Uppalapati Surya Narayana Raju was an Indian

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. He is the younger brother of Krishnam Raju and father of

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. His movie banner is Gopi Krishna Movies and he is the producer of ''

Bhakta Kannappa ''Bhakta Kannappa'' () is a 1976 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Bapu. The film is a remake of 1954 Kannada movie '' Bedara Kannappa'' starring Rajkumar which was based on the life of Shaiva devotee, Kannappa Nayanar. Credits Cast * ...

''.

Personal life

Suryanarayana Raju was born in Mogalthur, West Godavari District,

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, to Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Raju.

Filmography

As Producer

References

Telugu film producers Hindi film producers People from West Godavari district Year of birth missing 2010 deaths Film producers from Andhra Pradesh {{India-film-producer-stub