Mukku Raju (Sagiraju Rajamraju) was a Tollywood film choreographer and actor. Raju started his career as choreographer in Tamil Cinema / Kollywood, but ended as an actor and has acted in over 1000 films.[1] He also directed and wrote scripts for a few films. He started a dancers associations in Madras, later moved to Hyderabad and co-founded the Telugu Dancers and Directors Association, to support and help the budding directors and dancers. He received the Nandi Award for Best Character Actor in 2008 for his film 1940 Lo Oka Gramam (A Village in 1940).[2]
Other films like Erra Sainyam, Orey Rikshaw and Cheemala Dandu were some of his popular movies. He played important roles in movies directed by R. Narayana Murthy.[3] He choreographed for legendary actors NTR and Sivaji Ganesan.[4]
