Madhavapeddi Satyam

Who was Madhavapeddi Satyam?

Madhavapeddi Satyam was a renowned Telugu singer and stage-actor from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He entered into films as a singer-actor in Y.V. Rao's Tamil-Hindi Biligual movie Ramadas in the year 1946. He played the role of Kabir. However, he became more popular as a playback singer thanks to his booming voice. His voice suited artists like S. V. Ranga Rao, Relangi and Ramana Reddy. He did also sing on few occasions for others like Akkineni Nageswara Rao, N.T. Rama Rao, Kongara Jaggaiah and Padmanabham. In a five-decade long career he has sung numerable songs of which few have become hugely popular like "Vivaha Bhojanambu", from the film Maya Bazar for S.V Ranga Rao, and "Ayyayyo Jebulo Dabbulu Poyene", from the film Kulagothralu for Ramana Reddy.

He died in Chennai on 18 December 2000, at the age of 78.