Milkuri Gangavva is an Indian

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, comedian and actress. She used to work as a farm-worker before becoming popular on YouTube. Gangavva is known for her diction of

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dialect of Telugu language. In 2020, she entered the Telugu reality TV show ''Bigg Boss 4'' as one of the 19 contestants.

Early life

Gangavva hails from Lambadipally village of

state's Jagitial district. No record exists of her birth date. Gangavva received no formal education as she dropped out during her first grade. She was married off when she was five. Gangavva had four children, three daughters and a son, including a daughter who died.

Career

Gangavva used to work in agriculture fields and rolled cigarettes before venturing into YouTube in 2016. She was approached by son-in-law Srikanth Sriram to feature in his channel ''My Village Show'' which focuses village culture and rural life of Telangana. She started off with guest appearances before acting full-time from 2017. Gangavva's comedic roles in the series gained her wide recognition. Gangavva's unique diction of Telangana's dialect made her popular among the

Telugu people Telugu people ( te, తెలుగువారు, Teluguvāru), or Telugus, or Telugu vaaru, are the largest of the four major Dravidian ethnolinguistic groups in terms of population. Telugus are native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh ...

. In 2019, Gangavva made her

Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, ...

debut with '' Mallesham'' and later that year she also appeared in ''

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''. In 2020, on the occasion of International Women's Day, Gangavva received Women Achiever Award from

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Filmography

Films

Television

References

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