List of Kapus

Kapus/Munnuru Kapus/Balijas/Telagas have greatly contributed to the social,cultural and political aspects of South India.Following are the prominent among them under various fields:-

ocial Reformers and Freedom Fighters

*E. V. Ramasami Naicker—also known as Periyar,Social Reformer and Father of Dravidian Movement, Madras
*Selam Pagadala Narasimhalu Nayudu — Social Reformer, Coimbattore
*Kaneganti Hanumanthu— Freedom Fighter Palnadu Rebellion
*Veerapandiya Kattabomman—First Freedom Fighter to revolt against British
* Sir Rao Bahaddur Sri Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu— Social Reformer, Former Chief Minister of Madras Presidency, Koormapuram, near Kakinada
*Sir Dr Rao Bahaddur Dewan Bahaddur Sri Raghupathi Venkata Ratnam Naidu— Social Reformer, Machilipatnam
*Raghupathi Venkaiah— Social Reformer and Father of South Indian Cinema see Raghupathi Venkaiah Award
*Vemana— known as Praja Kavi(People's Poet),Famous Telugu poet and social reformer
*Gajula Laxmi Narasu Setti Naidu—Social Reformer, Richest Merchant in Madras

Kings,Nayaks and Zamindars

* Telugu Cholas
* Kakatiya dynasty- Prominent Governors and Military chiefs are of Kapu/Telaga/Balija origin
* Sri Krishna Deva Raya Tuluva and Araveeti Dynasties
* Bangaru Thirumalai Nayak
* Thirumalai Nayak
* Ramabhadra Nayak Vadakarai, Doddappanaiknur Palayakkarar
* Nayaks of Madurai
* Nayaks of Tanjore
*Nayaks of Vellore
* Nayaks of Gingee
* Nayaks of Kandy (Sri Lanka)
* Poligars
* Kalyandurg
* Penukonda
* Vallur Zamindari, Krishna & West Godavari Districts - Sri Raja Bommadevara Naaganna Nayadu Bahaddaru Vaaru

Musicians,Poets,Writers

*Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu — Renowned Musician
*Vemana— known as Praja Kavi(People's Poet),Famous Telugu poet
*Sri Krishna Deva RayaFamous writer of Amukthamalyada,he is the one who said desa bhashalandu telugu lessa (Telugu is greatest language among other languages)
*Tapi Dharma Rao - prominent Telugu writer
*Ananth Sreeram — Famous Lyricist
*Geddapu Satyam from Srikakulam — Classical Telugu Poet (Work:Jaitra Yaatra)
*Sri Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Raya Dora vaaru (1889-1945), Dontihundam Estate Dars, Jayapuram Samstana Court Poet, Kalapraporna, Kavibhushana
*Sri Maccha Venkataraya Kavi(1856-1903)

Politics

*Padmabhushan Chiranjeevi Founder of prajarajyam party and also an iconic actor.
*Teegala Venkteswara Swami Naidu Ex.minister.of Dugarpur Princely state
*Rai Bahaddur Sir Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu — Chief Minister of Madras Presidency
*Kamichetty Venougopala Rao Naidou— Grand Old Man of Yanam,Pondicherry
*Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu— Speaker of Pondicherry state.
*Bezawada Bapa Naidou— First Mayor of Yanam
*Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga — Demi God for a Large Community Of Andhrapradesh&Only Politician Sacrificied his Life For People.
*Grandhi Venkata Reddy Naidu — First Law Minister of Andhra Pradesh
*P. V. Rangaiah Naidu IPS —Former DGP,Former Union Minister
*Dasari Narayana Rao —Ex:Union Minister of State of Coal,Govt of India
*Mallipudi Raju Pallam Mangapati — Union minister of State of Defense,Govt of India
*Gudivada Gurunatha Rao — Ex Member of Parliament/ Ex Minister for Technical Education,AP
*D. K. Audikesavulu Naidu — Member of Parliament
*Simhadri Satya Narayana — Ex Minister of Andhra Pradesh
*Botsa Jhansi Lakshmi —Member of Parliament
*Balashowry Vallabhaneni—Member of Parliament
*Chegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah — Member of Parliament/Cine producer
*Metla Satyanarayana Rao — Ex Health minister
*Ramakrishna Badiga — Member of Parliament/Businessman
*C. Ramachandraiah Member of Parliament from TDP
*Pappala Chalapathirao Member of Parliament
*P. Shiv Shankar — Ex Union minister
*Dharmapuri Srinivas;Andhra Pradesh PCC President
*V. Hanumantha Rao —Politician
*K. Keshava Rao —Politician
*Sai Prathap Annayyagari— Member of Parliament
*Ponnala Laxmiah —State Minister Irrigation,Govt of AP
*Botsa Satyanarayana
*Mandali Budda Prasad
*Ambati Brahmanaiah Ex.Member Of Parliament
*Buragadda Veda Vyas MLA
*M R SeetharamEx MLA, Karnataka
* Dr. Chennakesavula Rangarao, Ex M.LA.Famous Doctor from Eluru;W.G.DT also called as Deenabandhu; Made entry into "Asia Who is Who" and "Indo-America Who is Who"
*Perni Venkata Krishna murthy, Ex Stateminister of Andhrapradesh
*Perni Venkatramaiah (Nani), M.L.A Bandar

Indian Services

*Vice Admiral R D Katari —First Chief of Naval Staff from 22 April 1958 - 4 June 1962
*M. V. Bhaskara Rao I.P.S —Former DGP, Andhra Pradesh
*Puralasetti Koteswara Rao, IPS —IG
*K. V. Rao, IAS
*Padma Bhushan G.A.Narasimha Rao(United Nations Special Advisor for Water Resources,Chairman for Central Water Power Commission,Chief Engineer for Nagarjuna Sagar Dam)
*R.K.RAGALA IPS FormerDGP,ANDHRA PRADESH Ref:[e-mail]
*S.V Prasad IAS ,Special Principal Secretary A.P
*S.V Ramana Murthy IPS , DIG Computers A.P
*P.V Rao IRS,Income Tax Commissioner
*I. J. Naidu I.A.S Former Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh
*K. Subba Rao I.F.S (Retd Principal Chief Conservater & Famous writer)
*P. V. Rangaiah Naidu I.P.S DGP and Union Minister Govt of India
*M Bhanu, IAS Chief minister's office, hyderabad , A.P
*Srinivas Murthy, IAS, Principal Secretary, Finance, Govt. of Karnataka
*Dr. Kamal Naidu IFS former PCCF of Andhra Pradesh.
* MV Krishna Rao, IPS
* N. Srikanth, IAS
* Colonel V.R.Krishna Prasad,Corps of Engineers,Indian Army
* Maj Vijay Balram, Indian Army
* Maj M Bhagawan, Indian Army
* Ummareddy Venkateswarlu - Ex. Central Minister & TDP Member

Intellectuals

*Sekhar Tam Tam — Famous physician ,awarded MBE from Britain.
*Rao Bahadur Veenam Veranna (Engineer who helped Arthur Cotton in Dowleswaram dam construction)
*Venkatesh "Venky" Narayanamurti (Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University)
*Mendu Rammohan Rao (Dean, Indian School of Business, ISB)
*M.V. Rao (Former VC AP Agricultural University)
*Govinda Rajulu Naidu (First Vice Chancellor of SV University, Tirupati)
*Rokkam Radhakrishna (Former VC Andhra University)
*Pentapati Pulla Rao (Famous economist)
*Dr. Ganapathi Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao Pulaparthi(Famous economist)
*Dr. Kandula Nirupa Rani (VC, Adikavi Nannayya University)
*Dr. Kandula Pampathi Rao (Zoologist)
*Dr. Raghava Rao (Twice director of WHO)
*Ummareddy Niranjan I.R.S (Joint Commissnior,Gwahathi)

ports

*Colonel C. K. Nayudu — First Captain of Indian Cricket
*Kodi Rammurthy Naidu — Greatest Bodybuilder and wrestler
*Venugopal Rao — Cricketer
*Ambati Rayudu —Cricketer

Media

*Manikonda Chalapathi Rau — Legendary journalist National Herald for 35 yrears.
*Indira Naidoo — Australian broadcaster
*Anand Naidoo — South African journalist with CNN

Business

*Vikram Akula — Founder of SKS Microfinance and Time's Top 100 persons in world 2006
*D. K. Audikesavulu Naidu — Prominent Industralist
*Narayana —Founder of Narayana Educational Institutes,Nellore
*M S Ramaiah —Founder of M S Ramaiah Medical College,B'lore
*Srini Kopollu —MD, Microsoft India
*Gowrishankar —CEO, Maple leaf,Canada
*Akula Sri Ramulu —Industrialist&Educationalist,chair man ASR groups,TANUKU.

oftware Industry

*B.V. Naidu — Managing Director, SemIndia, Former Director of STPI, Bangalore and Hyderabad.

Agriculture

*Vinnakota Venkata Ratnam— Famous Land lord from Mallavolu.
* Kunapareddy Achyuta Naidu — Famous Land lord from Machilipatnam.
* Chalamalasetty Satyanarayana — Famous Land lord from Hanuman Junction.
* Motupalli Raju — Famous Land lord from Kuppanapudi, Akiveedu.

Films

*Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu Creator of South Indian Cinema

Actors

*S. V. Ranga Rao— Greatest Actor in Indian Cinema.
*Kaikala Satyanarayana — Famous actor
*Rajanala Kaleswara Rao Naidu — Famous actor of Telugu movies known for portraying Villain characters.
*Pasupuleti Kannamba — Veteran Telugu and Tamil actress/Producer
*Savithri — Famous Telugu and Tamil actress
*Santha Kumari — Famous Telugu and Tamil actress/Producer
*Leela Naidu — actress in 1950s and 1960s. Miss India 1954
*G. Varalakshmi — Famous actress
*Allu Rama Lingaiah — Veteran actor
*M.R. Radha — Veteran Tamil Actor
*Megastar Padma Bhushan — Dr.Chiranjeevi — Famous Telugu actor
*Power star Pawan Kalyan — Youth Icon Of Telugus.A Trendsetter Of Telugu Cinema.
*Srihari — Award winning actor
*Nagendra Babu — Actor/Producer
*Stylish star Allu Arjun — actor
*Ravi Krishna —Famous actor
*M. S. Narayana —Famous actor
*Ram Charan Teja— Famous actor
*Eelapata Raghuramaiah —Famous actor
*Devika —Famous actress
*Sandhya Rani —Famous actress
*R(Rajanala).Nageswara Rao—Famous actor
*Ramakrishna —Famous actor
*Chalam(Sambarala Rambabu fame) —Famous actor
* Vijayakanth, Tamil actor and Politician
*Thyaga Raju —Famous actor

Movie Directors

*Dasari Narayana Rao — Famous Telugu director /Producer,ExUnion Minister of India
*Shekhar Kammula — Famous Director e.x. Anand, Happy days
*Kodi Ramakrishna —Director
*Krishna Vamsi —National Award winning director.
*Nagesh Kukunoor—Award winning Director e.x Hyderabad Blues,Dor
*V.V. Vinayak — Famous Director
*ChandraMahesh — Famous Director
*Sukumar — Famous director
*Raja Vannem Reddy —Director
*Ravi raja Pinnisetti — Famous Director
*Davala Satyam — Famous Director
*Radha Krishan — Famous Director
*Meher Ramesh — Famous Director
*M.S.Narayana — Famous Director
*A.M.RATNAM — Director & Producer
*P.Pullaiah —Famous producer and director
*B.A.Subba Rao —Famous producer and director
*S.Bhavanarayana —Famous producer and director
*D.Yoganand —Famous director
*Thapi Chanakya —Famous director
*Pinisetti Sreerama murthi —Famous writer and director
*sekhar kammula, succesful young director

Music Directors and Composers

*Ramesh Naidu — Music Director
*Master Venu — Music Director
*Adi Narayana Rao —Music Director
*Jetti Veera Raghavulu — Music Director
*Akula Appala Raj — Music Director
*Devi Sri Prasad — Music Director
*Ramana Gogula — Music Director
*Kunche Raghu — Anchor, Singer, and Music Director
*Jilla Chakri .music director
*kirantej naidu — creator

Producers

*Edida Nageshwara Rao —Famous producer
*Allu Aravind—Famous film producer
*A. M. Rathnam — Famous Producer
*Naga Babu —Famous producer
*Manyam Ramesh —Famous producer
*B.A.Subba Rao —Famous producer
*P.Pullaiah &Shanthakumari —Famous producers
*P.Kannamba &Nagabhushanam —Famous producers

Films(Technical)

*Marthand K. Venkatesh — Famous editor
*K S R Swamy — cinematographer
*Chota K. Naidu — cinematographer
*Shyam K. Naidu — cinematographer
*Mohan (editor) — Editor/Famous Producer

Dance

*Shobha Naidu
*Kavya Kamal — Bala Shree awardee

References

*American Kapu Association (AKA) [http://www.aka-us.org]
*Kapusangam [http://www.kapusangam.com]
*Kapunadu [http://www/kapunadu.com]