Mukku Raju

Mukku Raju
Born	Saagiraju Rajamraju 1930 or 1931 Kumudavalli , Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died	31 July 2014 (aged 83) Bhimavaram,West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Rajubabu
Occupation	Choreographer, Actor
Years active	1984-2014
Spouse(s)	Saraswathi
Children	3
Awards	Nandi Award
Website	https://m.facebook.com/Mukku-Raju-532144596945359/?ref=bookmarks

Mukku Raju (Telugu: ముక్కు రాజు) (born Sagiraju Rajamraju) (died 31 July 2014) was a Tollywood film actor. He 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 dancers associations in then, Madras and later moved to Hyderabad and co-founded the Telugu Dancers and Directors Association , to support and help the budding directors and dancer. He received the Nandi Award for Best Character Actor in 2008 for his film of 1940, Lo Oka Gramam.

He was also an Ayurveda practitioner and aMultilinguist and best known by the name Rajubabu in his hometown, kumudavalli .

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

And other films like Erra Sainyam, Ore Rikshaw, 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 Ganeshan.

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

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

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