He was born in Purushottapatnam, Seethanagaram mandal near Raja Mahendravaram. He completed his primary education in his native village. he watched a film shooting of Tholi Kodi Kusindi directed by K. Balachander. He got inspired by that movie and used to discuss about films with his uncles. He proposed to his family that he would enter into film industry. His cousin Gadde Ratnaji Rao took him to Chennai and introduced him to Kanoori Ranjith Kumar who is producing a film Lanke Bindelu.He worked as an assistant director, associate director and co-director for 25 films. Later he directed the film Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu starring Tarun Kumar, Aarthi Agarwal. Nandamuri Kalyan Ram's Debut film Toli Choopulone is his second film as a director before turning into an actor. He made his debut as an actor in the film Nachavule directed by Ravi Babu. He played the father of hero in that film. Later he acted in more than 90 films