Madhavapeddi Satyam was born on 11 March 1922 at Brahmanakoduru village in
Ponnur,
Andhra Pradesh. He is the son of Sri Madhavapeddi Lakshmi Narasayya and Late Smt. Sundaramma. Noted music composer in 1990s Telugu films, Sri
Madhavapeddi Suresh is a close relative of Sri Madhavapeddi Satyam. From his childhood he showed talent for singing and acting in dramas, inspiration being his paternal uncle Sri Madhavapeddi Venkatramayya, a well noted dramatist. He started portraying different roles in drama and one of them "Chalo Delhi" a social drama in which his singing, acting and music calibre was brought out for the first time in Madras (now Chennai). Spotted by director-producer Y.V. Rao in 1946, Satyam was fortunate to get an opportunity to act as Kabir in Y.V. Rao's film
Ramadas and singing three songs in this bilingual film in Tamil and Hindi under the musical supervision of C.R. Subbaraman. Immediately followed his entry into the Telugu film industry with his first Telugu song "Manasu Gaadha Khudha Thodai..." with Sri
Ghantasala for the film
Laila Majnu in the year 1949. He sang for S. V. Ranga Rao in
Mayabazar and it was well received by audience. He died in
Chennai on 18 December 2000, at the age of 78. ==Filmography==