Krishna Biography

Ghattamaneni Sivarama Krishna Murthy, more commonly referred to as Krishna, is one of Tollywood's most prolific actors, having acted in more than 350 movies. He is credited with introducing many firsts in Telugu film Industry like the first Colour movie, the first Cinemascope movie, the first 70mm movie, and the first Cowboy movie. He has also directed seventeen feature films.

He is from Burra Palem near Tenali in Andhra Pradesh, India. He is the eldest of five children born to Sri Ghattamaneni Veeraraghavayya Chowdhary and Smt. Ghattamaneni Nagaratnamma. He married Indira in 1965 and with whom he has five children: two sons, Ramesh Babu (a film producer) & Mahesh Babu (Highest paid actor in Tollywood); and three daughters; Padmavati, Priyadarshani, and Manjula (a film producer). In 1969, he married actress and director Vijaya Nirmala.