List of Famous people born in Andhra Pradesh, India
Mahesh Kathi
Kathi Mahesh Kumar was an Indian film critic and actor working in Telugu cinema. He appeared on the Telugu reality TV show Bigg Boss.
M. S. K. Prasad
Mannava Sri Kanth Prasad
pronunciation (help·info) is a retired Indian cricketer. He was most recently the chief selector of the Indian National Cricket Team and lead the selection of the Indian team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. He played six Test matches and 17 One Day Internationals in his professional career.
Ravi Teja
Ravi Shankar Raju Bhupatiraju, better known by the stage name Ravi Teja, is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Known for his roles in action comedy films, Teja has appeared in over fifty films. He is one of the highest paid actors in Telugu film industry. He won the Nandi Special Jury Award in 1999 and 2002 for his performance in the films Nee Kosam (1999) and Khadgam (2002) and also won the Nandi Award for Best Actor for Neninthe in 2008. He is known for his collaborations with Puri Jagannadh which turned out to major breakthroughs in his career.
Shobu Yarlagadda
Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni are an Indian film producer duo. They founded Arka Media Works, a film production company known for its works in Telugu cinema. Their notable productions include Vedam (2010), Maryada Ramanna (2010), the Baahubali film series (2015–2017), and Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya (2020). Yarlagadda and Devineni have together garnered two National Film Awards, two state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare South Awards, two SIIMA awards, one Zee Cine Awards Telugu and the Saturn Award.
Sudha Kongara Prasad
Sudha Kongara is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil and Telugu cinema.
Y. V. Subba Reddy
Yerram Venkata Subba Reddy is an Indian politician member of parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha from Ongole, Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2014 Indian general election being a Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party candidate. He has been appointed as Chairman of Tirupati temple board, which is equivalent to Minister rank in Andhra Pradesh Government.
Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma is an Indian composer, singer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and music producer known for his works primarily in the Telugu and Tamil cinema along with Hindi and Kannada films. He is a recipient of two state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, two CineMAA Awards, and three Mirchi Music Awards South for Best Music Direction. His works are noted for integrating Indian classical music with electronic music, world music and traditional orchestra. He is often referred to as "Melody Brahma" for his melodious tunes. He has a number of hit albums in his frequent collaborations with Chiranjeevi and Mahesh Babu, Nandamuri Bala Krishna, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Daggubati Venkatesh, Pawan kalyan, Jr NTR, Allu Arjun, Prabhas, and Ram Charan. In his early days he worked as a programmer under many music composers namely Saluri Rajeswara Rao, Chakravarti, Ramesh Naidu, Ilaiyaraja, Raj-Koti, M. M. Keeravani. Ram Gopal Varma recognised his talent and insisted that he work as a music composer in his film Raathri and for a tune in Antham. Choodalani undi is the first movie where he composed songs. The producer Ashwini Dutt introduced him as a full time music composer and later went on to work with him for many films. Many music composers such as S. Thaman, Devi Sri Prasad, Harris Jayaraj worked under him in their early days.
Ramoji Rao
Cherukuri Ramoji Rao is an Indian film producer, and media entrepreneur. He is head of the Ramoji Group which owns the world's largest film production facility Ramoji Film City, film production company Ushakiran Movies and ETV Network. He has garnered four Filmfare Awards South, and the National Film Award for his works in Telugu cinema. In 2016, he was honored with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honor, for his contributions in journalism, literature and education.
Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi
Radha Krishna "Krish" Jagarlamudi is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu and Hindi films. He made his directorial debut in 2008 with the road film Gamyam and followed it up with the hyperlink film Vedam in 2010. Both films garnered widespread critical acclaim, fetching him a Nandi Award and two Filmfare Awards for Best Director.
Jasti Chelameswar
Jasti Chelameswar is the former Judge of Supreme Court of India. He retired on 22 June 2018 as the second most senior Supreme court judge. Earlier, he was the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and Gauhati High Court. He was also one of the 4 judges who held a controversial press conference against the Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra.