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Gummadi
Born	Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (1926-07-09)9 July 1926 Ravikampadu, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	26 January 2010(2010-01-26) (aged 83) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950–2010
Awards	Padma Shri Rashtrapati Award

Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (born 9 July 1926 – 26 January 2010), known mononymously by his surname Gummadi, was an Indian actor and producer, who worked predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Tamil films. Known as one of the finest supporting/character actors in Telugu cinema, Gummadi acted in around five hundred feature films. He received critical recognition for his work in Thodu Dongalu (1954) and Mahamantri Timmarusu (1962), for which he received the erstwhile Rashtrapati Award. Gummadi was an official member of the Indian delegation from South India to the Tashkent Film Festival in 1978 and 1982.

Gummadi served as a jury member thrice for the 28th, 33rd and 39th National Film Awards. He served twice on the state Nandi Awards Committee.

In 1977, he was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honor Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema. He is widely known for his roles in films such as Mayabazar (1957), Maa Inti Mahalakshmi (1959), Kula Daivam (1960), Kula Gothralu (1962), Jyothi (1976), Nelavanka (1981), Maro Malupu (1982), Ekalavya (1982), Ee Charitra Ye Siraatho? (1982), Gaaju Bommalu (1983) and Pelli Pustakam (1991).

In 2008, he starred in Jagadguru Sree Kasinayana Charitra, which would be his last film.

Early career

Characters played by him

Personal life

Gummadi was married and had five daughters and two sons. He died of multiple organ failure at Care hospital, Hyderabad on 26 January 2010. His last public appearance was at the screening of Maya Bazar, which had been colourised. Here he expressed his happiness and said, "Watching this great movie in colour probably could have been the only reason for me to have stayed alive for so long."

Written works

Gummadi wrote his memoirs of Telugu cinema in Teepi Gurthulu and Chedu Gnapakalu.

Awards

Civilian honors

• Padma Shri - Government of India - 1977

Rashtrapati Awards

• Best acting for Mahamantri Timmarusu (1963)

Nandi Awards

• Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for contribution to Telugu cinema (1998)
• Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor - Maro Malupu (1982)

Other Honors

• 1963 - Honorary Doctorate - Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University
• 1976 - Filmfare Special Award for Excellent Performance - Jyothi and Sita Kalyanam

Selected filmography

See also

• Raghupathi Venkaiah Award

References

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External links

• Gummadi at IMDb 
• gummadi.com

v t e Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nandi Awards
1981–1990	Sarath Babu (1981) Gummadi (1982) P. L. Narayana (1983) Nutan Prasad (1984) Suthi Velu (1985) P. L. Narayana (1986) Thathaji (1987) Sarath Babu (1988) Sarath Babu (1989) M. Prabhakar Reddy (1990)
1991–2000	Vinod Kumar (1991) Nutan Prasad (1992) Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao (1993) Brahmanandam (1994) D. Appa Rao (1995) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1996) Surya Kumar Bhagvandas (1997) Jagapathi Babu (1998) K. Viswanath (1999) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2000)
2001–2010	Murali Mohan (2001) Prakash Raj (2002) Murali Mohan (2003) Shashank (2004) Srihari (2005) Prakash Raj (2006) Jagapathi Babu (2007) Allari Naresh (2008) Ramjagan (2009) P. Sai Kumar (2010)
2011–present	Prakash Raj (2011) Ajay (2012) Prakash Raj (2013) Naga Chaitanya (2014) Posani Krishna Murali (2015) Mohanlal (2016)
Category

• 1928 births
• 2010 deaths
• Indian male film actors
• Telugu male actors
• Tamil male actors
• Male actors in Telugu cinema
• Male actors in Tamil cinema
• Male actors in Hindi cinema
• Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
• Film producers from Andhra Pradesh
• Nandi Award winners
• Filmfare Awards South winners
• Recipients of the Rashtrapati Award
• 20th-century Indian male actors
• Deaths from multiple organ failure
• Male actors from Andhra Pradesh
• People from Guntur district