Chalam family movie Thota Ramudu

Chalam was an actor from the 1950s to the 1980s. He was born on May 18, 1929. He played versatile roles in Telugu film industry as a hero, comedian, character actor, producer,art director, and set director. He acted between the 1950s and 1980s and was considered as an Andhra Dilip Kumar.He acted with poular actrors and comedians N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, B. Padmanabham and Ramana Reddy in many movies.

He produced and acted in super hit movies such as Sambarala Rambabu in 1970, Mattilo Manikyam in 1971. Mattilo Manikyam this film won National Film Award For Best Feature Film in Telugu. He was a very close friend of fellow Telugu actors Shoban Babu and Chandra Mohan.