K Raghavendra Rao
Producer, Director, Writer, Actor
May 23, 1942 (84 years)
K. Raghavendra Rao (born Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao on 23 May 1942) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and choreographer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Hindi and Kannada films. He has garnered eight state Nandi Awards, the IIFA Award, the SIIMA Award, five Filmfare Awards South and two CineMAA Awards. In a film career spanning more than five decades, Rao has directed more than a hundred feature films, of which around ninety were box office hits, across multiple genres such as romantic comedy, fantasy, melodrama, action thriller, biographical and romance films.
Known For
Filmography
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| 2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning · as Executive Producer |
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| 2017 | Om Namo Venkatesaya · as Screenplay |
| 2012 | Shirdi Sai · as Screenplay |
| 2006 | Sri Ramadasu · as Screenplay |
| 2005 | Allari Bullodu · as Screenplay |
| 2005 | Subhash Chandra Bose · as Screenplay |
| 2001 | Student No. 1 · as Screenplay |
| 2001 | Sri Manjunatha · as Screenplay |
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| 1997 | Annamayya · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | Gharana Bullodu · as Screenplay |
| 1992 | Sundara Kanda · as Screenplay |
| 1989 | Agni · as Screenplay |
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| 1988 | Janaki Ramudu · as Screenplay |
| 1988 | Aakhari Poratam · as Screenplay |
| 1987 | Sahasa Samrat · as Screenplay |
| 1986 | Dharm Adhikari · as Screenplay |
| 1984 | Tohfa · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | Trisulam · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | Himmatwala · as Screenplay |
| 1981 | Kondaveeti Simham · as Screenplay |
| 1980 | Prema Kanuka · as Screenplay |
| 1979 | Driver Ramudu · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | KD No. 1 · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | Simha Baludu · as Screenplay |
| 1977 | Adavi Ramudu · as Screenplay |
| 1977 | Kalpana · as Screenplay |
| 2021 | Unstoppable with NBK · as Self |
| 2021 | PellisandaD · as Older Vashistha |
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| 2013 | Himmatwala · as Original Story |
| 1990 | Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari · as Co-Writer |
| 1978 | Radha Krishna · as Screen Adaptation |