March 4, 2024 / 11:30 AM ISTByFilmy Focus

Tatineni Rama Rao

Director

Born : 01/01/1938 Death : 20/04/2022

Birth Place : Kapileswarapuram, Madras Presidency, British Raj

Biography:

Tatineni Rama Rao was an Indian filmmaker who lived from 1938 to April 20, 2022. Between 1966 and 2000, he directed 75 feature films in Telugu and Hindi.

Prior to making his directorial debut in 1966 with the Telugu film Navarathri, Rao began his career in the film industry in the late 1950s, working as the assistant director of his cousins T. Prakash Rao and Kotayya Pratyagatma.

Rao was “the man who established the ‘Madras movie,’ or Hindi films funded primarily by southern capital, as a viable commercial option in the all-India market,” according to Encyclopaedia Britannica. T. Ajay Kumar, a prominent film producer, was his son.

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Name	Tatineni Rama Rao
Also Known as	Tatineni Rama Rao
Date of Birth	01/01/1938
Date of Death	20/04/2022
Birth Place	Kapileswarapuram, Madras Presidency, British Raj
Current Residence	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Religion	Hindu
Nationality	Indian
Height	171 CM
Educational Qualification	Graduate