Narasimha Raju (Telugu actor)

Narasimha Raju or Narasimharaju is a Telugu and Tamil film and television actor, best known as Andhra Kamal Haasan.[1] He rose to the heights of stardom with his movies Needaleni Adadi, Turpu Padamara, Kanyakumari, Idekkadi Nyayam and Jaganmohini. He is considered the folk hero of the generation next to the likes of N. T. Rama Rao and Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao.[2]

Raju made his debut as an actor in 1974 with the film Needa Leni Aadadi, produced by Parvathaneni Gangadhara Rao. It is also the debut film for actress Prabha. The film ran for a hundred days and was commercially successful. Raju started getting offers for roles from other directors.

The film Jaganmohini (1978), directed by B. Vittalacharya, in which Raju plays the main character became a blockbuster. Later, he acted in such films as Gandhrava Kanya, Mantradandam, Mohini Sapatham, all directed by Vittalacharya. He also worked with other directors as a folklore hero in films like Triloka Sundari (1980), directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. Raju acted in about 100 films in two decades. He is now active in Tamil Television Serials.