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Uttej
Born	Nalgonda district, Telangana, India
Occupations	Actor screenwriter
Years active	1989-present
Spouse	Padmavathi ​ (died 2021)​

Uttej is an Indian actor and screenwriter who works in Telugu films. He won the Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian for the film Chandamama (2007).^[1]

Uttej was born and brought up in Nalgonda district.^[2] He is the nephew of noted lyricist Suddala Ashok Teja.^[3]

Uttej married Padmavathi who died in September 2021 due to cancer.^[4]

Uttej started his career as an assistant director in Ram Gopal Varma's directorial debut Siva in 1989. He also played the role of canteen waiter in the film.^[5] He recommended JD Chakravathi to play antagonist role in Siva. He acted along with many lead actors and also worked as assistant director to Krishna Vamsi for the film Gulabi.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2017)

• Raatri (1992)
• Money Money (1995)
• Ninne Pelladata (1996; additional dialogue)
• Khadgam (2002)
• Rakhi (2006; additional dialogue)
• Mahatma (2009; additional dialogue)
• Power (2014; additional dialogue)
• Bengal Tiger (2015; additional dialogue)

Dubbing artist

• Vennela Kishore - Vennela
• Vadivelu - Pogaru
• N. Santhanam - Nene Ambani