 Krishnam Raju was born in Mogalthur, West Godavari District on 20 January 1940 to Uppalapati Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Raju.He married U. Syamala Devi on 20 September 1996, with whom he has three daughters.Film producer U. Suryanarayana Raju is his younger brother and actor Prabhas is his nephew.