
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Actor · 1944 – 2025 · Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India
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), *Leader* (2010), *Rakta Charitra* (2010), *Dookudu* (2011), *Attarintiki Daredi* (2013), and *S/O Satyamurthy* (2015). His other-language film roles included the antagonist in the Tamil film *Saamy* (2003) and a role in the Hindi film *Sarkar* (2005). He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Vijayawada East from 1999 to 2004 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Over a career spanning nearly five decades and more than 750 films, Kota received nine Nandi Awards in the Best Villain, Best Character Actor, and Best Supporting Actor categories. In 2015, he was awarded the Padma Shri. He died in Hyderabad on 13 July 2025, aged 83. His final on-screen appearance was in the period film *Hari Hara Veera Mallu* (2025).
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Movie2.0ActionVithal is a ruthless rowdy who hates woman but ends up falling for Kaveri. However, things take an ugly turn when her lover makes an entry.
MovieThrillerWhen a man's daughter is taken hostage, he is forced to assassinate a minister to save her life.
Movie6.1ActionAdventureSet in the 1650s Mughal Era, Veera Mallu, a Robin Hood-like outlaw with secret motives is hired to steal the Koh-i-Noor from Aurangzeb’s palace. He is joined by a crew of misfits, each talented in their own way, to complete the mission.
Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit
హరి హర వీర మల్లు: భాగం 1 – Sword vs Spirit
2025 · 8 votes
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An astrologer claims that Sriram's wife will die during childbirth so he decides to remain a bachelor but his family get him married to Sruthi who then gets pregnant. Will she survive the pregnancy?
Movie5.2ActionDramaSrimannarayana is a college professor with a penchant for beating up wrong doers. His life is turned upside down when he learns of his family's violent past, and how it intertwines with his present.
MovieRomanceComedyA rich widow, who has a mentally unstable son, wants an educated normal girl to marry her son. The girl accepts the proposal because she needs money to get her father operated but she is also hopeful that her husband will get normal one day.
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Two crooks, Raja and Babu, who get released from jail, decide to help an innocent prisoner, who is falsely accused in a murder. In the process, both discover secrets about their childhood.
Movie5.7DramaBig Boss is a action oreinted movie in which, Surendra (Chiranjeevi) landing in a town for a job. He witnesses rivalry between two mafia gangs at that place. After a fight with a street goon, he is recognized by one gang and encouraged to become a don. He rents a room in Madhavi
MovieA top politician Nanaji a superstar Pedda Babu, and Indian cricket captain Nizamuddin and their die-hard fans/worshippers complex relationship
Genius
2012
- MovieDrama
Ananthakrishnan, coming from a conservative and rich Brahmin family, falls in love at first sight with Dhanam, a beautiful prostitute. Soon Ananthu proposes to her and she says that she will marry him if his family accepts her knowing her past. Cunning astrologer of Ananthu's family is lusting after her & plots his own agenda with Dhanam using this.
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The biographical devotional film Sri Ramanujar, directed by Ravi V Chander and produced by Hyagreeva Cine Arts, details the life of the 11th-century philosopher and social reformer Swami Ramanujacharya
Sri Ramanujar
ஸ்ரீ ராமானுஜர்
MovieRomanceDramaRamudu, an orphan raised by Taraka, who discovers he is the son of a wealthy man named Gajapathi. He faces conspiracies from his stepmother and her brother, who seek to seize his inheritance, but is rescued by Taraka.
Taraka Ramudu
1997
Movie9.0ActionDramaAfter a lawyer's wife is humiliated by a gangster in public, and he is unable to save her, she goes on to fight against corruption in politics
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An ordinary man who manages workers at a construction site notices his people are being exploited by evil contractors and ministers. He decides to take on and punish the corrupt.
MovieActionDramaA social worker turns don: plausible emotions, briskly paced narrative and slick photography. Upendra plays Sidaapaaji, or Masti, a character inspired by a real-life ’60s Bangalore mafia don. In spite of his turn towards violent crime, Masthi has a softer side, and loves a girl (Jennifer) whom he rescues from a forced marriage. Will she be able to steer him away from the world of vice?
Masti
2007
Movie5.7ActionComedyRishi (Ravi Teja) is an inspector in the Intelligence Bureau. His colleagues fondly call him 'Mirapakaay'. The chief of the IB, Narayana Murthy (Nagababu) gets information that Kittu Bhai (Prakash Raj), a mafia don, is trying to spread his tentacles in India and is targeting Delhi first. During the course of the investigation, ACP (Sanjay Swaroop) is killed by Shankar (Kota Srinivasa Rao), a local goon with the help of his son (Supreet). Murthy sends Rishi to Hyderabad and gets him admitted to a college as a Hindi lecturer as part of an undercover operation. Rishi meets Vinamra (Richa Gangopadhyay) at a temple & falls in love at first sight. Incidentally, she studies in the same college and in the same class to which Rishi teaches Hindi. Their love blossoms. At this juncture, Vaishali (Deeksha Seth), daughter of Kittu Bhai, joins the same college. Grabbing the opportunity, the IB chief asks Rishi to extract information about Kittu from Vaishali.
Mirapakay
2011 · 19 votes
Movie6.7ComedyRomanceA coming of age story of triangular romance between a boy and two girls that explores the twin emotions of true love and teenage infatuation in a boy who perpetually finds himself in complicated situations both at home and outside. Allari was released on 10 May 2002 and was a box office success. Naresh who became popular with this film, eventually prefixed the title Allari to his name. The film was remade in Tamil as Kurumbu.
MovieFamily
Movie8.0DramaRomancePrashanth and Divya get married without informing anyone. Divya's father tries to make their life hell.
Movie6.3ActionThrillerRonny is a rebellious man, who falls in love with Sia but circumstances separate them. Years later, Ronny learns that Sia is abducted by a martial arts champion, Raghav.
MovieDramaWhen Madhu neglects his son while dealing with his wife's demise, Sneha enters his life as his son's nanny. Though she falls for Madhu, her half-brother, Banerjee, has other plans for them.
Priyaraagalu
1997
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Parasuram gets a heart attack when his own student, who wins the taekwondo championship, insults him. His daughter Laxmi then trains an athlete, Bhadrachalam, to win the championship.
Bhadrachalam
2001
Movie7.0DramaActionSivaji and his family are uprooted from their community in Sri Lanka and wind up as bonded labourers in Vishakhapatnam. Like his legendary namesake, he rises up to become the saviour of the oppressed.
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Series1
TVComedyCrimeHigh expectations of the buyers turn upside down when "Maya Bazaar", a gated community’s brand ambassador – a celebrity actor Abhijeet - falls dead from the terrace of the clubhouse on the inauguration day. On the same day, the residents also come to know that the entire property is illegal and their hope for a peaceful life comes to a standstill when the government declares the construction illegal.