Hyderabad :

Senior actor Sagiraju Rajamraju, popularly known as Mukku Raju, died in his hometown Cherukuwada in West Godavari district of AP on Thursday. He was 83.

Raju had been ailing for sometime. The last rites of the actor will be performed on Friday. Raju joined the film industry as a choreographer and subsequently became an actor.

He played several character roles in nearly 600 films and won the Nandi award as best supporting actor for the film ‘1940 Lo Oka Gramam’ in 2008.

Raju became popular for his roles in films directed by R Narayanamurthy, which included ‘Erra Sainyam’, ‘Orey Rickshaw’, and ‘Cheemala Dandu’.

He also acted in the hit film ‘Mayuri’ in 1984. Raju also choreographed songs for Tollywood legend N T Rama Rao.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> India / TNN / August 01st, 2014