Muddasani Kodandaram was born on 5 September 1955 to M. Venkatamma and M. Janardhan Reddy, a farmer from Nennel, BELLAMPALLI (mancherial dist) in state of Telangana. His birthday aptly coincides with Teacher's Day in India. He has five sisters and a brother. He married Muddasani Susheela on 30 March 1983.
