T. Kanakam (c. 1927 – 21 July 2015) was an Indian Telugu drama and film actress and singer between the 1940s and 1960s. She acted in some of the best known and most popular hit films of that period.

Biography

Kanakam was born in Kharagpur in 1927 and later relocated to Vijayawada. She started singing folk songs in All India Radio since childhood. She became famous for playing

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in ''Palnati Yudham'' and Sri Krishna in ''Kurukshetram'' dramas. She also played as Srirama, Chintamani and many more and toured the entire state playing the dramas. She is contemporary to Peesapati Narasimha Murty, Shanmukhi Anjaneya Raju,

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, Relangi, Madhavapeddi Satyam and others. She sang some songs in the films including ''Cheyi Cheyi Kalupukora'' in Raksharekha and ''Bhale Doralaku'' in '' Shavukaru''. She received the Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao Theatre Art Award for 2004 from the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Kanakam died in 2015, aged 88.

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