Misplaced Pages

Mukku Raju (Sagiraju Rajamraju) was a Tollywood film choreographer and actor. Raju started his career as choreographer in Tamil Cinema / Kollywood, but ended as an actor and has acted in over 1000 films. He also directed and wrote scripts for a few films. He started a dancers associations in Madras, later moved to Hyderabad and co-founded the Telugu Dancers and Directors Association, to support and help the budding directors and dancers. He received the Nandi Award for Best Character Actor in 2008 for his film 1940 Lo Oka Gramam (A Village in 1940).

Raju was also an Ayurveda practitioner and a Multilinguist and was best known by the name Sagi Rajan Raju in his hometown, Kumudavalli.

Raju died aged 83 after a short illness, and his funeral took place at Cherukuvada.

Filmography

Other films like Erra Sainyam, Orey Rikshaw and Cheemala Dandu were some of his popular movies. He played important roles in movies directed by R. Narayana Murthy. He choreographed for legendary actors NTR and Sivaji Ganesan.

Awards

He received the Nandi Award for Best Character Actor in 2008 for the film 1940 Lo Oka Gramam.

Death

Raju died on 31 July 2014 due to ill health in Bhimavaram, West Godavari district.

References

1. "Actor Mukku Raju passes away". indiaglitz. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
2. "'1940 lo oka gramam' release soon". The Hindu. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
3. "Veteran actor Mukku Raju passes away". Sakshi Post. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
4. "NTR's choreographer Mukkuraju no more". 31 July 2014.
5. "Nandi awards 2008 announced". idlebrain. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2014.

v t e Nandi Award for Best Character Actor
Nandi Awards
1994–2000	Krishnam Raju (1994) K. Viswanath (1995) Prakash Raj (1996) Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao (1997) Kota Srinivasa Rao (1998) Mallikarjuna Rao (1999) Prakash Raj (2000)
2001–2010	Tanikella Bharani (2001) Nandamuri Harikrishna (2002) Prakash Raj (2003) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2004) Chandra Mohan (2005) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2006) Ahuti Prasad (2007) Mukku Raju (2008) L. B. Sriram (2009) AVS (2010)
2011–present	Sammeta Gandhi (2011) Ashish Vidyarthi (2012) Naresh (2013) Rajendra Prasad (2014) Allu Arjun (2015) Naresh (2016)
Category

• Telugu male actors
• People from West Godavari district
• Nandi Award winners
• 2014 deaths
• 1931 births
• Indian male film actors
• Male actors from Andhra Pradesh
• Male actors in Telugu cinema
• 20th-century Indian male actors
• 21st-century Indian male actors