham ''Palnati Yuddham'' is a 1947 Indian Telugu-language historical war film jointly directed by L. V. Prasad and Gudavalli Ramabrahmam. Based on the Battle of Palnadu, the film stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Govindarajula Subba Rao and Kannamba, ...

'' (1947) as Subbanna # '' Mana Desam'' (1949) # '' Raksha Rekha'' (1949) # ''

Shavukaru ''Shavukaru'' () is a 1950 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by L. V. Prasad. The film was produced by Nagireddy and Chakrapani under the Vijaya Productions banner as their maiden production. It stars N. T. Rama Rao in his first lea ...

'' (1950) # '' Malliswari'' (1951) # '' Dharma Devatha'' (1952) as Duvva #'' Vayyari Bhama'' (1953) # '' Bangaru Papa'' (1954) # '' Chakrapani'' (1954) # '' Peddamanushulu'' (1954) # ''

Donga Ramudu Donga Ramudu may refer to: * Donga Ramudu (1955 film), an Indian Telugu-language drama film * Donga Ramudu (1988 film) ''Donga Ramudu'' is a 1988 Telugu-language action film, produced Chalasani Gopi by under the Gopi Art Pictures banner and dire ...

'' (1955) as School teacher # '' Jayasimha'' (1955) # ''

Kanyasulkam ''Kanyasulkam'' is a Telugu play written by Gurajada Apparao in 1892.20th Century Telugu Luminaries, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005 It is one of the earliest modern works in an Indian language, and it is the first Telugu play ...

'' (1955) as Karataka Sastri #'' Bangaru Papa'' (1955) #'' Santosham'' (1955) # '' Tenali Ramakrishna'' (1956) #'' Sonta Ooru'' (1956) #'' Uma Sundari'' (1956) # '' Edi Nijam'' (1956) as Poojari #''

Sri Gauri Mahatyam ''Sri Gauri Mahatyam'' () is a 1956 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film, directed by D. Yoganand. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Sriranjani Jr., with music jointly composed by Ogirala Ramachandra Rao and T. V. Raju. Plot The film begins wit ...

'' (1956) # '' Maya Bazaar'' (1957) as Sastri #'' Kutumba Gowravam'' (1957) # '' Panduranga Mahatyam'' (1957) # '' Chenchu Lakshmi'' (1958) as Chandamarkula # '' Mangalya Balam'' (1958) #'' Sri Krishna Maya'' (1958) #'' Daiva Balam'' (1959) #''

Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam ''Sri Venkateswara Mahatmyam'' is 1960 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film directed by P. Pullaiah and produced by V. Venkateswarlu. It is based on the Venkateswara avatar of Vishnu at Tirumala. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri, and ...

'' (1960) # '' Raja Makutam'' (1960) # ''

Mahakavi Kalidasu ''Mahakavi Kalidasu'' is a 1960 Indian Telugu-language biographical film directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao and written by Pingali. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Sriranjani Jr., with music composed by Pendyala. It was produced by K. N ...

'' (1960) #''

Kadeddulu Ekaram Nela ''Kadeddulu Ekaram Nela'' () is a 1960 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by Ponnaluru Vasanthakumar Reddy under the Ponnaluru Brothers Pvt. Ltd. banner and directed by Jampana. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Sowcar Janaki, with music comp ...

'' (1960) #'' Jagadekaveeruni Katha'' (1961) as Paata Manthri #'' Intiki Deepam Illale'' (1961) #'' Bhakta Jayadeva'' (1961) #''

Batasari ''Batasari'' () is a 1961 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced and directed by Ramakrishna of Bharani Pictures. It was simultaneously made in Tamil as ''Kaanal Neer'' (). Based on the Bengali novel ''Bardidi'' () by Saratchandra Chat ...

'' (1961) #''

Manchi Manasulu ''Manchi Manasulu'' () is a 1962 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was produced by C. Sundaram under the Babu Movies ...

'' (1962) # ''

Bhishma Bhishma (Sanskrit: भीष्‍म, , ), also known as Pitamaha, Gangaputra, and Devavrata, played an integral role in Mahabharata. He was the supreme commander of the Kaurava forces during the Kurukshetra War mentioned in the Hindu epi ...

'' (1962) #'' Savathi Koduku'' (1963) # '' Narthanasala'' (1963) # ''Tirupathamma Katha'' (1963) # ''

Babruvahana In the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata'', Babruvahana ( sa, बब्रुवाहन) is the son of Arjuna, a Pandava prince, and Chitrangada, the princess of Manalura. Babruvahana was adopted as the heir of Manalura by his maternal grandfath ...

'' (1964) #''

Vaarasatwam ''Vaarasatwam'' () is a 1964 Indian Telugu-language drama film produced by Mangalampalli Brothers under Subhodaya Pictures and directed by Tapi Chanakya. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Anjali Devi, with music composed by Ghantasala. Plot Zamindar ...

'' (1964) #'' Vivaha Bandham'' (1964) #'' Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam'' (1966) # ''

Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha ''Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha'' () is a 1966 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film directed by C. Pullayya. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, K. R. Vijaya with music composed by Ghantasala. It is produced by Thota Subba Rao under the Sridevi Produc ...

'' (1966) as Parabrahma Sastry #''

Sati Sumathi ''Sati Sumathi'' is a 1967 Telugu language, Telugu-language Hindu mythological film, produced by Chinna Rao under the Chinni Brothers banner, presented by Anjali Devi and directed by Vedantam Raghavayya. It stars Kanta Rao, Anjali Devi and musi ...

'' (1967) #'' Govula Gopanna'' (1968) #'' Vichitra Kutumbam'' (1969) as Lawyer Padmanabha Sastry # '' Ekaveera'' (1969)

References

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