Raavi Kondala Rao

About Raavi Kondala Rao

Raavi Kondala Rao is an actor, screenwriter working in Telugu cinema. Clapnumber holds 38 titles for Raavi Kondala Rao, from Ramudu Bheemudu in 1964 to Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu in 2019. By decade, that is 7 in the 1960s, 10 in the 1970s, 8 in the 1980s, 8 in the 1990s, 4 in the 2000s and 1 in the 2010s. Those titles are mostly drama, comedy and biography.

Biography

Raavi Kondala Rao (11 February 1932 – 28 July 2020) was an Indian actor, screenwriter, playwright, and journalist who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acted in over 400 films. He won Nandi Award for Best Story Writer for Pelli Pusthakam (1991) and won Nandi Award for Best Book on Telugu Cinema for Black and White. He made his film debut with Sobha in 1958 as an actor. Preminchi Choodu (1964) won him recognition as an actor. He is known for his collaborations with Bapu-Ramana. He worked as a writer for notable films like Brundavanam (1992), Bhairava Dweepam (1994), Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam (1996). Besides films, he worked as an editor, writer and columnist for English and Telugu newspapers and magazines. He worked as the associate editor for the then popular film magazine Vijaya Chitra from 1966 to 1990. Later, he joined Chandamama Vijaya production house as a writer and executive producer.