Mudigonda Lingamurthy

Mudigonda Lingamurthy
Born	October 10, 1908 Tenali, Andhra Pradesh
Died	January 24, 1980

Mudigonda Lingamurthy, shortly Lingamurthy (Telugu: ముదిగొండ లింగమూర్తి) (b: October 10, 1908 - d: January 24, 1980) is a famous Character actor in Telugu drama and cinema and writer inSouth India

Life sketch

He is born in a Shaivite family in Tenali, Andhra Pradesh. He used to play in school dramas in childhood. He is used to like arts and introduced to Sthanam Narasimha Rao. He has joined Rama Vilasa Sabha of Tenali and played different characters in Kanyasulkam, Pratapa Rudreeyam and other dramas. He has become popular and earned fame for his portrayal of Ramappa Pantulu character in Kanyasulkam drama.^[3]

He has moved to filmdom in 1937 and acted in Tukaram along with Chittor V. Nagaiah. He joined Vauhini pictures, asssociated with them for about 7 years and acted as Ajamisa in Bhakta Potana, Gangadu in Swarga Seema, Abirama inYogi Vemana and Ramadas in Peddamanushulu. He was closely associated with Nagaiah and acted in his films like Tyagayya, Naa Illu and Ramadasu. He has acted in about 70 films during his career.

Lingamurthy wrote some playlets including Venkanna Kapuram, Pelli Choopulu, Thyagam. They are played widely and won many prizes. Some of them translated to other languages.

He was founder member of Cine Technicians Association. He has held the posts of its Secretory and Chairperson of this Association for sometime. He has taken retirement after his Sashtiabdhapoorthi celebrations.

After the death of his wife Durgavardhanamma in 1974, he took Sanyasa . He died in 1980.He has 4 sons and 1 daughter, Mudigonda Prabhakar rao, Mudigonda Chandrasekar,Mudigonda Thyagaraju,Mudigonda Sivashankar. There is a mini hall named after him at the place where he lived in nana street, T.nagar, Chennai.

[edit]Filmography

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Year	Film	Language	Character
1937	Tukaram	Telugu
1939	Vandemataram	Telugu
1940	Sumangali	Telugu
1941	Bhaktimala	Telugu
1941	Devatha	Telugu
1942	Bhakta Potana	Telugu	Ajamilini
1943	Panthulamma	Telugu
1945	Swargaseema	Telugu	Father of Subbalaxmi
1946	Narada Naradi	Telugu
1946	Thyagayya	Telugu	Japesen
1947	Yogi Vemana	Telugu	Abhirama
1947	Palnati Yudham	Telugu	Narsingaraju
1949	Dharmangada	Telugu
1952	Dharmadevata	Telugu	King Veerasena
1953	En Veedu	Tamil
1953	Naa Illu	Telugu	Dhanraj
1954	Peddamanushulu	Telugu	Newspaper Editor
1954	Sri Kalahastiswara Mahatyam	Telugu	Kailasanatha Sastry
1961	Batasari	Telugu	Diwan at Zamindari
1962	Mahamantri Timmarasu	Telugu	Hamvira
1962	Sri Srikakula Andhra Mahavishnuvu Katha	Telugu
1964	Ramadasu	Telugu
1965	Pandava Vanavasam	Telugu	Shakuni
1967	Shri Krishnavataram	Telugu	Shakuni