Eluru - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

  • Kommareddi Suryanarayana - Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha member in Indian Parliament, Indian freedom activist and Gandhian
  • Garapaty Satyanarayana - A veteran freedom fighter and legislator and the first elected Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Eluru constituency.
  • Silk Smitha - Indian Film Actress
  • Duvvuri Subbarao, Current governor of the Reserve Bank Of India, was born and studied primary schooling at Eluru
  • L.V. Prasad, born at Soma-vara-padu, in Eluru Taluk in Andhra Pradesh, India. Born into an agricultural family, Prasad became a major figure in Indian cinema and founder of one of India's leading film studios, Prasad Labs.
  • Krishna Ghattamaneni a noted Telugu film actor better known as Krishna studied in prestigious C.R.R. College in Eluru. Krishna played an active role in various cultural events organized by his college. During Rajiv Gandhi times, he was inclined towards Indian National Congress (INC) and won from the Eluru constituency as a Member of Parliament
  • Murali Mohan a movie artiste who completed more than 200 films, a real estate baron, an entrepreneur, and a good actor and producer. He was recently elected the President of the Telugu Movie Artists Association (MAA). He was born and brought up in Chataparru near Eluru. He studied in Chataparru and then in Eluru CRR College.

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