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![]() Gangavva in 2019 | ||||||||||
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Born | Milkuri Gangavva 1961or1962(age 62–63) [1] | |||||||||
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Website | gangavva | |||||||||
YouTube information | ||||||||||
Channels | My Village Show | |||||||||
Location | India | |||||||||
Years active | 2016–present | |||||||||
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Subscribers | 3.09 million | |||||||||
Views | 1.033 billion | |||||||||
Network | YouTube | |||||||||
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Last updated: 8 December 2024 |
Milkuri Gangavva is an Indian YouTuber, comedian and actress. She used to work as a farm-worker before becoming popular on YouTube. [1] [3] Gangavva is known for her diction of Telangana dialect of Telugu language. [4] In 2020, she entered the Telugu reality TV show Bigg Boss 4 as one of the 19 contestants. [5]
Gangavva hails from Lambadipally village of Telangana state's Jagitial district. No record exists of her birth date. [6] Gangavva received no formal education as she dropped out during her first grade. [7] She was married off when she was five. Gangavva had four children, three daughters and a son, including a daughter who died. [8]
Gangavva used to work in agriculture fields and rolled cigarettes before venturing into YouTube in 2016. [6] [9] She was approached by son-in-law Srikanth Sriram to feature in his channel My Village Show which focuses village culture and rural life of Telangana. She started off with guest appearances before acting full-time from 2017. [6] Gangavva's comedic roles in the series gained her wide recognition. [10]
Gangavva's unique diction of Telangana's dialect made her popular among the Telugu people. [9] In 2019, Gangavva made her Telugu cinema debut with Mallesham and later that year she also appeared in iSmart Shankar . [6]
In 2020, on the occasion of International Women's Day, Gangavva received Women Achiever Award from Tamilisai Soundararajan, Governor of Telangana. [11]
† | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2019 | Mallesham | Home owner | [12] |
iSmart Shankar | [13] | ||
2021 | SR Kalyanamandapam | Neighbour | |
Raja Raja Chora | Anjamma | ||
Love Story | Gangavva | [14] | |
2022 | Godfather | Kanthamma | [15] |
2023 | Intinti Ramayanam | [16] | |
2024 | Kismat | Saravva | |
Swag | |||
2025 | Game Changer | Villager | |
Takita Tadimi Tandana | [17] |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Ref. |
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2020 | Sixth Sense | Contestant | Star Maa | Season 3 [18] |
Bigg Boss 4 | [19] | |||
2021 | Sixth Sense | Contestant | Season 4 | |
2023–present | Save the Tigers | Poshavva | Disney+ Hotstar | |
2024 | Bigg Boss 8 | Contestant | Star Maa |