Kadiyam Srihari

Kadiyam Srihari is an Indian politician, presently Deputy Chief Minister and Education minister of Telangana State. He is Member of Parliament from Warangal constituency from State of Telangana. He was Ex-MLA from Ghanpur(Station) Constituency and Ex-Minister in the cabinets of N.T.Rama Rao and N.Chandra Babu Naidu. He was the PolitBureau member of TDP, and the General Secretary of Telugu Desam party(TDP). He was the Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh from 1995 to 2004 in Marketing,Social Welfare later Education and later Irrigation under the Cabinet of Nara Chandrababu Naidu. He joined TRS party and is its politburo member. He took oath as cabinet minister in Telangana government on 25 January 2015 as a Deputy Chief Minister and also Education Minister

Early life

Kadiyam Srihari was born in Parvathagiri, a village in the Warangal district. He attended Zilla Parishat High School in Warangal and, then was awarded a B.Sc from the Arts and Science College in the same city. In 1975, he got a M.Sc from Osmania University, Hyderabad,

Srihari (actor)

Raghumudri Srihari (15 August 1964 – 9 October 2013), also known as Srihari, was an award-winning actor in Tollywood. He started out in Telugu cinema as the antagonist and subsequently went on to do some notable lead roles.

Biography

Srihari was born near Vijayawada, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. His parents were from Gudivada. They moved to Hyderabad, and settled in Balanagar when he was still a child. He started his career as a stunt fighter and he was also an athlete in gymnastics. He was offered jobs such as Sub inspector of police and railway officer. But he rejected those offers since he had an interest in pursuing his acting career

Personal life

He got married to South-Indian actress Shanti, popularly known as Disco Shanti in 1991. The couple had two sons and a daughter. Their daughter, Akshara, died when she was just four months old. Srihari started Akshara Foundation in her memory. He also adopted four villages in Medchal.

Death

It was while he was shooting for the movie R... Rajkumar where he complained of giddiness and was rushed to Lilavati Hospital. On 9 October 2013, he died in Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, aged 49, after suffering from a liver ailment. He was buried next to his daughter's grave.