Krishna Bhagavan

Krishna Bhagavan
Born	Papa Rao Chowdhary Kaikavolu, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Occupation	Film actor and writer
Spouse(s)	Laxmi Devi
Parent(s)	Meenavallli Veerraju, Lakshmikantham

Krishna Bhagavan ( pronunciation ), born Papa Rao Chowdhary, is an actor in Tollywood, who has appeared in more than 350 films, mostly as a comedian. He is also well known as a writer.

Krishna was born Papa Rao Chowdhary in Kaikavolu, a small village in the East Godavari District to Meenavalli Veerraju and Lakshmi Kantham. He spent his childhood in Kaikavolu and went to Pedapudi to study at Gandhi Memorial School there. He used to cross the farms and a small canal to go to his school.

He is married to Lakshmi and has one daughter.

He was very interested in acting since childhood and acted in school plays. His first professional drama was Pending File, in which he played the role of Parandhamayya but, as he went on the stage, he forgot his lines completely. It was a memorable experience for him as a drama artiste.

He then went to Chennai to start his film career. He did a screen test for Kranti Kumar, where he was one among 300 people. He got an opportunity to act in that film but the producer's death halted the project.

After that he did Maharshi, for Sravanti Ravi Kishore, along with Raghava, Nishanti and Ram Jagan. It was directed by Vamsy.

He then appeared in April 1st Vidudala, which was directed by Vamsy. He has done the script work for few movies including Detective Narada.

His career as an actor languished until he performed the role of Babji in the television serial Vasantha Kokila, directed by Uppalapati Narayana Rao, which won him the Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award. Afterward, he acted in the movies Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru! and Kabaddi Kabaddi.

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