Biography

Gadde Rajendra Prasad (Telugu: గద్దె రాజేంద్ర ప్రసాద్, born 19 July 1956), is an Indian film actor, who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is one of the method actors in Telugu film industry.[1] In 1991, he has received, Andhra Pradesh state's Nandi Award for Best Actor for Erra Mandaram.[2] He has received Honorary doctorate from Andhra University.[3] He is referred to as 'Nata Kireeti'. He was honoured to walk the green carpet at the IIFA film festival held in 2009, marking his performance in the Bollywood film, Quick Gun Murugun.[4] The film was also screened at the London Film Festival, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, the New York Asian Film Festival and in The Museum of Modern Art, New York.[5] Personal life He was born in a middle-class family from Dondapadu, near Gudivada, [Krishna District], Andhra Pradesh. His mother gave his birth at Mr. N.T.Rama Rao's house. He has a diploma in Ceramic Engineering. He made his acting debut in the Telugu film industry with the film Sneham directed by Bapu.[6] Recently, Rajendra Prasad was in news for wrong reasons. He is known among cine folks for being playboy on and off-screen. He was slapped for real by his co-actor Malavika while shooting for a film called Apparao Driving School. Rajendra true to his playboy image, went too far while enacting an sensual act with the actress for the shoot and started biting her lips. This resulted in him getting slapped by the actress and a formal complaint was made to respective film associations over this sexual-harassment by the actor.[7][8] [edit] Career He rose to dominance with Vamsy's Ladies Tailor (1985 film). In his 35 years film career he acted in more than 200 Telugu films and few Tamil films. He is fondly called the King of Comedy and Natakireeti in Andhra Pradesh.[9] His combination with director Jandhyala in Aha Naa Pellanta established him as a star in his own might. [edit] Andhra Pradesh Nandi Awards Nandi Award for Best Actor (1991) for Erra Mandaram Nandi Award for Best Actor (2004) for Aa Naluguru

Birthday: 1956-07-19