Banda Kanakalingeswara Rao

[1][page needed][2][page needed] He promoted Kuchipudi dance along with Vedantam Parvatisam in 1957 helped the government in the establishment of Siddhendra Kalakshetra in Kuchipudi village.

This institution was later merged with the Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University in 1989.

[4] He joined All India Radio in 1956 and broadcast many drama and playlets.

He founded Shiva temple and Vedic School in his native village.

[5][page needed][6][page needed] He entered the Telugu film industry in its early period and acted in films including Paduka Pattabhishekham (1945), Bala Nagamma (1942), Sarangadhara (1937), and Draupadi Manasamrakshanam (1936).