in meters– 1.78 square meters
in feet and inches– 5′ 10″


Hindi: Radhe Shyam (2022) as Paramhansa

• Best Actor – Telugu – Amardeepam (1977)
• Best Actor – Telugu – Bobbili Brahmin (1984)
• Best Actor – Telugu – Tandra Paprayudu (1986)
• Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (2006)
Nandi Award
• Best Actor for the film Amara Deepam (1977)
• Best Actor for the film Bobbili Brahmin (1984)
• Best Character Actor (1994) for the film Jailor Gari Abbay
TSR TV9 National Award
• Lifetime Achievement Award (2012)
• Legend Actor of the Silver Screen (2015)
• 5 Decade Star Award (2016)
other
• Raghupati Venkaiah Naidu Award (2014)
• Lifetime Achievement Award at Zee Telugu Awards (2015)
• Lifetime Achievement Award (2015) at Gulf Andhra Musical Awards (GAMA)

• Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) (March 2009-July 2009)

• Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (1998-2009; 2014-2022)

• Elected MP from Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency in 1998 on BJP ticket
• Member of the Commerce Committee (1998-1999)
• Member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (1998-1999)
• Elected as MP on BJP ticket from Narasapuram Lok Sabha Constituency 1999
• Appointed as a whip in the BJP Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha in 1999
• Member of Finance Committee (1999-2000)
• Member of Parliament Member of Local Area Development Planning Committee (1999-2000)
• Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (2000)
• Union Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs (30 September 2000-21 July 2001)
• Union Minister of State, Ministry of Defense (22 July 2001-30 June 2002)
• Union Minister of State, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (1 July 2002-28 January 2003)
• Union Minister of State, Ministry of Rural Development (29 January 2003-)
• Contested and lost in 2009 from Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency on Praja Rajyam Party ticket
• Rejoined BJP in 2014
Comment: On the said date, he married his second wife U Shyamala Devi.

• U Shyamala Devi

daughter– Sai Praseeda, Sai Illumination, Sai Prakriti

Comment: He has three daughters from his second wife Shyamala Devi.
Mother– name not known



• Cash: Rs 1,00,472
• Deposits with banks, financial institutions and NBFCs: Rs 7,28,560
• Bonds, debentures and shares in companies: Rs 62,40,511
• Motor Vehicles: Rs. 25,10,000
• Jewellery: Rs 43,31,081
Immovable property
• Agricultural land: Rs 65,37,500
• Non agricultural land: Rs 1,24,79,110
• Building: Rs. 5,33,33,200
Comment: The given estimate of movable and immovable assets is as of the year 2021.