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Born in 1955 in Meduru in Krishna District, A.P, India, Sri Gummadi Gopalakrishana took to acting from a very young age. Besides acting in hundreds of performances in the main roles, he also gained experience in direction, music and set design. He moulded each play as an aestetic master-piece and performed throughout India and abroad. He has became the front line theatre personality with tremendous talent and verstility.

Sri Gopalakrishna is the founder General Secretary of Sri Satya Sai Kala Nikethan through which he has been rendering yeomen servie to the stage through performance and promotional activities.

Sri Gopalakrishna dedicated himself to the theatre through ' Telugu Padya Natakam'. His mission is to recapitulate and preserve the past glory of Telugu 'Padya Natakam' and make it a perennial flow of art through both performance and documentation under latest digital technology. He works to inspire the younger generation to imbibe the spirit of our great heritage to continue the tradition.

Characters performed:-

Main & leading roles in :

Mythological : Srikrishna, Rama, Harsichandra, Narada, Arjuna.

Social : Bilvamangala(chintamani), Ontipuli(yakshanagana).

Literary : Srikrishna, Rama, Harsichandra, Narada, Arjuna.

Historical : Jesus Christ, Sakarudu, and many more.

Source: http://gummadipadyanatakam.com/about.html