Date of Birth
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19-July-1956
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Place of Birth
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Nimmakuru
(Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh)
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Nationality
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India
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Also know as
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V.B. Rajendra Prasad, Babu Rajendra Prasad Gadde, Rajendraprasad, Gadde Rajendra Prasad, Natakireeti, King of Comedy, Nata Kireeti, वी०बी० राजेंदà¥à¤° पà¥à¤°à¤¸à¤¾à¤¦, राजेंदà¥à¤°à¤ªà¥à¤°à¤¸à¤¾à¤¦, बाबू राजेंदà¥à¤° पà¥à¤°à¤¸à¤¾à¤¦ गडà¥à¤¡à¥‡, गडà¥à¤¡à¥‡ राजेंदà¥à¤° पà¥à¤°à¤¸à¤¾à¤¦, किंग ऑफ़ कॉमेडी, नताकिरीति, नता किरीति
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Profession
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Actor
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Gadde Rajendra Prasad is an Indian Film actor who predominantly works in the Telugu cinema and is considered to be one of the finest comic heroes in Telugu film industry. In 1991, he received Andhra Pradesh state's Nandi Award for Best Actor for Erra Mandaram. Additionally, he has also received Honorary doctorate from Andhra University. In 2012, he starred in the medical thriller Dream, for which he won the Royal Reel Award along with director K. Bhavani Shankar at the Canada International Film Festival
He has been honoured with the title "Hasya Keerti" by the Telugu Alliances of Canada, held at Mississauga. He was also honoured to walk the green carpet at the IIFA film festival held in 2009, marking his performance in the Bollywood film, Quick Gun Murugun. The film was also screened at the London Film Festival, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, the New York Asian Film Festival and in The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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