Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)

Mallikarjuna Rao
Born	Anakapalle, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	June 24, 2008 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actor
Notable works	‘Battala Satyam’ in Ladies Tailor

Mallikarjuna Rao (Telugu:మల్లికార్జున రావు) is a popular Comedy Actor in Tollywood. Mallikarjuna Rao, popularly known as Battala Satti for his role in the movie Ladies Tailor. He has acted in many movies in Telugu , Tamil and Malayalam Languages. He died of cancer on June 24, 2008 in Hyderabad. The death came very swiftly while he was conducting some important functions for the Telugu Desam. Party^{[citation needed]}

Career

Hailed from Anakapalle, Visakhapatnam district, Mallikarjuna Rao became popular with role of ‘Battala Satyam’ in Ladies Tailor directed by Vamsi. Ladies Tailor, Hello Brother, Tammudu and Badri are some of the films in which he excelled audience with his comedy. He bagged Nandi Award for Best Character Actor for Tammudu. His performance in the film Hello Brother was remarkable, mainly the scenes between him and Kota Srinivasa Rao. He got a very different style of comedy mainly his voice with which he used to deliver comedy scenes in a very realistic manner. His tele serial Appu Chesi Pappu Kudu in Doordarshan channel is one of his most excellent work ,which is a most humorous one. It's one of the finest comedy teleserial of the actor and Doordarshan channel.

Popular Telugu Actor, writer Tanikella Bharani treats Mallikarjuna Rao as his guru and to his credit Mallikarjuna Rao introduced L.B. Sriram, actor cum writer to director Vamsi, who gave chance to LB Sriram in his movie. Mallikarjuna Rao was the general secretary of the Movie Artists Association. He also served as the chairman of the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Srinagar colony. He is one of the senior most Comedians in Tollywood. He acted in around 375 Telugu movies over the last 25 years.

He is survived by his wife, son and two daughters.

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Name	Rao, Mallikarjuna
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Date of birth
Place of birth	Anakapalle, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date of death	June 24, 2008
Place of death	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India