Kalavachaspathi Kongara Jaggayya is not only a great poet but also a writer, newsreader, historian and translator. He translated Rabindranath Tagore's Geetanjali into Telugu.
Kongara Jaggayya is one of the most powerful actors and orators the industry has ever produced. His baritone voice is very unique and no one can imitate it or even come close to it.
The actor is totally identified with his voice. So much do that, when he had some problem with his speech, he stopped acting in films. He said that he couldn't imagine anyone else dubbing for him. If he cannot dub for his role, then there is no point in doing the role, was his argument.
Jaggayya had one bad habit, which he could not kick off despite trying several times. It was chewing pan and then spitting it out on the walls. He knew that it was very bad and for an artist of his stature, it was quite shameful too.
But Jaggayya could not give up this habit. He said that it was like a reflex action, the moment he saw a wall, he felt like spitting on it, while chewing a pan. Jaggayya's close friends tried their best to make him quit this habit but with little success.
