- He has two younger brothers, G. Hanumantha Rao and G. Adhiseshagiri Rao, and two younger sisters, Aliveelumangamma and Lakshmi.
- His son Mahesh Babu married Namrata Shirodkar ("Miss India" 1993) in 2005 after they fell in love when they acted together in the Telugu film "Vamsi" (1999).
- His wife Vijayanirmala was his heroine in the maximum number of films (47 films), followed by Jayaprada in 43 films and Sridevi in 31 films.
- Krishna has done 330 films by 2005 in a 40-year film career. His 100th film is Alluri Sitaramaraju, 200th film is Ennadu and 300th film is Teluguveera Levara.
- Born at approximately 12:05 p.m.
- All his children have the rare honor of having acted in films as child artistes.
- He was born Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna, but cut short his name to Krishna when he entered into films.
- He has a stepson, V.K. Naresh who also is an actor.
- In 2009, he was conferred with Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India.
- He was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996 for his services to Telugu cinema.
- He is credited with producing many technological firsts in Telugu cinema like first color movie (Tene Manasulu), first cinema-scope movie (Alluri Seetharama Raju), first 70mm movie (Simhasanam) and first DTS Movie (Telugu Veera Levara).
- He is well known for introducing cowboy and James Bond style movies to the Telugu cinema.
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