Krishna Bhagavaan

Krishna Bhagavan (Telugu: కృష్ణ భగవాన్) is an actor in Tollywood, who has acted in more than 100 films as a comedian.

Personal life

Krishna Bhagavan was born in Kaikavolu, a small village in the East Godavari District. His parents are Meenavalli Veerraju and Lakshmi Kantham. He spent his childhood in Kaikavolu and went to Pedapudi for his school studies. He joined in Gandhi Memorial School there. He used to cross the farms and a small canal to go to his school. He was not good at studies. He completed his schooling with great difficulty.^[1] He is married to Lakshmi and has one daughter, who is pursuing her engineering studies.

Education

After graduating from the school in Kaikavolu, he went to Kakinada for his higher education. He completed his 10th Standard there and entered Andalamma College for his intermediate education. He came to Hyderabad for college and got his degree in Commerce (B.Com), in Ambedkar Degree College, Bagh Lingampally, Hyderabad. He intended to continue his commerce studies with a master's degree. When he was not accepted by any college, he lost interest in continuing his studies further and developed an interest in acting in movies.

Career

He was very interested in acting from 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. Any how he managed that one and it was a memorable experience for him as a drama artist.

After that he went to Chennai, to start his film career. He attended the screening test for Kranti Kumar's film, 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 Krishna Bhagavan did a film, Maharshi, for Sravanti Ravi Kishore, along with Raghava, Shanthi Priya and Ram Jagan. This film was directed by Vamsy.

After that he did April 1 Vidudala, which was directed by Vamsy. He has also written the script for that film.

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.

After becoming popular Comedian, Krishna Bhagavan is getting offers as solo hero and acted in John Appa Rao 40 Plus, Donga Sachinollu, Mr. Girisham, Andhra Andagadu, Bommana Brothers Chandana Sisters.

Filmography

Telugu

Tamil

External links

• Krishna Bhagavaan at the Internet Movie Database
• A brief History of Krishna Bhagavan

References