Chalam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chalam

Indian actor

Date of Birth: 18-May-1929

Place of Birth: Palakollu, Andhra Pradesh, India

Date of Death: 04-May-1989

Profession: actor, film producer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

For the writer, see Gudipati Venkatachalam Chalam (18 May 1929 - 4 May 1989) was an Indian actor from the 1950s to the 1980s.
He played versatile roles in the Telugu film industry as an actor, comedian, producer, art director, and set director.
He acted with popular actors 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 hit movies such as Sambarala Rambabu in 1970 and Mattilo Manikyam in 1971.
Mattilo Manikyam 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.