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T. Rama Rao

T. Rama Rao

Indian filmmaker (1938–2022)

This article is about the filmmaker. For the administrator, see T. Rama Rao (administrator).

Tatineni Rama Rao (1938 – 20 April 2022)[1] was an Indian filmmaker. He directed 75 Hindi and Telugu feature films between 1966 and 2000.

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Career

Rao started his work in the film industry in the late 1950s as the assistant director of his cousin T. Prakash Rao and Kotayya Pratyagatma, before making his directorial debut with 1966 Telugu film Navarathri.[2]

According to Encyclopædia Britannica, 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..."[3]

He was the father of successful film producer T. Ajay Kumar.[4]

Filmography

Director

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  1. Some scenes were remade while most of the scenes dubbed from original version.

Producer

Hindi

Tamil

Telugu

References

  1. [1]
    Veteran director T Rama Rao passes away at 83 in Chennai
  2. [2]
    "Stars : Star Interviews". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. [3]
    Gulzar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterjee, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt Ltd. p. 433. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.
  4. [4]
    M.L.N (28 June 2004). "All hopes on 'anniyan'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 November 2004. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
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