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|name =Koccharlakota Sathyanarayana<br />
|birth_date = 2 April 1915<br />
|birth_place =West Godavari district, British India<br />
|occupation=actor, playback singer<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|1969|12|21|1915|4|2|df=y}}<br />
|death_place =Eluru, Andhra Pradesh<br />
}}<br />
'''Koccharlakota Satyanarayana''' (2 April 1915 - 1969) was a Telugu film and [[drama]] actor and playback singer during the early period of [[Telugu cinema]].<ref>Abhinava Ramudu, Kocharlakota Satyanarayana, Tholinati Gramaphone Gayakulu, Modali Nagabhushana Sharma, Creative Links Publications, Hyderabad, 2010, pp. 41-2.</ref><br />
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He was born into a Zamindari family in [[West Godavari]] district, [[Andhra Pradesh]]. His childhood was spent with his grandparents at [[Bhimadole]] during the 1910s. He liked sitting before the [[phonograph|gramophone]] and used to sing along. While in [[Rajahmundry]], during his high school days he joined Kesari Samajam of Machiraju Ramachandra Murthy and started acting in stage plays. He staged ''Chintamani'' and ''Pratapa Rudreeyam'' and used to donate that money to schools and libraries.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}<br />
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He entered the cinema field with ''Draupadi Vastrapaharanam'' of Saraswati Talkies. He acted as Krishna in ''[[Jarasandha]]'', Basavaraju in ''[[Vara Vikrayam]]'', ''Malli Pelli'' of [[Y. V. Rao]] and as Lakshmana in ''[[Paduka Pattabhishekam]]''.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}<br />
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He shifted to the Dramatic field and acted with [[Vemuri Gaggayya]] and [[Sthanam Narasimha Rao]] in the plays ''Jarasandha'', ''Sarangadhara'' and ''Tulabaram''. He later joined Prabhat Theatres of [[Banda Kanakalingeswara Rao]] and acted as Arjununa in ''Pandava'', Vengala Rao in ''Bobbili Yudham'', Satyavan in ''Sati Savitri'', Bhavani Shankar in ''Chintamani'' and as Kalidas in ''Kalidas''. He acted in Ramanjaneya Yudham as Lord Rama with Betha Venkata Rao.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}<br />
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He died on 21 December 1969 in [[Eluru]].{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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* ''Seeta Kalyanam'' (1934) (actor)<br />
* ''Draupadi Vastrapaharanam'' (1936) as Sahadeva (actor)<br />
* ''[[Jarasandha]]'' (1938) as Krishna (actor)<br />
* [[Malli Pelli (1939 film)|''Malli Pelli'']] (1939) as Venkata Rao (actor and playback singer)<br />
* ''[[Vara Vikrayam]]'' (1939) as Basavaraju (actor)<br />
* ''[[Paduka Pattabhishekam]]'' (1945) as Lakshmana (actor)<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0462238}}<br />
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