Kongara Jaggaiah

Kongara Jaggaiah was born on Dec 31, 1928 in India. Kongara Jaggaiah's big-screen debut came with Ardhangi directed by P. Pullaiah in 1955, strarring . Kongara Jaggaiah is known for Pasivadi Pranam directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy, Chiranjeevi stars as Madhu and Vijayshanti as Geeta. The upcoming new movie Kongara Jaggaiah plays is Alludugaru which will be released on Jul 14, 1990.

The famous character artiste, who was an indespensible actor in films for 3 decades from the 50s to the 70s, Kongara Jaggaiah started his career as a radio announcer in All India Radio after leaving his job. Noted for his unique and powerful voice acted in many films along with the top heroes of his time NTR & ANR. He acted in all characters ranging from hero to villian to comedy artist. A noted literary figure, he translated Ravindranath Tagore's Gitanjali into Telugu. He was awarded Padma Sri and Padma Bhushan.