Born to G. Sreeramulu and G. Yashoda on 19th July 1984, Gajula Udayshankar is an actor in the Telugu film industry who made his debut in the critically acclaimed movie, "Aatagadharaa siva" released in 2018. Prior to this, he worked as a child artist in the movie "Chirujallu". For his portrayal of a convict on death row in Aatagadharaa, he received critical and public acclaim. Gajula, who married Dr.Shweta, a dentist by profession, is an interesting mix of mathematical genius, memory, and acting talent. He came to be known as the `pi` boy, as he could recite from memory the first 7,000 decimal places of the decimal expansion of `pi`, both backward and forwards. He broke the record of 2,000 digits of `pi` held by Prof. A. C. Aitken of the Department of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, U.K. Chosen for the `Ugadi Puraskar` in 2001 by the Madras Telugu Academy, the title - `Digital Ashtavadhani` was conferred to him. At the age of 16, he gained entry into the Guinness Book of Records and the Limca Book of Records, for his speed arithmetic and phenomenal memory. He acted in the film Miss Match by director N V Nirmal Kumar, alongside Aishwarya Rajesh and Pradeep Rawat.