Mudigonda Lingamurthy

Mudigonda Lingamurthy was born to a Hindu Shaiva family in Tenali, Andhra Pradesh. He used to play in school dramas in his childhood. He was very fond of arts and was introduced to Sthanam Narasimha Rao, a Telugu theater artist and a Padma Shri awardee. He joined Rama Vilasa Sabha of Tenali where he portrayed different characters in Kanyasulkam, Pratapa Rudreeyam and other dramas. He acted as Ramappa Pantulu character in Kanyasulkam drama.Mudigonda Lingamurthy in Nata Ratnalu, Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy, Second edition, Sitaratnam Granthamala, Vijayawada, 2002, pp: 484-6.

He moved to filmdom in 1937 and acted in the movie Tukaram along with V. Nagayya. He later joined Vijaya Vauhini Studios and was associated with them for about 7 years and acted as Ajamila in Bhakta Pothana, Gangadu in Swarga Seema, Abhirama in Yogi Vemana and Ramadasu in Peddamanushulu. He was closely associated with V. Nagayya and acted in his films like Tyagayya, Naa Illu and Ramadasu. In total Lingamurthy acted in about 70 films.{{citation needed|date= January 2023}}

Lingamurthy wrote some playlets including Venkanna Kapuram, Pelli Choopulu, Thyagam.{{citation needed|date= January 2023}}

He was founder member of Cine Technicians Association. He also held the post of Secretary and Chairperson of the Association. He retired from the profession after his shashthipurti celebrations.{{citation needed|date= January 2023}}

After the death of his wife, Durgavardhanamma in 1974, he took Sanyasa as is custom in Indian families. He died in 1980.{{citation needed|date= January 2023}}

A mini hall named after him still exists today at the place where he lived in Nana Street, T. Nagar, Chennai.{{citation needed|date= January 2023}}

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