LIST OF FAMOUS KAMMAS

rakesh · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 6 Location: sydney

Film Industry
Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao [NTR]- Screen legend and former Chief Minister of Andhra pradesh
Akkineni Nageswara Rao [ANR]- Matinee idol, Dadasaheb Phalke awardee.
Ghattamaneni Sivarama Krishna [Krishna]- Movie actor, Producer

Akkineni Lakshmi Vara Prasad [LV Prasad]- [Dadasaheb Phalke] awardee. Director,Producer,Film lab and IMAX owner. LV prasad eye institute, World class hospital in Ophthalmolgy is named after him in Hyderabad

Aluri Venkata Subbarao (Chakrapani)- of Chakrapani & Nagireddy duo of famous Vijaya productions.Many renowned classics of Indian cinema were made under this banner.
Daggubati Ramanaidu - Movie producer, Guinness Book of Records lists him as the prolific producer with 100 films under his banner "Suresh Productions"
Sobhan Babu [Uppu Sobhanadri]- Movie actor
Mohanbabu [Manchu Bhaktavatsala Naidu] - Movie actor,Producer.
Rajendra Prasad [Gadde]- Movie actor
Maganti Murali Mohan- Film Actor
Nandamuri clan-Bala Krishna,Kalyan Ram,Tarakratna,Kalyan Chakravarthy
Akkineni Nagarjuna - Movie actor
Daggubati Venkatesh - Movie actor
Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni- Movie actor
Sreekanth [Meka]- Movie actor
Jagapathi Babu [Veeramachaneni Jagapati Chowdary]- Movie actor
Thottempudi Gopi chand - Movie actor, son of T Krishna.
Tottempudi Venu - Movie actor
Yarlagadda Sumanth - Movie actor
T Krishna[Thottempudi]- Critically acclamied Director who has done such revolutionary movies as Pratighatana, Vandemataram etc.
Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao [KRR]- Renowned Film Director.His father is also a Director,K.S.Prakasa Rao[Prem Nagar].His brother is a Producer,K.Krishnamohan Rao.
Bezawada Gopal- Successful commercial director
EVV [Eedara] Satyanarayana- Movie Director.
Vijaya Bapineedu - Producer and director.
Uppalapati NarayanaRao - Movie Director.
Chalasani Aswinidutt- Producer, Vaijayanti Banners
Sravanti Ravikishore [Polineni]- Sravanti Movies.Producer,Charterd Accountant
Gudavalli Ramabrahmam - Revolutionary,Progressive Director- 'Malapilla, Raitubidda'
Dukkipati Madhusudhana Rao- Producer, Annapurna Art Pictures.
Chalasani Gopi- Producer, Gopi Art Pictures.
SM Sreeramulu Naidu- Central and then Pakshiraja studio owner in Coimbatore. Later owned Chamundeswari Studios in Bangalore.
Subbaih Naidu- Music Director for early MGR films in Tamil.
Paruchuri brothers- Prolific writers
Tripuraneni Maharadhi - Cine Writer- Kanchukota, Devudu Chesina Manusulu, Alluri Seetaramaraju, Simhasanam.
Tammareddy Krishnamurthy - Freedom fighter, Producer, Saradhi Studios - Ravindra Art Pictures
Kosaraju Raghavaiah Chowdary- Lyricist of many yesteryear melodies.
Kongara Jaggaiah - AIR news Reader,Movie actor,Former Member of Parliament
Gummadi Vekateswara Rao - Astute character artist
Kommineni Chakravarthy and his son Sri - Music Directors.
Pokuri Baburao- Producer, Eetaram Films,carved a distinctive niche for himself by making radical,thought provoking films like Neti Bharatam,Erra Mandaram,Vandemataram and Repati Pourulu.
Vadde Ramesh- Producer, Vijaya Madhavi Combines. His son Vadde Naveen is an actor.
V B Rajendraprasad- Producer, Jagapati Art Pictures.
Atluri Purnachandra rao- Lakshmi Productions
Kakarla(Vani)Venkateswara Rao -Producer & Distributor. Vani Film Distributors, Asiatic Traders(Johnson & Johnson distributors for south).
Koganti Visweswara Rao - Producer,Panchavati Chitralaya,Padmaja Pictures.
Yarlagadda Surendra- Producer
Bhagyaraj - Tamil film producer & Actor
Cine Producers - Kiran(Gemini TV), D.Kishore, K.L.Narayana, Vallurupalli Ramesh,M.L.Kumar Chowdary
Directors -YVS Chowdary,Teja,Paruchuri Murali,A.S.Ravi kumar Chowdary
G. Adiseshagiri Rao (Krishna's brother)- Producer, Chairman, A.P. Film Corporation.
Alugulapati Ramanjaneyulu [Rangasthala Kalacharyulu]- Pioneer of Music field in Film Industry

Entreprenuers
Mullapudi Harischandra Prasad - Industrialist and founder of Andhra Sugars
Velagapudi Ramakrishna (father's original surname Katragadda, hailing from Tellapadu, Prakasam Dist.) - Industrialist[KCP Cements, Macherla; KCP Sugars, Vuyyuru] ICS officer.
Panda Punnaiah (Tellapadu, Prakasam Dist.)- Navabharat Ferro Alloys, Beardsell Ltd.
Dr. MVVS Murthi- Industrialist (Founder of VBC Group), Founder and President of GITAM.
G D Naidu - Coimbatore's spirit of entrepreneurship, United Motor Service (UMS) owner. Inventor,avid traveller and philanthropist. Agriculture University of Tamilnadu is named after this great man.
Dharma Veera Annur K Govindaswmay Naidu - of the KG Group from Coimbatore, famous among them-KG Denims
G Kuppuswamy Naidu[Neerukonda]-Lakshmi Mills[Textiles],Coimbatore.
P S Govindaswami Naidu[Kakarla]- Owner of the PSG Group, indusrialist & educational philanthropist. Narain Karthikeyan is his grand son.
G V Govindaswamy Nadiu- Founder of SV (Sri Venkatesha) group of companies[Textiles,Papermills etc]. His son-in-law Dr.V.Genguswamy Naidu was the founder president of World Telugu Federation.
SRMT [KVR Chowdary]- Industrial conglomerate comprising Road trasport,Motor manufacturing and TATA dealership for South India.
*** Enterprises- National Infrastructure Industry [ Maganti Rajendra Prasad ]
Lanco Group- Construction,Hydel Power,Software & Film Production [ Lagadapati Rajagopal ]
Jayabheri Group- Real Estate and Film Production [ Maganti Muralimohan ]
Jayalakshmi Group- Tobacco,Cotton & Tea Trading [ Rayapati Sambasiva Rao ]
Dhanalaksmi Group- Cotton & Tobacco Trading [ Sadineni Chowdarayya ]
Amara Raja Batteries (ARBL)- Galla Ramchandra Naidu
Gogineni Venkateswara Rao - Mica Mines, Gold Mines in Whitefields near Bangalore.
Lahari Audio- G.Manohara Naidu[Bangalore]
SPM India Ltd- Gogineni Damodaraswami Naidu[Bangalore]
Anupama Group- K.Ananda Rao[Bangalore]
K.L.N. Prasad - MD, Andhra Bank before it was nationalized
Krishna Mikkilineni- CEO, Honeywell International India Pvt Ltd, Subsidiary of Honeywell Inc.
Vijaya Electricals- Dasari Jai Ramesh
Lokesh Machines Limited- Mullapudi Lokeswara Rao
Yalamanchali Chowdary - Sujana Group Of Industries (Padmini fans, Power generation, Heavy Engineering etc)
Yamparala Venkateswara Rao- Chilli baron
Vizag Profiles- Steel Trading & IT Industry [ Bandi Sureshkumar ]
Vijayawada Offset Printers - Paruchuri Kishore Babu
NATCO Pharma- V C Nannapaneni
Bharat Biotech- Krishna Ella
Suven Pharma- Venkat Jasti
Jetty's Pharmaceuticals - Mr. Jetty Radhakrishnamurthy
Krebs Chemicals- Ravi Ravindranath Tagore
Matrix Labs - Nimmagadda Prasad
Divis Labs- Divi Murali
Progressive Constructions- Kavuri Sambasiva Rao
JVR Constructions - Nannapaneni Venkataswamy
Madhucon Constructions- Nama Nageswara Rao
Southern Engineering Works (SEW) Constructions- Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao
Siticable- Potluri Ramakrishna, a pioneer of Andhra's cable TV sector.
Nujiveedu seeds- Mandava Prabhakara Rao
Narne Estates- Colonel Narne Rangarao
Greenesol Power Systems Pvt. Ltd. - Mr. JSR Prasad
Kakatiya Cements - Mr. Venkateswarlu
Suvarna Cements - Mr. Jasthy Sheshagiri Rao
Kaluga EME / Associate Power Team - Mr. Dhondapati Krishnama Naidu
Trinetra Super Markets - Mr Kakkera Anjaneyulu
Pragati offset Printers- Paruchuri Hanumantha Rao
Sonic Systems(USA)-Billionaire Brothers Raavi.Sudhakar & Srikanth
Softsol USA Inc- Madala Srini
ASR International Corp- Anumolu Subba Rao
Chiplogic- Hari Surapaneni/Roshan Gudapati/Navakrishna Akkineni. (Sold to Analog Devices for $100 million in Year 2000)
Camo Technologies-Ashwani Jasti
Ashok Atluri - Zen Technologies, High-end multimedia weapons simulator for security forces
Dr. Jayaram Chigurupati-Zenotech Labs
Dr. S.P.Vasireddy-Vimta Labs
Devineni Rajasekhar (One of the 500 richest in India for Year 2005 ***www.business-standard.com/special/bill2005/bill-05_03.pdf)
Chigurupati Krishna Prasad (Granules India Limited- Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Formulations Intermediates)

Politicians
Bollina Muniswami Naidu- Prime minister of Common Madras Presidency during 1938-42.Also a famous Lawyer.
Makineni Basavapunnaih- One of the stalwarts and foremost theoriticians of the Indian communist movement. Affectionately known as Comrade MB,he was among the outstanding leaders of the glorious Telengana people?s struggle and along with Comrade P.Sundarayya, was deeply involved in the organisation, execution and conduct of the Telengana struggle.
Chandra Rajeswara Rao - Freedom fighter, eminent socialist, long time general secretary of the communist party of India
Koratala Satyanarayana- Marxist Ideologue, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India
Lavu Bala Gangadhra Rao- Despite coming from a landlord background, Comrade LBG?s communist life was one of simplicity and unflinching commitment to the cause of liberating the exploited in the country.He served the party in various capacities ? as member of the Polit Bureau, member of the Central Committee and secretary of the Andhra Pradesh state committee.
N. Chandrababu Naidu - Former Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu - President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, 2002-2004
BV [ Bodapati ] Raghavulu- Present Secretary of the state community party
Paritala Ravindra - Famous politician from Ananthpur
Kotha Raghuramaiah - Minister in Nehru, Lal Bahadur Sastry and Indira Gandhi's cabinets
Moturi Hanumantharao- CPI(M) Polit Bureau Member, Editor of Prajasakti Dialy since its inception.
Kalluri Chandramouli - Minister in three provinces, Madras, Andhra and Andhra Pradesh
Kakani Venkata Ratnam - Former Minister
Alapati Venkata Ramaiah - Former Minister, Freedom Fighter
S.P.Chengalraya Nayudu-Senior congress parlimentarian from Chittor
Nadendla Bhaskara Rao - Former Chief Minister of A.P.
Kodela Siva Prasada Rao- Former Minister of many portfolios
Renuka Chowdhary - Minister for Women and Child Wefare, Government of India.
VS [Vadlapatla] Ramadevi- Former Governor of Karnataka,Former Chief Election Commissioner
PS Ramamohan Rao, IPS- Former Governor of Tamilnadu
Katta Subbramanya Naidu - Cabinet Minister Karanataka
VAIKO-[Vaiyapuri Gopalaswamy Naidu]- MDMK President,MP from Sivakasi,Noted Tamil Activist and secessionist.
Arcot Veeraswamy- Veteran leader of DMK Party.Held many portfolios in previous governments.

Sports personnel
Raman Subba Rao Panguluri- Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1961,Test player for England between 1958 and 1961,now an ICC match referee.
Pullela Gopichand - Former all England badminton champion.[1]
Koneru Humpy-Former World junior chess champion. [2]
Pentyala Hari Krishna - Former World junior chess champion.[3]
Achanta Sharath Kamal - Table Tennis Player.
M. S. K Prasad - Cricket Player
Syam Sundar - Volley Ball. Arjuna Award, Indian Captain
Susheel Narla- Tennis Player. Indian National Champion 1996. Represented India in Davis cup 1997. First AP athlete to win the Indian National Men's singles title and the Indian Masters by the age of 19.
kakarla Narain Karthikeyan- First Indian on the Formula 1 circuit. Grand son of PSG Naidu,From Coimbatore. [4]

Educational institutions
GITAM - Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management,Visakhapatnam is one of the best for engineering & management education in the country.
Peoples Educational Society [PES]- expanded both in Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh Founded by Prof.M.R.Doreswamy Naidu
Vikas Educational Institutions
Vignan Educational Institutions
Gowtam Educational Institutions
Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions
Siddartha Educational Institutions
Nalanda Educational Institutions
Kamineni Educational Society
Bapatla Educational Society
Ratnam Coaching Centres - Korrapati Venkata Ratnam
Mamata Educational Society- Khammam
Chalapati Educational Institutions
Jagarlamudi Kuppuswamy Chowdary [JKC] College-Guntur
RVR&JC College of Engineering- Guntur
KLC Engineering College- Vijayawada
NRI Medical College- Mangalagiri,Guntur.
Vignana Jyothi College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad
Achanta Rukminamma- Chief donor of bulidings and constructions of Guntur Medical College,Guntur, the then minister in Madras Presidency.
PSG - P.S.Govindaswamy college of engineering,Coimbatore
CIT- Coimbatore Institute of Technology. The V. Rangasamy Naidu Educational Trust, devoted to the cause of promoting Technical and Scientific Literacy, established (CIT) in 1956. CIT is one of the prestigious educational institutions in South India.

Poets and Scholars
Tenugulenka Tummala Seetharamamurthy Chowdary- Well known Telugu poet.
Kaviraju Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Choudary - Rationalist,Social reformer and writer
Rasarekha Suryadevara Sanjiva Dev - Popularly Known as Sanjiv Dev,an eminent painter,writer,philosopher,art critic and above all an authentic aesthete. He was a rare personality among Telugus.His works can be found at Roerich Museum in New York.
Kalaprapurna Pandita Kotha Satyanarayana Chowdary- Wrote about 70 books,famous for his critic of Ramayana Kalpavruksha of Viawanadha Satyanarayana.
Tripuraneni Gopichand : Telugu novelist, short story writer, editor, essayist, playwright and film director, Gopichand's writings are remarkable for an interplay of values, ideas and 'isms' - materialism, rationalism, existentialism, realism and humanism. He is celebrated for his second novel Asamardhuni Jeevayatra which is the first psychological novel in Telugu literature.
Dr.Nagabhairava Koteswara Rao- Telugu expert for Sahitya Akademi from 1988-1992.Published 17 works characterized by altruism and universal love, with special concern for the downtrodden.Famous among them are Kavanavijayam(Play),Kanneetigadha and Toorpu Vaakillu (Poetry)
Vasireddy Seethadevi : An acclaimed writer in Telugu. She has published around 40 novels and 10 short story collections. Mattimanishi is one of her best novels which is a landmark in modern Telugu fiction.
Prof. Tumati Donappa- Mecca of researchers, Linguist and former Vice Chancellor, Telugu university. Noted authority on the Semantics and Philology of Telugu language. Famous Literary works- Balala shabdaratnakaram, Telugu Mandalika Shabdakosam, Vaikrapada Swarupa Nirupanamu, Andhrula Ana Asalukadha, Harikadha Sarwaswamu.
Prof Chekuri RamaRao- known as CHERA for the literary world. Literary Critique and a famous scholar in Dravidian Linguistics. Visiting faculty to Cornell University,USA.
Prof.Velcheru Narayana Rao- Krishnadevaraya Professor of Languages and Cultures of Asia at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.Telugu expert and literary critic.
Chilukuri Narayana Rao- Well-known lexicographer, historian and scholar.Published "Andhra Bhaashaa Charitram" (1937) and a revised version of Sankaranarayana's English-Telugu Dictionary, etc.
Dr.Medasani Mohan- Satavadhani and the celebrated Philomath , Director of Annamacharya project at TTD, Tirupati.
Mikkilineni Radhakrishnamurthy- Despite being a busy character artist on silver screen, done important research into Theatre and Telugu folk arts and published his anthology- Teluguvari Janapada Kalaroopalu, Andhra Natakaranga Charitra, Nataratnalu etc. Founder member of Prajanatyamandali.
Paruchuri Lalita Kumari- Famously known as Olga.Distinguished Feminist writer.Her works include-Sweccha,Sahaja, Manavi, Kanniti keratala vennela, Gulabilu.
Koduri Kousalya Devi - Popular novelist
Papineni Sivasankar - Poet with progressive ideals.
Ratakonda Sudharsanam & Ratakonda Vasundhara Devi : Noted literary critics & Writers.
Raavi Amarchand and Doraswamy Naidu - Popular Guitarists

Intellectuals, Academecians
Prof N.G.Ranga - An outstanding Parliamentarian, who rendered remarkable selfless service for the cause of the farmers. Also an Educationist and freedom fighter.In his honour and memory Agricultural University of Andhra Pradesh is named after him.
Prof. Yalavarthi Nayudamma- Internationally recognized organic chemist who made important contributions to the development of leather industry. Served as Director, Central Leather Research Institute (Chennai), Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (Delhi), IDRC,International Development Research Center (Canada)and Vice-Chancellor,Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi.
Prof. BVR Chowdary- one of the world's leading experts in the field of Material sciences & Solid State Ionics, presently working at [ National University of Singapore].Recently awarded with the highest French Civilian Honours- Officer in the order of Academic Palms.
Herr Patibandla Chandrasekhara Rao- Judge at International Court of Justice,Hague, The Netherlands.
Dr.Tummala Madhava Rao- Renowned Statistician,Padma Vibhushan Recipient,Founder memmber of TANA.He was honored by the US President with the prestigious National Medal of Science ?as a prophet of new age? with the citation, ?for his pioneering contributions to the foundations of statistical theory and multivariate statistical methodology and their applications, enriching the physical, biological, mathematical, economic and engineering sciences?.
Prof. Yarlagadda Nayudamma- World Renowned Paediatric & Neonatal Surgeon Based at Govt.General Hospital,Guntur. Noted Authority in the surgical management of Conjoined twins.
Prof. Kakarla Subbarao- An outstanding Radiologist of global reputation. Recipient of 'Padma Sri' and one of the Founder members of TANA. Former Director of NIMS,Hyderabad.
Mr. Kamineni Srinath- Reputed Orthopaedic [Sub speciality-Elbow] Surgeon presently at Imperial college,London, working as a Senior Lecturer.Visiting faculty to Mayo Clinic,USA.
Dr Gullapalli Nageswara rao- Distinguished Chair of Eye Health, LVPEI.
Dr.Mullapudi- Founder of Mullapudi cardiac reasearch Center in Hyderabad.
Dr Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary- Founder Chairman of VSNL [Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited],Chairman of Pragna Bharati,A.P. IT advisor to Govt of A.P,Satyam & TCS.
Dr Vasireddy Sri Krishna- Vice Chancellor of Andhra University during 1949-1961.Oxford Graduate and a well-known economist,paved the way for the development and vast expansion of the university during his tenure.
Chalasani Rao- Wall Street Journal has named him the top investment strategist in 1992 and 1994.A guest speaker on numerous television programs, including CNBC,CNN-FN and national and international radio programs. Investment Adviser to many Fortune 500 companies.
Prof Avula Manjulatha- Vice Chancellor of Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad
Prof Kotha Koteswara Rao - Former Prinicpal, REC Warangal.
Prof Kotha Sachidananda Murthy - Padmavibhushan, Former Vice Chancellor, S.V. University, Tirupati. Respected philosopher (Buddhist Philosophy).
Dr Velaga Venkatappaiah - Eminent Personality in Indian Library Sciences movement.
Padmashree Dr G. Bakthavathsalam - Famous Surgeon ,K G Hospital,Coimbatore.

Media
Narla Venkateswara Rao - Eminent Journalist and Parlimentarian,known for his western education, sophistication and several innovations in journalism.Editor of two weeklies-Andhra prabha& Andhra Jyothy.Gave prominence to not only political issues but also to social, economic, industrial, and educational issues and thus laid new grounds for new trends in journalism.
Narisetti Raju- Managing Editor of WSJ[Wall Street Journal]Europe. First asain to be appointed for this revered post.Son of Narisetti Innaih form Tenali who is a respected Journalist and Rationalist.
A.B.K.Prasad- Chairman of the Official Language Commission.Editor of many dailies-Eenadu,Andhrajyothy,Andhrabhoomi,Udayam.Noted for his acerbic and non partisan editorials.
Cherukuri Ramoji Rao popularly known as Ramoji Rao- Indian media baron, is the head of the Ramoji Group,Known as the Man with a Midas touch. He is an entrepreneur who has set standards in the print, television and the film industry.
Vemuri Radhakrishna- Managing Director of Andhrajyothy.
Vemuri Balaram- Owner and Editor of Swati weekly.
Ravipudi Venkatadri- Founder and Editor of 'Hetuvadi' monthly.

Others
Chadalavada Umesh Chandra I.P.S.
Dr. Nagabhairava Jayaprakash Narayan- IAS officer who resigned for the post to establish a social organisation: Lok Satta, to reform Indian electoral politics and policies
Raja Vasireddy Venkatadri Naidu- Famous ruler of the Vasireddy Dynasty in Guntur district [Amaravati- capital] during AD 1783-1816.
Pemmasani Thimmanayudu- King of Gandikota[present day Cuddupah dist]duringthe Vijaynagar empire.

phanis9 · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2

Its quite astonishing to see no mention of Kancharla.Narayana Rao of Jyothi/Premier films not being mentioned here. he is known as Kanchukota Narayana Rao, hailing from kolavennu village.

His brothers K.Madhava Rao was also a prominent producer who made movie with NT Ramarao and others.

Also K C Sekhar Babu elder son to K.Narayana Rao.

No mention of Kovelamudi Bhaskar Rao Maternal uncle to K.Narayana rao who produced brathuku teruvu etc .

These are the almost pioneers from Krishna Dt in film industry having introuced sevearl people to Industry like K.S.Prakash rao(director) by K.Bhaskar rao , Music director Chakravarthy by K.Madhav rao etc etc.

also no Mention of A S R Anjaneyulu of Kolavennu who produced Pandava vanavasam producer and Anumolu subba rao from Punadipadu.

phanis9 · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2

Kancharla Naryana Rao and brothers are grandsons of Kovelamudi. Goplalakrishnayya who was among few who strived for Kamma Hostel in vijayawada and was titled Raobahdur .
Kovelamudi.Gopalakrishnayya had two son in laws Kancharla.Chandrasekhar rao father of Narayan rao, and Boppana.Kutumba Rao.

All the now famous Kovelamudi directors like Prakash rao,Raghavendra rao, Bapaiah etc had at some point of time had upliftment from the the above families.

KOLAVENNU had always symbolised posterity and magnonimity and as time spin expect to see regaining its lost glory in state of AP.

The Library built with Donations of Yarlagadda.Eswaramma, School, Temples,Hospitals and Connectivity by Road and Telephony and electricity were visible from late 1950-60's itself.

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