Mukkamala (actor)


Mukkamala Krishna Murthy, known mononymously by his surname as Mukkamala was a lawyer turned actor who was active in Telugu films in the 1950s and the 1960s. He was a stage actor in his student days and was popular in the role of French General Bussy in Bobbili Yuddham, a stage play based on the historical Battle of Bobbili. He joined the Telugu film industry in the late 1940s in Madras and played a variety of character roles in a career lasting for about 35 years. He died in 1982.

Filmography

Actor

1940s

Maya Machindra

1950s

Swapna Sundari Nirdoshi Niraparadhi Mayalamari Prema as ParasuramMaradalu Pelli Dharma Devata as Raghunatha VarmaRechukka as MaharajuAggiramudu Rani Ratnaprabha Tenali Ramakrishna as TatacharyuluSri Gauri Mahatyam Nala Damayanthi Sarangadhara Maya Bazar as DuryodhanaAppu Chesi Pappu Kudu as Rao Bahadur Ramadasu's FatherSobha as LalaAnna Thammudu as Nageswara RaoJayabheri as Dharmadhikari

1960s

Annapurna as NarahariKanakadurga Pooja Mahima as Narendra VarmaJagadeka Veeruni Katha as MaharajuUsha Parinayam as RajaguruMahamantri Timmarasu as Prataparudra Gajapati Gulebakavali Katha as King ChandrasenaNarthanasala as Viraata RajuSri Krishnarjuna Yudham as DuryodhanuduGuruvunu Minchina Sishyudu as GuruvuBabruvahana Aggi Pidugu Bobbili Yudham as General BussyPandava Vanavasam as DurvasaJwala Dweepa Rahasyam as Siddhendra BhattarakaSatya Harishchandra as Viswamitra MaharshiSri Krishna Pandaveeyam as JarasandhaBhimanjaneya Yuddham Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha Palnati Yuddham as KommarajuAggi Barata as Konda BuchoduAdugu Jaadalu as SingannaBhama Vijayam Bhuvana Sundari Katha as ChitrasenuduUmmadi Kutumbam as SubbaiahGoodachari 116 Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna Bandipotu Dongalu Veeranjaneya as AhiravanaBhagya Chakramu Baghdad Gaja Donga Asadhyudu Sri Rama Katha as VishwamitraEkaveera

1970s

Vijayam Manade Pettandarulu Mayani Mamata as KotaiahBomma Borusa Rangeli Raja Debbaku tha Dongala Mutha as JagguApna Desh as Mrs. Dinanath Chandra Manavudu Danavudu Neethi Hanthakulu Devanthakulu as Supreme

1980s

Vamsa Vruksham Love in Singapore as Police ChiefGharana Donga as Rajaiah, Krishna's caretakerBhale Krishnudu Kondaveeti Simham Prema Natakam as Suryanarayana, Kumar's uncleKaliyuga Ramudu Justice Chowdary Bobbili Puli Anuraga Devatha Golconda Abbulu Iddaru Kodukulu as CommissionerSrimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra
  • ''Idhe Naa Savaal''

Director

Maradalu Pelli Rushyasrunga
  • ''Rishyasringar''

Awards

Facilitations performed by Kalarajyam, Hyderabad and Mukkammala was crowned as "Natabrahma" which means a creator of acting.

Personal life

He was survived by four children: a son and three daughters. His eldest son is Subba Rao, eldest daughter Sita Rajya Lakshmi, second daughter Padmavathi, youngest daughter Seshamma.