Rao Ramesh is a popular South Indian actor who plays mostly supporting roles in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil films. Apart from films, he has also acted in a few Telugu dramas and TV series.
Wiki/Biography
Rao Ramesh was born on Saturday, May 25, 1968, in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh (age 53 as of 2021) and grew up in Chennai. His zodiac sign is Gemini. He attended Sri Ramakrishna Mission School in T. Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He pursued a bachelor’s degree in commerce from a college in Chennai and later took up a course in mass communication. He then took a course in still photography. He also applied to the live-action animation program at the California Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, but his parents did not allow him to continue his studies.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′11″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
His father, Rao Gopal Rao, was a famous South Indian actor born in the Rajasthan dynasty. His mother Kamala Kumari belonged to a family of Carnatic musicians and she was a Harikatha advocate and philosopher.
Rao Ramesh’s parents
His brother Rao Kranthi Kumar works as a senior systems analyst at a software company in Tampa, USA. His sister’s name was Sita Devi.
wife and children
Rao Ramesh is married and has a son and a daughter.
Rao Ramesh and wife
Profession
telugu
He was supposed to make his debut in a TV series directed by South Indian director Ghantasala Ratna Kumar around 2001 or 2002, but the project was shelved. Later, he appeared in some Telugu television serials such as “Pavithra Bandham” and “Kalavari Kodalu”. In 2002, he made his acting debut in the Telugu film Seema Simham, in which he played Hema’s brother. He has played important roles in many Telugu films such as “Avakai Biryani” (2008), “Magadheera” (2009), “Attarintiki Daredi” (2013), “S/O Satyamurthy” (2014), “A Aa” (2016)), “RX100” (2018) and “Jersey” (2019).
Ramesh Rao as Attarintiki Daredi
As of 2021, he is shooting for Telugu films Bheemla Nayak, Bangarraju and Anni Manchi Sakunamule.
tamil
He made his acting debut in the Tamil film Kadhalna Summa Illai (2009), playing a Dalit character. He subsequently appeared in Tamil films including “Easan” (2010), “Saagasam” (2016) and “Jai Bhim” (2021).
Rao Ramesh as Jai Bhim
kannada
Ramesh Rao has also acted in Kannada films like Jaguar (2016) and KGF: Chapter 2 (2022).
Rao Ramesh, Jaguar (2016)
Facts/Trivia
- When he was in 12th grade, he wanted to drop out of school and study still photography. He went to the British Library and the American Library to study photography books. There he spent hours reading and one of his favorite books was Kavitha Naa Chirunama by C. Narayana Reddy.
- In an interview, he recalled his struggling years and said:
I joined KS Prakasa Rao (brother of K Raghavendra Rao) as an assistant. But out of respect for my father, he didn’t do anything trivial. During that time, cinematographer VSR Swamy encouraged me and sent me to one of his friends in Bangalore. It was there that I learned about industrial photography. They use Cinar cameras, which cost around Rs 16 lakh each. I also applied to the live action and animation program at the California Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. But my parents wanted no part of it. “
He further added,
It was suggested that I make a movie and I tried working with a popular director, but I lost money as the movie never got off the ground. I also started a mushroom business in Chennai but it didn’t work out. My mother suggested that I try acting. Since I respected her words, I decided to try acting and moved to Hyderabad. Then I called writer-actor Omkar. He promised me a role in his serial and the next day, I got a call from Balaji Telefilms mentioning his recommendation. I did a TV serial Sudigundali and acted in almost 50 episodes and was paid Rs 7,500, all of which I donated to the staff at home. “
- In 1994, he wanted to go to the United States to study photography and animation, but he canceled his plans due to the death of his father in the same year.
- In an interview, when asked if he had any regrets about his father, he replied:
Yes. I should spend more time with him. I will never have more than one conversation with him in my life. When he’s at home, he’s like a tiger. I wish I could interact with him more and share a lot of joy with him like many of my friends used to do with their respective parents. “
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