T. Rama Rao
Indian filmmaker
Tatineni Rama Rao (29 May 1938 – 20 April 2022) was an Indian filmmaker. He directed 75 Hindi and Telugu feature films between 1966 and 2000.
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.
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..."
He was the father of successful film producer T. Ajay Kumar.
Filmography
Director
Producer
Note: for other films, see Atluri Purnachandra Rao.
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