K. Raghavendra Rao

Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao (born 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.[2] 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.[3][4]

K. Raghavendra Rao
Rao at an interview in 2018
Born
Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao

(1942-05-23) 23 May 1942[1]
Kolavennu, Madras Presidency, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India)
Occupation
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • choreographer
  • producer
Years active1977–present
Spouse(s)Sarala
Children2, including Prakash Kovelamudi
RelativesK. S. Prakash Rao (father)
Kovelamudi Bapayya (cousin)
Shobu Yarlagadda (son-in-law)
Garikapati Varalakshmi (step-mother)

Rao received the state Nandi Award for Best Director for his works such as Bobbili Brahmanna (1984), and Pelli Sandadi (1996). He garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu for the drama film Prema Lekhalu (1977), the super natural fantasy film, Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari (1990), and the romance film Allari Priyudu (1993). Rao is known for his works in hagiographical films such as Annamayya (1997), which won two National Film Awards, and was also showcased at the 1998 International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.[5] Rao also received the Nandi Award for Best Direction, the Filmfare Award for Best Direction for his work in the film.[6] His other hagiographic works such as Sri Manjunatha (2001), Sri Ramadasu (2006), Shirdi Sai (2012) and Om Namo Venkatesaya (2017), received several state honors.

His mainstream works such as the 1987 Social problem film Agni Putrudu, and the 1988 action thriller Aakhari Poratam, were screened at the 11th and 12th International Film Festival of India respectively in the mainstream section.[7] In 1992, he directed the melodrama Gharana Mogudu, premiered at the 1993 International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section,[8] which became the first Telugu film to gross over ₹ 10 crore at the box office.[9] Next, he directed the instant hit Allari Priyudu, which was also premiered at the 1994 International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.[10][2]

Personal life

Mr. Raghavendra Rao is the son of veteran director Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao and Koteswaramma.[11] He is also the father of actor turned filmmaker Prakash Kovelamudi. Raghavendra Rao was an executive member in the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam Board from 2015-2019.[12]

Awards and honors
Nandi Awards
Filmfare Awards South
IIFA Awards
  • Outstanding contribution to Indian cinema (2017)[15]
SIIMA Awards
  • Lifetime Achievement Award (2014)
CineMAA Awards
  • Lifetime Contribution Award – (2012)
  • Best Film (Jury) – Shirdi Sai – (2013)
Other Awards
  • Allu Rama Lingaiah Award (2016)

Filmography

Director
No.TitleYearArtistsNotes
1Babu1975Sobhan Babu, Vanisri, Laxmi & Aruna irani
2Jyothi1976Jayasudha, Murali Mohan, GummadiRemake of the Hindi film Mili (1975)
3RajaSobhan Babu, Jayasudha
4Aame Katha1977Jayasudha, Murali Mohan, Rajanikanth
5Amara DeepamKrishnam Raju, Jayasudha, Murali MohanRemake of Tamil film Dheepam (1977)
6Prema LekhaluJayasudha, Deepa Ananth Nag & Murali Mohan
7KalpanaJaya Chitra, Murali mohanRemake of Hindi film Anamika
8Adavi RamuduN.T.Rama Rao, Jayaprada, JayasudhaRemake of 1973 Kannada blockbuster film Gandhada Gudi
9Padaharella Vayasu1978Sridevi, Chandra MohanRemake of Bharathi Raja's 16 Vayathinile (Tamil)
10Simha BaluduN. T. Rama Rao, Vanisri & Jayamalini
11Radha KrishnaSobhan babu & Jayaprada
12KD No:1N.T.Rama Rao, Jayasudha
13Nindu NoorelluChandra Mohan, Jayasudha
14Driver Ramudu1979N.T.Rama Rao, Jayasudha
15VetagaaduN.T.Rama Rao, Sridevi
16Nippulaanti Nijam1980
17NishanaJeetendra, Poonam Dhillon
18Bhale KrishnuduKrishna, Jayaprada & Sangeetha
19Gharana DongaKrishna, Sridevi
20MosagaduSobhan Babu, Chiranjeevi, Sridevi
21Rowdy Ramudu Konte KrishnuduN.T.Rama Rao, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Sridevi, Rajyalakshmi
22Satyabhama1981Remake of Bhagyaraja's Tamil film.Chandra Mohan & Jayasudha
23Ragile JwalaKrishnam Raju, Sujatha, Jaya Prada
24Gaja DongaN.T.Rama Rao, Jayasudha
25Ooriki MonagaduKrishna, Jaya Prada, Rao Gopal Rao
26Tirugu Leni ManishiN.T.Rama Rao, Chiranjeevi, Rati Agnihotri
27Satyam ShivamNandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sridevi Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri
28Prema KanukaAkkineni Nageswara Rao, Sridevi
29Kondaveeti SimhamN.T.Rama Rao, Sridevi, Jayanthi, Mohan Babu
30Madhura Swapnam1982Krishnam Raju, Jayasudha, Jaya Prada
31TrishulamKrishnam Raju, Sridevi, Jayasudha, Raadhika
32Justice ChowdaryN.T.Rama Rao, Sridevi
33Farz Aur KanoonJeetendra, Hema Malini, Rati Agnihotri
34DevataSobhan Babu, Sridevi, Jaya Prada
35Himmatwala1983Jeetendra, Sridevi
36Adavi SimhaluKrishna, Krishnam Raju, Jaya Prada, Sridevi
37Jaani DostDharmendra, Jeetendra, Parveen Babi, Sridevi
38Justice ChaudhuryJeetendra, Sridevi, Hema Malini, Moushumi Chatterjee
39ShaktiKrishna, Jayasudha, Radha
40Tohfa1984Jeetendra, Sridevi, Jaya Prada
41Bobbili BrahmannaKrishnam Raju, Sharada, Jayasudha
42KaamyabJeetendra, Shabana Azmi, Radha
43Naya KadamRajesh Khanna, Jaya Prada, Padmini Kolhapure, Sridevi
44Iddaru Kodukulu
45Iddaru DongaluKrishna, Sobhan Babu, Jayasudha, Radha
46Hoshiyar1985Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Jayaprada, Meenakshi Sheshadri
47PattabhishekamNandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayashanti
48Adavi DongaChiranjeevi, Radha
49MasterjiRajesh Khanna, Sridevi
50Mera SaathiJeetendra, Rajiv Kapoor, Jaya Prada, Mandakini50th FIlm
51Agni ParvatamKrishna, Vijayashanti, Radha
52VajrayudhamKrishna, Sridevi
53Apoorva Sahodarulu1986Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayashanti, Bhanupriya
54Kaliyuga PandavuluVenkatesh, Khushboo
55Dharm AdhikariDilip Kumar, Jeetendra, Rohini Hattangadi, Sridevi
56Ravana BrahmaKrishnam Raju, Radha, Lakshmi, Raadhika
57Kondaveeti RajaChiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Radha
58SuhaaganJeetendra, Sridevi, Padmini Kolhapure
59Chanakya ShapadhamChiranjeevi, Vijayashanti
60Bharatamlo Arjunudu1987Venkatesh, Kushboo
61Sahasa SamratNandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayashanti
62Agni PutruduAkkineni Nageswara Rao, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sarada, Rajani, Sivaji Ganesan
63Janaki Ramudu1988Akkineni Nagarjuna, Vijayashanti
64Donga RamuduNandamuri Balakrishna, Radha
65Manchi DongaChiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Suhasini
66Aakhari PoratamAkkineni Nagarjuna, Sridevi, Suhasini
67Yuddha BhoomiChiranjeevi, Vijayashanti
68Agni1989Akkineni Nagarjuna, Shantipriya
69RudranetraChiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Radha
70Ontari PoratamVenkatesh,Swetha, Rupini
71Alludugaru1990Mohan Babu, Ramya Krishna, Shobana
72Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka SundariChiranjeevi, Sridevi
73Coolie No.11991Venkatesh, Tabu
74Rowdy AlluduChiranjeevi, Shobana, Divya Bharati
75Sundarakanda1992Venkatesh, Meena, Aparna
76Allari MoguduMohan Babu, Meena, Ramya Krishna
77Gharana MoguduChiranjeevi, Nagmaremake of the Rajkumar's superhit Kannada film, Anuraga Aralithu
78AswamedhamNandamuri Balakrishna, Shobhan Babu, Meena, Nagma
79Allari Priyudu1993Rajasekhar, Ramya Krishna, Madhoo
80Major ChandrakanthN.T.Rama Rao, Mohan Babu, Sharada, Ramya Krishna, Nagma
81Allari Premikudu1994Jagapati Babu, Rambha, Soundarya, Kanchan
82Muddula PriyuduVenkatesh, Ramya Krishna, Rambha
83Mugguru MonagalluChiranjeevi, Nagma, Roja, Ramya Krishna
84Raja Simham1995Rajasekhar, Ramya Krishna, Soundarya
85Gharana BulloduAkkineni Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna, Aamani
86Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya1996Venkatesh, Shilpa Shetty, Malashree
87Bombay PriyuduJ. D. Chakravarthy, Rambha
88Pelli SandadiSrikanth, Ravali, Deepti Bhatnagar
89Annamayya1997Akkineni Nagarjuna, Suman, Mohan Babu, Ramya Krishna, Bhanupriya, Roja, Kasturi
90Mere Sapno Ki RaniUrmila Matondkar, Sanjay Kapoor
91Shrimati Vellosta1998Jagapati Babu, Devayani, Poonam
92Love Story 1999Prabhu Deva, Vadde Naveen, Ramya Krishna, Rambha, Laila
93ParadesiViswa, Tanuja, Madhav, Monet Quick, Brahmanandam
94Iddaru Mitrulu1999Chiranjeevi, Sakshi Sivanand, Ramya Krishna
95Raja KumaruduMahesh Babu, Preity Zinta
96Pelli Sambandham2000Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sumanth, Sakshi Shivanand
97Moodu MukkalaataJagapati Babu, Soundarya, Rambha, Raasi
98Sri Manjunatha2001Chiranjeevi, Ambareesh, Abhijeeth, Arjun Sarja, Meena, Soundarya, SumalathaTelugu-Kannada bilingual project
99Aamdani Atthani Kharcha RupaiyaaGovinda, Juhi Chawla, Tabu, Chandrachur Singh, Johnny Lever, Vinay Anand, Isha Koppikar, Ketki DaveRemake of the Tamil film Viralukketha Veekkam
100Gangotri2003Allu Arjun, Aditi Agarwal100th film
101Subash Chandra Bose2005Venkatesh, Shriya Saran, Genelia D'Souza
102Allari BulloduNithiin, Trisha, Rathi
103Sri Ramadasu2006Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sneha, Suman
104Pandurangadu2008Nandamuri Balakrishna, Sneha, Tabu
105Jhummandi Naadam2010Manoj Manchu, Tapsee Pannu
106Shirdi Sai2012Akkineni Nagarjuna, Srikanth, Sayaji Shinde, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Sarath Babu, siva sankar
107Om Namo Venkatesaya2017Akkineni Nagarjuna, Jagapati Babu, Anushka Shetty, Saurabh Raj Jain, Pragya Jaiswal, Vimala Raman
108Intintaa Annamayya-Revanth, Ananya (actress), Sanam ShettyRelease soon on 28 dec 2019[16]

Supervisor of direction
TitleYearArtistsNotes
Student No.12001NTR Jr., GajalaDirectorial debut of S. S. Rajamouli
Okato Number Kurraadu2002director A. Kodandarami Reddy
Pallakilo Pellikuturu2004director Suchitra Chandrabose

Associate director
TitleYearArtistsNotes
Vagdanam1961Akkineni Nageshwara Rao,
Krishna Kumari		Director Acharya Athreya

Producer
TitleYearArtistsNotes
Bhale Krishnudu1980Krishna, Jaya Prada
Naya Kadam1984
Allari Priyudu1993
Iddaru Mitrulu1999
Pelli Sambandham2000
Okato Number Kurradu2002
Morning Raga2004Shabana Azmi,
Prakash Kovelamudi,
Perizaad Zorabian,
Lillete Dubey		English Movie
Bommalata2004Won Best Film in Telugu at the 53rd National Awards

Presenter
TitleYearArtistsNotes
Sarigamalu1992
Student No. 12001NTR Jr., Gajala
Bobby2002Mahesh Babu, Aarthi Agarwal
Anaganaga O Dheerudu2011Siddharth, Shruthi Haasan, Lakshmi Manchu
Baahubali: The Beginning2015Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Ramya Krishna, Nassar, Sathyaraj
Baahubali: The Conclusion2017Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Ramya Krishna, Nassar, Sathyaraj

Choreographer
TitleYearArtistsNotes
Pelli Sandadi1996Srikanth, Ravali, Deepti Bhatnagar

TV shows
  • 2002 Shanti Nivasam (writer)
  • 2010 Arundathi(Etv kannda)
  • 2013 Mangammagari manavaralu
  • 2014 Soundrya Lahari
  • 2016 Koyilamma (MAA TV)
  • 2017 Sye Sye Sayyare
  • 2017 Agnisakshi telugu(Star MAA)
  • 2018 Siri siri muvvalu (Star MAA)

References
  1. Telugu Cinema Celebrity Bio Data – K Raghavendra Rao
  2. CINEmaa Lifetime Achievement Award for Raghavendra Rao – The Hindu
  3. Candid and confident – The Hindu
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  6. Saroja Devi, Ramoji Rao among recipients of A.P. film awards – The Hindu
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  9. First Telugu film to gross 100 million – Times Of India
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  11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoLbxJiJ5TQ
  12. When the stars descended – The Hindu
  13. http:// Refer Filmfare Magazine August 1991, 38th filmfare awards south
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  15. IANS (30 March 2017). "'Janatha Garage', 'Kirik Party' bag top honours at IIFA Utsavam 2017" – via Business Standard.
  16. https://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/movies/intinta-annamayya.html
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