Kaikala Satyanarayana was an actor, producer, and politician who predominantly worked in Telugu films. He started his career by playing NTR’s duplicate on screen and later was offered a role in his film Apoorva Sahasra Siraccheda Chintamani (1960). He was popularly known for his roles in Telugu films such as Thandri Kodukula Challenge, Narasimhudu, Maharishi, and others. He had been a part of over 750 films in a career spanning over six decades where he played hero, antagonist, and character roles in family and social dramas as well as mythological films. In 1996, he stepped into politics with TDP winning Lok Sabha elections from the Machilipatnam constituency in Andhra Pradesh. His only Hindi film was Subhash Ghai’s blockbuster film Karma (1986) where he played Sridevi’s father. He breathed his last on 23 December 2022.