
Acting
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Born — Died
1944-07-10 — 2025-07-13
Place of birth
Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Known for
Acting
Credits
61 titles
Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942 –13 July 2025) was an Indian actor, politician, and theatre artist who worked primarily in Telugu cinema, as well as Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam films. He made his feature film debut in *Pranam Khareedu* (1978), alongside Chiranjeevi. His breakthrough came with the comedy *Aha Naa Pellanta* (1987), in which he played the miser Lakshmipathy. He later appeared as politicians, patriarchs, and antagonists in films including Ram Gopal Varma's *Shiva* (1989), *Gaayam* (1993), *Hello Brother* (1994), and *Ganesh* (1998). During the 2000s and 2010s, he appeared in films including *Idiot* (2002), *Athadu* (2005), *Bommarillu* (2006), *Ready* (2008), *L…
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Pichi Pullayya
1991
7.0Three loyal friends face tragic consequences and personal sacrifices when they unite to help an eloped couple overcome family opposition.
Shambo Shiva Shambo
2010
8.0The film shows how male chauvinists can destroy a female's life.
Aame
1994
5.0Bommana Brothers are theives whose parents are also petty robbers. They fall in love with Chandana Sisters, who are the daughters of Chandana Mohan Rao, a big businessman. The elder one Mani Chandana runs an orphanage, while the younger one Siri Chandana is highly devotional. They are engaged, but the Bommana Brothers win their hearts by pretending to be a blind Maharastrian guy who donates everything he's asked for to impress Mani Chandana and Rama Chandra pretends to be a devout and pious man singing Ramadasu songs in a Temple by hiring junior artistes to swoon that impresses Siri Chandana. They get married after a huge ordeal. But a bank manager they robbed previously, the Chandana's hired help (Suman Shetty) and a bunch of others are after the Brothers or after their property and the adventures don't stop.
Bommana Brothers Chandana Sisters
2008
7.0A coming of age story of triangular romance between a boy and two girls that explores the twin emotions of true love and teenage infatuation in a boy who perpetually finds himself in complicated situations both at home and outside. Allari was released on 10 May 2002 and was a box office success. Naresh who became popular with this film, eventually prefixed the title Allari to his name. The film was remade in Tamil as Kurumbu.
Allari
2002
A rich jamindar marries a poor girl after falling in love with her. His family convinces the girl to leave, and lies to the jamindar that she stole their jewels and ran away. Eighteen years later, their daughter, Pinky, tries to bring her parents together.
Sundarakanda
2008
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
5.7Set in the 1650s Mughal Era, Veera Mallu, a Robin Hood-like outlaw with secret motives is hired to steal the Koh-i-Noor from Aurangzeb’s palace. He is joined by a crew of misfits, each talented in their own way, to complete the mission.
Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit
2025
4.4During the British rule in India, Arakeshwara, an air force soldier and son of a freedom fighter Amareshwara,due to unavoidable circumstances, kills Khaleed, the don of Amarapura and thus gets trapped in the mafia world and later becomes the king of the underworld. However, trouble ensues for Arakeshwara as he has to deal with his rivals and Bhargav Bhakshi, a cop sent by the British to eradicate him and the underworld.
Kabzaa
2023
2010s · 26 titles
7.0Three loyal friends face tragic consequences and personal sacrifices when they unite to help an eloped couple overcome family opposition.
Shambo Shiva Shambo
2010
6.1A boy runs away from home, angry with his stepfather and half-brother. Years later, he becomes a police inspector and fights a notorious criminal.
Gabbar Singh
2012
6.3Ronny is a rebellious man, who falls in love with Sia but circumstances separate them. Years later, Ronny learns that Sia is abducted by a martial arts champion, Raghav.
Baaghi
2016
6.4The sequel carries forward the tale of power and revenge which exploded in Rakht Charitra 1. The rebel leader turned politician, Pratap consolidates his political base but is forced to retread the path of vengeance once again after a rival from the past, Surya Narayan Reddy chooses to avenge the assassination of his family. Surya swears vengeance against Pratap after his family is wiped out in a bomb attack and Pratap is hell bent on decimating his enemy, even if it means separating ways with his mentor and political veteran, Shivaji.
Rakht Charitra 2
2010
7.4A village is hounded by an unknown disease, decimating its population. The village priest prophesies that God's avatar will save them. Siddha goes in search of this supernatural potential and finds it in Seetarama Raju, a cab driver.
Khaleja
2010
2.5Harischandra Prasad (Nandamuri Balakrishna) is an influential leader in Rayalaseema and he treats all his people as his children. To provide jobs to them, he decides to build a huge steel plant with the assistance of foreign collaborators. But Ramappa (Pradeep Rawat) and his assistant (Kota Srinivasa Rao) oppose this. They hatch a plan to eliminate him. His son Ramakrishna (Nandamuri Balakrishna) thwart the villain’s plans. But the story takes a cruel twist as the villains strike at the heart of the family by using Bobby (Nandamuri Balakrishna).
Adhinayakudu
2012
5.3Srimannarayana is a college professor with a penchant for beating up wrong doers. His life is turned upside down when he learns of his family's violent past, and how it intertwines with his present.
Simha
2010
5.7Chinna (Vishnu) is a very witty and resourceful person who knows how to get things done. As kids, Chinna and Piccheshwar (Vennela Kishore) have a tiff and Piccheshwar leaves the village in a huff. Piccheshwar’s outraged grandfather (Kota Srinivasa Rao) orders the execution of Chinna’s family, forcing them to flee as well. As the years go by, Chinna grows into a tall and fearless young fellow. He applies for a job as a journalist and he is sent on an assignment by his boss Avatar (Posani). The assignment is to conduct a sting operation on Minister Dilleeswara Rao (Pankaj Tripathi). Chinna succeeds in capturing incriminating footage, but he is caught and thrashed by the minister’s goons.
Doosukeltha
2013
3.5The son of Aarusaamy becomes a cop and takes on the criminal who murdered his parents.
Saamy²
2018
6.5Daya is a corrupt cop who joins hands with the local don. When Daya's girlfriend gets kidnapped, it triggers Daya to go against Vasu and his empire, leading him to uncover a bigger motive behind the kidnapping.
Temper
2015
6.8Ram and Lakshman, aka Lucky, are brothers who are polar opposites in nature. Their mother wishes to see them united.
Race Gurram
2014
5.2Sita is a materialistic woman who only cares about materialistic gains and nothing else. MLA Basava Raju lusts for her and wants her to give him what she promised him for helping her. The villain of their tale is Ram, a man who’s way too innocent for his own good. How does Ram help Sita out of the fix she’s in forms the crux of the story.
Sita
2019
NRA top politician Nanaji a superstar Pedda Babu, and Indian cricket captain Nizamuddin and their die-hard fans/worshippers complex relationship
Genius
2012
6.4Prabha prepares to meet Nandini, his childhood friend, at a reunion party organised by his father. However, things take a turn when Nisha, a gangster's daughter, falls in love with him.
Darling
2010
7.0Based on the life of Paritala Ravindra, the film follows his life from just a college student to being a politician in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Rakht Charitra
2010
6.0Satya is given a different face after he suffers burn-related injuries. After being released from the hospital, he deals with the murderer of his lover Deepti. But his new face has given him new foes.
Yevadu
2014
6.8The son of a rich businessman struggles to save his father's wealth after his demise. However, he faces many challenges when he becomes the sole breadwinner of his family.
Son of Satyamurthy
2015
6.6Rishi Kumar is a billionaire and the CEO of Origins, someone who has always strived for the success he now owns. His friend Ravi needs help, how will he come through?
Maharshi
2019
4.2A betting teenager, Raj gets involved in a larger bet than he had imagined to earn 2 million rupees for his father's treatment. Will he be able to save his father?
Rachcha
2012
6.8To protect his father recovering from a coma, a relentless cop must pose as the political leader his father always envisioned while hunting the men who tried to kill him.
Dookudu
2011
3.7The film is centered around Azhaguraja (Karthi), his friend and adviser Kalyanam (Santhanam) who runs a little known TV channel. He falls head over heels for at first sight with Devi Priya (Kajal Aggarwal) daughter of a rich businessman and the rest of the story is how he wins her in the end.
All in All Azhagu Raja
2013
7.1An exuberant and evocative family drama, that primarily revolves around the close bond between two brothers with radically different personalities, highlighting the complex process of choosing an ideal life partner for each of them.
Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
2013
6.4An intelligent young man and a timid cop team up to catch a criminal who wants revenge after a foiled bank robbery.
Julayi
2012
6.6Goutham promises his grandfather that he will reunite him with his estranged daughter, Sunanda. Posing as a driver, Goutham enters Sunanda's house but trouble soon follows.
Atharintiki Daaredi
2013
6.5Senguttuvan and Elango are hired by a jewel smuggler to find a cursed treasure responsible for the death of many. Later, with the help of a priest, they summon three spirits to locate the treasure.
Maragadha Naanayam
2017
5.7Rishi (Ravi Teja) is an inspector in the Intelligence Bureau. His colleagues fondly call him 'Mirapakaay'. The chief of the IB, Narayana Murthy (Nagababu) gets information that Kittu Bhai (Prakash Raj), a mafia don, is trying to spread his tentacles in India and is targeting Delhi first. During the course of the investigation, ACP (Sanjay Swaroop) is killed by Shankar (Kota Srinivasa Rao), a local goon with the help of his son (Supreet). Murthy sends Rishi to Hyderabad and gets him admitted to a college as a Hindi lecturer as part of an undercover operation. Rishi meets Vinamra (Richa Gangopadhyay) at a temple & falls in love at first sight. Incidentally, she studies in the same college and in the same class to which Rishi teaches Hindi. Their love blossoms. At this juncture, Vaishali (Deeksha Seth), daughter of Kittu Bhai, joins the same college. Grabbing the opportunity, the IB chief asks Rishi to extract information about Kittu from Vaishali.
Mirapakay
2011
2000s · 17 titles
5.0Bommana Brothers are theives whose parents are also petty robbers. They fall in love with Chandana Sisters, who are the daughters of Chandana Mohan Rao, a big businessman. The elder one Mani Chandana runs an orphanage, while the younger one Siri Chandana is highly devotional. They are engaged, but the Bommana Brothers win their hearts by pretending to be a blind Maharastrian guy who donates everything he's asked for to impress Mani Chandana and Rama Chandra pretends to be a devout and pious man singing Ramadasu songs in a Temple by hiring junior artistes to swoon that impresses Siri Chandana. They get married after a huge ordeal. But a bank manager they robbed previously, the Chandana's hired help (Suman Shetty) and a bunch of others are after the Brothers or after their property and the adventures don't stop.
Bommana Brothers Chandana Sisters
2008
7.0A coming of age story of triangular romance between a boy and two girls that explores the twin emotions of true love and teenage infatuation in a boy who perpetually finds himself in complicated situations both at home and outside. Allari was released on 10 May 2002 and was a box office success. Naresh who became popular with this film, eventually prefixed the title Allari to his name. The film was remade in Tamil as Kurumbu.
Allari
2002
A rich jamindar marries a poor girl after falling in love with her. His family convinces the girl to leave, and lies to the jamindar that she stole their jewels and ran away. Eighteen years later, their daughter, Pinky, tries to bring her parents together.
Sundarakanda
2008
NRA rich widow, who has a mentally unstable son, wants an educated normal girl to marry her son. The girl accepts the proposal because she needs money to get her father operated but she is also hopeful that her husband will get normal one day.
Pellaindi Kaani
2007
2.0Vithal is a ruthless rowdy who hates woman but ends up falling for Kaveri. However, things take an ugly turn when her lover makes an entry.
Political Rowdy
2005
7.8A hitman, Nandu, is hired to stage the assassination of a politician. However, when the politician is actually killed and Nandu is framed for the murder, he assumes a dead man's identity to evade the law.
Athadu
2005
Ananthakrishnan, coming from a conservative and rich Brahmin family, falls in love at first sight with Dhanam, a beautiful prostitute. Soon Ananthu proposes to her and she says that she will marry him if his family accepts her knowing her past. Cunning astrologer of Ananthu's family is lusting after her & plots his own agenda with Dhanam using this.
Dhanam
2008
5.5Section Sankar, a notorious criminal, frames ACP Bose in a bank employee's murder. Chandu, Bose's brother steps in to solve the case, save his brother and punish Sankar.
Lakshyam
2007
6.5Simhadri, a loyal servant in a landlord's house, leads a secret life as Singamalai, a powerful leader in the state of Kerala.
Simhadri
2003
6.2Chinni, a singer who is mesmerised by Indu's singing, is just out of prison. However, in a fatal accident, Indu loses her eyesight and Chinni takes care of her.
Nuvvu Vasthavani
2000
An astrologer claims that Sriram's wife will die during childbirth so he decides to remain a bachelor but his family get him married to Sruthi who then gets pregnant. Will she survive the pregnancy?
Veedekkadi Mogudandi...!
2001
6.0A brave man decides to kidnap his friend's beloved from a forced marriage, but ends up abducting the wrong bride. Ironically, the bride he kidnapped is ecstatic because she was already planning an escape. On the run, they fall in love, but in order to get married, they must convince their families.
Ready
2008
NRA social worker turns don: plausible emotions, briskly paced narrative and slick photography. Upendra plays Sidaapaaji, or Masti, a character inspired by a real-life ’60s Bangalore mafia don. In spite of his turn towards violent crime, Masthi has a softer side, and loves a girl (Jennifer) whom he rescues from a forced marriage. Will she be able to steer him away from the world of vice?
Masti
2007
6.9Subhash Nagre runs a parallel government in the city where he has a cult following. When his enemies plot to murder him, his son takes charge and stands up against them.
Sarkar
2005
7.0Sivaji and his family are uprooted from their community in Sri Lanka and wind up as bonded labourers in Vishakhapatnam. Like his legendary namesake, he rises up to become the saviour of the oppressed.
Chatrapathi
2005
6.1Sivagiri, a blacksmith from a village, visits Chennai to meet his sister and her husband. When he sees the city is not a safe residence for commoners, he takes the matter into his own hands.
Thirupaachi
2005
An ordinary man who manages workers at a construction site notices his people are being exploited by evil contractors and ministers. He decides to take on and punish the corrupt.
Mestri
2005
1990s · 14 titles
No synopsis available yet.
Pichi Pullayya
1991
8.0The film shows how male chauvinists can destroy a female's life.
Aame
1994
6.9Bhanu, an illiterate man, hits rock-bottom when his father rejects him and his girlfriend refuses to marry him. Fortunately, his salvation arrives in the form of Swapna, a woman from the city.
Suryavamsham
1998
NRGopi, who hates to work for anyone, opens up a watch repair shop in his hometown. He falls in love with a village girl, Anjali, but her family's past threatens to hinder his love story.
Pelli Peetalu
1998
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Babai Hotel
1992
No synopsis available yet.
Athiradhudu
1991
The film is an unofficial remake of Tamil film Ullathai Allitha, which itself is influenced by the Hindi film Andaz Apna Apna.
Veedevadandi Babu
1997
NRWhen a man's daughter is taken hostage, he is forced to assassinate a minister to save her life.
Paape Naa Pranam
1998
Two crooks, Raja and Babu, who get released from jail, decide to help an innocent prisoner, who is falsely accused in a murder. In the process, both discover secrets about their childhood.
Guru Sishyulu
1990
9.0Pratap and Priya are rivals at work and single parents. As they become neighbours, they start helping each other out. The arrival of their former spouses wreaks havoc in their lives.
Maavidakulu
1998
NRThe film follows a poor graduate who pretends to be a Brahmin to earn money for his mother's surgery, only to complicate his life by falling in love.
Adirindi Alludu
1996
6.4Fed up of a male-dominated society, a woman approaches a yogini who has prepared a herb that will make men behave like women. After a series of bizarre incidents, a police officer investigates.
Jambalakidi Pamba
1993
5.1A man claims to be the long-lost brother of three sisters, returning to help improve their lives. His true identity, and the intention behind his scheme, is revealed in a Rayalaseema-set flashback.
Samarasimha Reddy
1999
5.0This is a story of two brothers who love each other a lot. The rivalry between the families of Sitaiah and Basava Raju leads to the death of Sitaiah and Ramaraju taking his revenge
Seetharama Raju
1999


