Known For: Indian actor, politician (born 1942)
Category: Actors
Occupation: actor, politician
Country: India
City: Vijayawada
Date of Birth: Friday, 10 July 1942
Language Telugu, Hindi
Kota Srinivasa Rao is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has served as the MLA from Vijayawada East in Andhra Pradesh, India from 1999 to 2004. He made his debut with the Telugu film Pranam Khareedu in 1978. He starred in over 750 feature films. He has received nine state Nandi Awards in various categories of villain, character actor, and supporting actor. In 2012, he has garnered the SIIMA Award for his work in Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum. In 2015, he received India's fourth highest civilian honour Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema.
| BirthPlace | Vijayawada |
| Awards | Q382780, Q30132541 |
| Wikipedia | Kota_Srinivasa_Rao |
