Kota Srinivasa Rao is an Indian actor and former politician. He served as a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2004. He has appeared in more than 750 films in various languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
Wiki/Biography
Kota Srinivasa Rao was born on Thursday, July 10, 1947 in Kanchipadu, Madras District, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India) (age 75 ; as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Cancer. After completing his education in Andhra Pradesh, he pursued B.Sc. During college, he participated in many dramas.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 9″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: dark brown
family
Kota Srinivasa Rao was born into a Telugu Brahmin family in Andhra Pradesh.
Parents and siblings
His father Seetha Rama Anjaneyulu is a doctor. His younger brother Kota Sankara Rao is an actor and banker.
Srinivasa Rao and brother Kota Sankara Rao
His brother Kota Narasimha Rao (late) was an artist. He has four sisters. The name of one of his sisters is Annapurna.
Photos of Kota Narsimha Rao
Kota Srinivasa Rao with his younger siblings
wife and children
His wife’s name is Rukmani Rao. His son Kota Venkata Anjaneya Prasad, an actor, died on June 20, 2010 after an accident in Hyderabad. He has two daughters, Pavani Srinivasa Rao and Pallavi Srinivasa Rao.
Kota Srinivasa Rao pictured with his son
Pavani, daughter of Kota Srinivasa Rao
religion
Kota Srinivasa Rao follows Hinduism.
address
The residential address of Kota Srinivasa Rao is House number 10-D, Road No. 8, Film Nagar, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana – 500096.
Profession
banker
After completing his formal education, Kota Srinivasa Rao joined the State Bank of India in Andhra Pradesh. However, he left the bank after working there for a few years to pursue a career in acting.
actor
telugu
Kota Srinivasa Rao made her debut in the Telugu film industry in 1978 with the film Pranam Khareedu.
In 1985, he played a politician named Yadagiri in the film Pratighatana and won the Nandi Award for his performance. He played a villain named Guru Narayan in the 1993 film Gaayam.
Kota Srinivasa Rao in a still from the movie Gaayam
In 1994, he won the award for the movie “Tilp”. He won the Nandi Award for his role as Major Harishchandra Prasad in the 1996 film “Little Soldier”. He played Health Minister Samba Sivudu in the 1998 film Ganesh. In 2001, he played a villain role in the movie “Chinna”, for which he won the Nandi Award. In the same year, he played the role of Samba Sivam aka Leakage Sambayya in the movie Student No: 1. In 2002, he played the role of Narayana in the film Prudhvi Narayana, for which he won the Nandi Award. In 2004, he played the role of Kotayya in the movie “Aa Naluguru” and won the Nandi Award.
Kota Srinivasa Rao’s Aa Naluguru stills
He played a character named Veeraraju in the 2006 film Pellaina Kothalo. He played a villain named Mallesh Goud in the 2011 film Dookudu. He won the award for his role as Subrahmanyam in the 2012 film Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum.
Srinivasa in Krishnan Vande Jagakurum stills
In 2017, he acted in several films including “Balakrishnudu”, “Jawaan” and “Gunturodu”. In 2019, he played Oori Pedda in the movie “Oorantha Anukuntunnaru”.
tamil
Kota Srinivasa Rao made his debut in the Tamil film industry with the 2003 film Saamy, in which he played the role of Perumal Pichai ) villain.
Kota Srinivasa Rao in a still from the movie Saamy
In 2004, he appeared in several Tamil films including “Aai”, “Jaisurya” and “Jore”. In 2010, he played the role of Ayyanarappan in the movie Kanagavel Kaaka. In 2014, he appeared in several Tamil films, including “Malini 22 Palayamkottai”, “Damaal Dumeel” and “Aranmanai”. In 2018, he guest-starred as Ilaiya Perumal (Perumal Pichai) in Saamy 2.
Kota in Saamy 2 stills
Malayalam
In 2011, he played a character named Yogesh Thivari in the movie “Train”.
kannada
In 2003, he bagged a role in Raktha Kanneeru. He played the role of Pampathy in the 2005 film Namma Basava. In 2023, he appeared in “Kabzaa”.
Dakini
In 2006, Srinivasa Rao starred in Hyderabad Nawabs, a Hyderabadi comedy film.
Hindi
He bagged a role in the 1987 film Pratighaat. In 2005, he played a character named Selver Mani in the film Sarkar, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan. In 2009, he played a role in “Ek: The Power of One”. He played the role of Rajidi Nagamani Reddy in the 2010 film series Rakta Charitra. In the 2016 film Baaghi, he played the role of Dasanna, co-starring Tiger Shroff.
Voice actor
Apart from acting, Kota Srinivasa Rao also lent his voice to several Tamil films such as Telugu Gentleman (1993), Oke Okkadu (1999), Priyaralu Pilichindi (2000), “Majaa” (2005) and “Sivaji: The Boss” (2007).
politician
While pursuing an acting career, Kota Srinivasa Rao joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He contested the 1999 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party from the Vijayawada East constituency. In the election, he defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ilapuram Venkaiah by a margin of 6,076 votes. Despite winning the 1999 elections, the BJP did not give him a ticket to contest the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections as many senior BJP leaders opposed him getting a ticket as he rarely visited his constituency . Talking about the matter, a senior BJP leader said,
In the past four years, Mr. Srinivasa Rao has not spent much time in the constituency and has spent most of his time in Hyderabad. So we need someone who understands local issues and is ready to serve people. “
Thereafter, he retired from politics.
dispute
Mocking Anasuya’s outfit
In October 2021, Kota Srinivasa Rao was asked to give her opinion on the Telugu comedy show Jabardasth during an interview on her YouTube channel. While expressing his views on the show, Kota took aim at the show’s host Anasuya Bharadwaj saying that he didn’t like the way she dressed on the show. He further said that the audience would still like her if she wore a saree. Talking about this, he said,
what is inside? Anasuya Garu is right there, she is a good actor, a good dancer, has a good personality and good expressive skills and so on. But when you look at her in that show, the way she dresses, I don’t like the way she dresses. She is beautiful, otherwise the audience would take a second look at her. She can be so normal that even if she wears a saree, the audience will look at it. Roja (judge) is also on the same show, right? [the audience] Didn’t you see her wearing a sari? “
Following the remarks, Anasuya took to Twitter to express her displeasure and indirectly slammed Cota’s remarks, saying he “glorified drinking, wearing shabby clothes, and abusing and humiliating women on screen.”
—Anasuya Bharadwaj (@anusuyakhasba) October 18, 2021
Make unfounded comments
Kota Srinivasa Rao has often courted controversy for making unwelcome comments about South Indian actors. In May 2022, he said in an interview that he did not see any potential in Ram Charan and that he became an actor only because of his father Chiranjeevi. Talking about this, he said,
Charan is ranked behind Jr NTR, Mahesh Babu and Allu Arjun. Since he is the son of superstar Chiranjeevi, he has reached this level. “
Later, when Kota was asked about Chiranjeevi’s promise to build a hospital for the needy, Kota questioned Chiranjeevi’s intentions and claimed that Chiranjeevi never donated money to poor South Indian film artists Don’t pay them any money and don’t support them in any way. Kota further said Chiranjeevi was building a hospital to boost his image among the public. Talking about this, he said in an interview,
Who will go to that hospital? He should first help those poor artists find some jobs, and then he can go to the hospital by himself. There are budding and veteran actors who ruin their careers because they don’t have proper jobs and indulge in bad habits due to lack of income. He never gave any film workers a penny in his life. Why did Chiranjeevi suddenly want to become famous by building hospitals? “
Awards
civilian honor
- Padma Shri(2015)
Photo of Kota Srinivasa Rao receiving Padma Shri from President Pranab Mukherjee
Nandi Award
- Special Jury Prize – Pratighatana (1985)
- Best Villain – Gaayam (1993)
- Best Villain – Terp (1994)
- Best Actor – Little Soldier (1996)
- Best Villain – Ganesh (1998)
- Best Villain – Chinna (2000)
- Best Supporting Actor – Prudevi Narayana (2002)
- Best Actor – Aa Naluguru (2004)
- Best Supporting Actor – Pellaina Kothalo (2006)
Kota Srinivasa Rao winning photos
sima award
- South Indian International Film Awards – Best Supporting Actor – Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012)
Other honors
- Allu Ramalingaya Praskaram
Facts/Trivia
- In an interview, he revealed that he wanted to become a doctor.
- Kota Srinivasa Rao used to drink alcoholic beverages. According to multiple sources, he came to the movie set drunk on several occasions. He said in an interview that he used to drink alcohol before going to the set only with permission from the film director.
- In 2023, fake news about Kota Srinivasa Rao’s death began circulating on social media, claiming that Kota Srinivasa Rao was at sea Killed in a traffic accident in Deraba. However, Cota issued a statement to the public denying the news of his death and urging his fans not to believe such news. Talking about this, he said in an interview,
I was busy preparing for the Ugadi festival tomorrow when I got a series of calls and 10 policemen came to my residence for security. “
Tragically, veteran actor Kota Srinivasa Rao was forced to release a video statement condemning social media rumors surrounding his death. Long live Kota Srinivasa Rao Garu. pic.twitter.com/zzF8CXDUPd
— P Pavan (@PavanJourno) March 21, 2023
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