Awarded PadmaSri by the Government of India. Father-in-law of Chiranjeevi.
Father of producer Allu Aravind.
Practised Homeopathy before films.
Was arrested by the British during Quit India Movement.
Was playing dramas for Praja Natya Mandali before joining films. Was
awarded the title 'Hasya Kala Prapoorna' by Nritya Kala Mandali.
Was awarded the prestigious Raghupathy Venkaiah award by the State
Government of Andhra Pradesh for his outstanding contribution to Telugu
cinema for the year 2001.
Grandfather of actor Allu Arjun
Acted in a total of 1016 movies.
A statue of his was inaugurated by Chiranjeevi in Visakhapatnam on
RK beach road.