Kota Srinivasa Rao

Kota Srinivasa Rao

Known for

Acting

Born

July 10, 1944

Birthplace

Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Died

July 13, 2025 (aged 81)

Biography

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...

Best known work

Baaghi
Baaghi
2016
Sarkar
Sarkar
2005
Athadu
Athadu
2005
Yevadu
Yevadu
2014
Race Gurram
Race Gurram
2014
Khaleja
Khaleja
2010
Son of Satyamurthy
Son of Satyamurthy
2015
Ko
Ko
2011
Dookudu
Dookudu
2011
Julayi
Julayi
2012

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Sri Ramanujar
  2. 2025

    Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit

    as Peddha Dora

  3. 2023

    Maya Bazaar - For SaleTV

    as Father In Law (7 episodes)

  4. 2023

  5. 2023

  6. 2023

  7. 2022

    Hero

    as Arjun's Father

  8. 2021

  9. 2021

  10. 2021

  11. 2020

    Narthanasala

    as Virata Raju

  12. 2019

  13. 2019

  14. 2019

  15. 2019

    Maharshi

    as Pooja's maternal grandfather

  16. 2018

    Saamy²

    as Ilaiya Perumal (Perumal Pichai)

  17. 2018

  18. 2018

  19. 2018

  20. 2017

    Jawaan

    as Babaayi

  21. 2017

  22. 2017

    Maragadha Naanayam

    as Astrologer

  23. 2017

    Radha

    as Chief minister

  24. 2017

    Gunturodu

    as M.L.A.Koteswara Rao

  25. 2016

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