Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao

Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao shortly K. Raghavendra (born 23 May 1942) is a renowned director. He is one of the most commercially successful directors of Telugu cinema, and many believe that his contribution has been instrumental to the success of Telugu cinema. As of 2006, Raghavendra Rao has directed 103 films. His most recent Sri Ramadasu was a major success in India as well as other countries like US.He was instrumental in elevating many actors' career, image, and box-office potential. He also showed his prowess in Hindi by directing run-of-the mill storied movies like Himmatwala and Tofah.

He also made feminine oriented films like Jyoti, Aame Katha and Kalpana and devotional films such as Annamayya, Sri Manjunatha, Sri Ramadasu and Pandurangadu.

His film Pelli Sandadi has become one of the biggest musical hits of Telugu cinema. He also won the best choreographer Nandi Award for his dance direction in that film. Rao is responsible for boosting the careers of actresses such as Vijayashanti, Radha, Ramya Krishna, Raadhika, Rambha, and Ravali.

He is instrumental in giving a boost to many actors and actreses. He is also noted for his unique style of taking songs. He is the director who commercialised the Telugu cinema in a big way.

He was awarded B.N.Reddy National Award for 2009 for his contribution to the Telugu film Industry

Filmography

1970s

1975 Babu<br />1976 Jyothi<br />1976 Raja<br />1977 Aame Katha<br />1977 Amaradeepam<br />1977 Prema...
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