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Veteran actor Kota Srinivasa Rao passed away on Sunday following a prolonged illness. He was 83.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The actor, who had once served as a BJP MLA, passed away at his residence in Filmnagar here early Sunday. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.<\/p>\n
He had been battling age-related health issues for the last few days. His photograph, recently shared by producer Bandla Ganesh on social media, had shocked the fans.<\/p>\n
In a career spanning over four decades, he acted in more than 750 films in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada languages.<\/p>\n
Known for a unique voice and dialogue delivery, he played a variety of roles, mainly villain and comedian.<\/p>\n
Born in Kanakipadu of Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh on July 10, 1942, Kota Srinivasa Rao was a stage artist before making his debut as an actor in 1978 with \u2018Pranam Khareedu\u2019 starring Chiranjeevi in the lead.<\/p>\n
In the initial phase of his career, he played characters and comic roles and went on to establish himself as a villain with \u2018Pratighatana\u2019 (1985).<\/p>\n
He is seen as an actor who redefined the antagonist on the screen. He was popular for speaking Telugu in different dialects flawlessly.<\/p>\n
Kota Srinivasa Rao acted with top Tollywood actors, including superstar Krishna, Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu and Pawan Kalyan.<\/p>\n
‘Aha! Naa Pellanta’, ‘Yamudiki Mogudu’, ‘Khaidi No. 786’, ‘Shiva’, ‘Bobbili Raja’, ‘Yamaleela’, ‘Bommarillu’, ‘Santosham’, ‘Athadu’ and ‘Race Gurram’ were some of the films which brought him fame.<\/p>\n
Srinivasa Rao acted in about 60 films with popular comedian Babu Mohan. At one time, the pair was considered a guarantee for a film\u2019s success.<\/p>\n
Srinivasa Rao was also a recipient of several awards, including the Padma Shri and Nandi Awards. In 2015, he was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema.<\/p>\n
The actor also served as a BJP MLA from Vijayawada East Assembly constituency from 1999 to 2004.<\/p>\n
He had lost his only son, Kota Venkata Anjaneya Prasad, in a road accident in Hyderabad in 2010.<\/p>\n
Leading film personalities and political leaders in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have condoled Srinivasa Rao\u2019s death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran actor Kota Srinivasa Rao passed away on Sunday following a prolonged illness. He was 83.\u00a0 The actor,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":61838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[171,44412,44413,53,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-61837","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-kota-srinivasa-rao","10":"tag-kota-srinivasa-rao-passes-away","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114845115055566306","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}