Born December 31, 1928
Tenali, Guntur district, AP, India
Died August 5, 2004 (aged 76)
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Other names Kalavachaspati, Kanchu Kantam
Occupation Actor, Dubbing Artist, Literaute, Journalist, Poet
Kongara Jaggayya (Telugu: కొంగర జగ్గయ్య) (31 December 1928 – 5 August 2004; also transliterated as Jaggaiah) was a multi-faceted personality and Indian Film Actor from Andhra Pradesh, India, more famous in Tollywood and Theater . He was popularly known as "Kanchu Kantam" Jaggayya (Telugu: Kanchu=bronze; Kantam=voice) for his booming voice.
Early life
Jaggayya was born in a well-to-do family in Morampudi village near Tenali in Guntur district. He started acting at the age of 11, with the role of Lava in a Hindi play. As a student, he joined the Congress party in Tenali, which was involved in the Indian Independence Movement at that time. After his school education, he joined a periodical named Desabhimani (meaning "Patriot") as a journalist. Later he worked as an editor for the weekly Andhra Republic. He joined the Andhra-Christian College in Guntur for his higher studies, where N. T. Rama Rao, another famous actor (in his later days) also happened to study at the same time. Both of them acted together in several plays; Jaggayya won the best actor award in three successive years. He got trained in the art of painting under the guidance of Adivi Bapiraju, a famous painter. After working as a teacher for a brief while, he became a news reader in Telugu at the All India Radio for three years in New Delhi.
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