Mukkamala (actor)

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Mukkamala Krishnamurthy
Born	1920 (1920) Guntur, India
Died	1982 (aged 61–62)
Occupation(s)	Actor, Director

Mukkamala Krishna Murthy (1920–1982), known mononymously by his surname as Mukkamala (Telugu: ముక్కామల), 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 (Bobbili Yuddham). 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 (in Bobbili Puli movie titles, we can see "Swargeeya Mukkamala").