Rajesh (Telugu actor)

Rajesh was an Indian actor who worked on Telugu films during the 1980s. He belongs to a Telugu family. He was known for his roles in Jandhyala's films. He was born and brought up in Madras into a Telugu family from Rajahmundry, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh.

Rajesh
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983-1996
Children	4 including Aishwarya Rajesh
Parent	Amarnath (father)
Relatives	Sri Lakshmi (sister)

Career

Rajesh met Jandhyala through S. Gopal Reddy and debuted in Nelavanka (1983) with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam dubbing for him. That same year, he worked with Jandhyala again in Rendu Jella Sita (1983) and Ananda Bhairavi (1983) opposite Malavika Sarkar, which garnered him recognition. His sister Sri Lakshmi co-starred him in both films.^[1][2]

He was an alcoholic and donated the money he received from films to charity.^[3] He acted in around forty films.^[4] He died at the age of 38 due to liver damage at 2 a.m. while Sri Lakshmi was shooting for Pelli Sandadi (1996).^[5][4][3]

Actress Aishwarya Rajesh is his daughter.^[6]

Filmography

• All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

List of Rajesh film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Nelavanka	Saleem
	Palletoori Monagadu	Ravi
	Rendu Jella Sita	Mohan
	Ananda Bhairavi	Anand Sharma	Simultaneously shot in Kannada
	Dharmaatmudu	Shanthi's husband
1984	Tella Gulabeelu	Raja
	Bobbili Brahmanna	Rambabu
	Bharathamlo Sankharavam	Rajesh
1985	Aggi Raju	Rajesh
	Premisthe Emavutundi
	Sri Katna Leelalu	Sivaram
	Muddula Chellelu
	Siksha	Krishna
	Kutumba Bandham	Shekhar
	Terror	Raja
1986	Bhale Mithrulu	Police Inspector
	Chadastapu Mogudu
	Driver Babu	Ravi
	Malle Moggalu	Sivudu
	Seetharama Kalyanam	Hari
1987	Aatma Bandhuvulu	Rajesh
	Daada
1988	Maa Inti Maharaju	Madhavayya's son
	Aswaddhama	Veeru
	Agni Keratalu	Nagendra's brother-in-law
1989	Sahasame Naa Oopiri	Rapist
	Aakhari Kshanam	Ramkumar
1990	Alajadi	College bully
	Magaadu	Bhargav
1991	Anaswaram	Rajesh	Malayalam film
1992	Nani