Kota Srinivasa Rao

Kota Srinivasa Rao is a renowned Indian film actor, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema and theater. He was born on July 10, 1942, in Kankipadu in British India. He started his career as a stage actor and performed in many drama plays. Before he entered the film industry, he worked as an employee at the State Bank of India and continued his passion for stage acting. Kota got married to Rukmini and had three children. His son, Kota Venkata Anjaneya Prasad, died in a road accident in Hyderabad in 2010. Rao is also a former politician, who served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Andhra Pradesh, India from the year 1999 to 2004.

He starred in over 650 feature films and earned a total of eight Nandi Awards for Best Villain, Best Character Actor, and Best Supporting Actor for his brilliant performances in many of his films. He was debuted in K. Vasu’s Telugu film, Pranam Khareedu Click to look into! >> Read More... (1978). His acting career started by doing brief character and comic roles and went on to become one of the best villains and supporting actor in Tollywood. Aside from acting in the Telugu filmdom, he also starred in few Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi films. In 2012, he earned the South Indian International Movie Award for his performance as Subrahmanyam in the Telugu action drama film, Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum.

He also received the prestigious highest civilian honor, Padma Shri, for his brilliant contribution to the Indian cinema. Rao earned critical acclaim for his performances in several hit films such as Repati Pourulu (1986), Pratighatana (1986), Aha Naa Pellanta This show is aired on ETV Telugu. The show is a mi >> Read More... (1987), Shiva (1989), Money (1993), Gaayam (1993), Hello Brother Click to look into! >> Read More... (1994), Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997), Ganesh (1998), Idiot (2002), Tagore (2003), Athadu (2005), Pournami (2006), Sarkar (2006), Ready (2008), Dookudu (2011), and many more.

In 2003, he made his debut in Kollywood through Hari’s Tamil action film, Saamy. Rao played as Perumal Pichai, an underworld don in the film. He also starred as a villain in the Tamil action masala film, Thirupaachi (2005). In 2011, he was debuted in the Malayalam film industry through Jayaraj’ thriller film, The Train Click to look into! >> Read More... . One of Rao’s trademarks is the way he laughed; it has the sound of “kikikiki”. At one point, Rao and Babu Mohan’s comedy amalgamation brought fortune to many producers. However, among his films, he considered the 1987 Telugu film, Mandaladeesudu, the most memorable one in his entire career.

In 2011, he played politician roles in the Tamil films Bhavani with “ Sneha Suhasini R. Naidu, more popularly known by her scr >> Read More... ” and “Ko” with “ Jiiva Born on 4th January 1982 Jiiva is one of the young >> Read More... .” The same year, he was seen with Prashanth Thyagarajan Prashanth Thyagarajan is an Indian actor. He works >> Read More... in Mambattiyan. In 2012, Kota Srinivasa Rao was seen in nearly a dozen Telugu movies, including Gabbar Singh Click to look into! >> Read More... with Pawan Kalyan Pawan needs no introduction to South Indian people >> Read More... and Bodyguard with Daggubati Venkatesh. Saguni with Karthik Sivakumar Karthik Sivakumar, or popularly known as Karthi, i >> Read More... and Thandavam with Chiyan Vikram are his Tamil hits of 2012. The next year, he joined Venkatesh once again in Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, which also has Mahesh Babu Born on 9 August 1975 in Chennai, Mahesh Ghattaman >> Read More... , Samantha Ruth Prabhu Born on April 28 1987 Samantha is a model and actr >> Read More... , and Prakash Raj Prakash Raj, born on 26th of March, 1965, as Praka >> Read More... . Attarintiki Daredi Attarintiki Daredi serial on ETV revolves around K >> Read More... with Pawan Kalyan and “ Nadhiya Zareena is the original name of the south Indian a >> Read More... ,” was one among his notable films of the year. The same year, he did a Tamil film All In All Azhagu Raja Click to look into! >> Read More... . In 2014, he did nearly a dozen films in Telugu and Tamil, including Power, Race Gurram Click to look into! >> Read More... , and Malini 22 Palayamkottai.

In 2015, Srinivasa was seen in super hit films, Lion, S/O Sathyamurthy, and Temper with Jr NTR. After this, he minimized doing films. In 2016, he did only two films; one is a Telugu film, Terror, and the other is “ Baaghi Click to look into! >> Read More... ,” a Bollywood film with Tiger Shroff Jai Shroff or popularly known as Tiger Shroff is a >> Read More... . In 2017 and 2018, he did eight movies in Telugu and Tamil. Kaathaadi, directed by Kalyan in 2018, is his last Tamil film. In 2019, he worked with Mahesh Babu in “ Maharshi Click to look into! >> Read More... .” ABCD: American Born Confused Desi, Sita, Rajdooth, and Oorantha Anukuntunnaru Click to look into! >> Read More... are his 2019 releases. In 2021, Srinivas played in Konda Polam and Power Play. In 2022, he was seen in Hero with Ashok Galla Ashok Galla is a Telugu film actor. He is all set >> Read More... . In 2023, he was seen in Suvarna Sundari Click to look into! >> Read More... , directed by Surendra Madarapu. This is his last release.

On 13^th July 2025, Kota Srinivasa Rao passed away at 83 in his residence in Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad.