Rao Ramesh
| Rao Ramesh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India[1] |
| Occupation | Actor/Director |
| Parent(s) |
Rao Gopal Rao Kamala Kumari |
| Relatives |
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Rao Ramesh (born, Rao Ramesh Rao) is an Indian actor and the son of Tollywood actor Rao Gopal Rao.
Early life
Rao Ramesh was born in Srikakulam and brought up in Chennai. He completed his B. Com in Chennai. He wanted to drop out of school in his +2. He got interested in still photography during that time and used to go to British library & American library to study books on photography.[1]
Career
Rao joined KS Prakasa Rao (Son of K. Raghavendra Rao) as an assistant. But Rao was not provided with any petty work because of the respect Prakasa Rao carries for his father. During that time cinematographer VSR Swamy encouraged and sent him to a friend of his at Bangalore. He learnt about industrial photography over there. They used Sinar cameras which costs around 1.6 million each. He also applied for a course in live action and animation in The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, California. But his parents did not want Rao to pursue it.[1]
Later he penned a couple of stories and wanted to direct films. But his mother encouraged him to pursue acting like his father. Initially he was reluctant about acting but his mother convinced him. Ghantasala Ratna Kumar was doing TV serials and he made Rao act in one such serial. The opening shot was about getting intimate with a girl and he was all nervous. That serial was stalled in the middle.[1]
Then he got an offer to act as the brother of Simran in Bala Krishna's Seema Simham. It was a small and passive character without a dialogue. Afterwards he couldn't get many offers. Then he was back in Chennai and started acting in serials like Pavitra Bandham, Kalavari Kodalu etc. He worked on TV serials for over 4 and half years.[1]
Breakthrough
Bibo Srinivas, Murali Srinivas and Panguluri Srinivas were his classmates in Chennai. Director Krish is the brother-in-law of Bibo Srinivas. As Rao was an avid reader of poetry and very fond of C. Narayana Reddy's work Kavitha Naa Chirunama, Krish made him narrate some poetry. He liked the ferocity in Rao's narration and promised him a role in his film. It took over three years to start Krish's Gamyam.[1]
He appeared in the 2010 Kollywood film Easan directed by M. Sasikumar.
Personal life
Rao is married and has two kids – a son and a daughter.[1]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Co-actors | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Seema Simham | Hema's brother | Nandamuri Balakrishna, Simran Bagga | G.Ram Prasad | – |
| 2007 | Okkadunnadu | Cameo | Gopichand | Chandra Sekhar Yeleti | – |
| 2008 | Kotha Bangaru Lokam | Lecturer | Varun Sandesh, Shweta Prasad | Srikanth Addala | – |
| 2008 | Avakai Biryani | Masterji | Kamal Kamaraju | Anish Kuruvilla | – |
| 2008 | Dongala bandi | – | Allari Naresh | Vegasena Satish | – |
| 2008 | Gamyam | Reformed Naxalite | Allari Naresh, Sharwanand | Krish (director) | – |
| 2009 | Kick | Naina's Uncle | Ravi Teja, Ileana D'Cruz | Surender Reddy | – |
| 2009 | Magadheera | Ghora | Ram Charan Teja, Kajal Agarwal | S. S. Rajamouli | – |
| 2009 | Jallu | – | Jayanth, Prerana | VV Narayana | – |
| 2009 | Villagelo Vinayakudu | Kavya's father | Krishnudu, Saranya Mohan, Yandamuri Veerendranath | Sai Kiran Adivi | |
| 2009 | Edukondalavada venkataramana andaru bagundali | – | Sunil, Navaneet Kaur | Surya Injamuri | – |
| 2009 | Adugu | Subbaraju | Suman, | Veeraprasad neelam | – |
| 2010 | Chalaki | – | Aditya Babu, Roma | K. Madesh | – |
| 2010 | Inkosari | – | Raja Abel, Manjari Phadnis, Gollapudi Maruti Rao | Suman Pathuri | – |
| 2010 | Vesavi selavallo | – | Kanti, Siddhi | Chandu | – |
| 2010 | Shambo Shiva Shambo | Karunakar's friend | Ravi Teja, Allari naresh | Samuthirakani | – |
| 2010 | Aakasa Ramanna | Inspector Ali | Allari naresh, Rajiv Kanakala, Sivaji (Telugu actor) | G. Ashok | – |
| 2010 | Leader | Arjun's uncle | Rana Daggubati, Subbaraju | Sekhar Kammula | – |
| 2010 | Sye Aata | – | Charmy Kaur, Kota Srinivasa Rao | KRK Pawan | – |
| 2010 | Maryada Ramanna | comeo | Sunil, Nagineedu | S. S. Rajamouli | – |
| 2010 | Khaleja | Village head | Mahesh Babu, Anushka Shetty | Trivikram Srinivas | – |
| 2010 | Easan | Neethirajan | Samuthirakani, Vaibhav | M. Sasikumar | Tamil |
| 2010 | Mirapakay | Kumar | Ravi Teja, Surekha Vani | Harish Shankar | – |
| 2011 | Chattam | – | Jagapathi Babu, Vimala Raman | Arun Prasad P.A. | – |
| 2011 | Gangaputrulu | Chief of TV channel | Subbaraju, Gayatri Rao | Sunil Kumar Reddy | – |
| 2011 | Babloo | – | Monotej, Aditi Sharma | C Raviccharan Reddy | – |
| 2011 | Amayakudu | – | Krishnudu, Ananya | Bharati Ganesh | – |
| 2011 | Akasame haddu | – | Navdeep, Rajeev Saluri | Ravi Charan Meripo | – |
| 2011 | Badrinath | – | Allu Arjun, Tamannaah Bhatia | V. V. Vinayak | – |
| 2011 | Pilla Zamindar | Rajanna | Nani, Haripriya | G. Ashok | – |
| 2012 | All the Best | – | J. D. Chakravarthy | J. D. Chakravarthy | – |
| 2012 | Gabbar Singh (film) | Minister | Pawan Kalyan, Shruti Hassan | Harish Shankar | – |
| 2012 | Julai | ACP Raja manikyam | Allu Arjun, Ileana D'Cruz | Trivikram Srinivas | – |
| 2012 | Srimannarayana | Martanda Rao | Nandamuri Balakrishna | Ravi Chavali | – |
| 2012 | Bus Stop | – | Prince, Sridivya | Maruthi | – |
| 2013 | Kaali Charan | – | Chaitanya Krishna, Chandni, Nagineedu | Sri Prawin | – |
| 2013 | Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu | Geeta's Father | Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu | Srikanth Addala | – |
| 2013 | Priyathama Neevachata Kushalama | Keerti's Father | Varun Sandesh, Subhalekha Sudhakar | Trinadha Rao Nakkina | – |
| 2013 | Om Sairam | – | Kota Srinivasa Rao, Nassar | Srinivas | – |
| 2013 | Sukumarudu | SVR | Aadi, Nisha Agarwal | G. Ashok | – |
| 2013 | Dairy Milk | – | Vissu, Akhil | Srinivas Kalla | – |
| 2013 | Saradaga Ammayitho | – | Varun Sandesh, Nisha Agarwal | Bhanu Shankar | – |
| 2013 | Anthaka Mundu Aa Tarvatha | – | Sumanth Ashwin, Eesha | Mohan Krishna Indraganti | – |
| 2013 | Balupu | – | Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan | Gopichand Malineni | – |
| 2013 | Iddarammayilatho | Corrupt Union Minister | Allu Arjun, Catherine Tresa | Puri Jagannadh | – |
| 2013 | Shadow | Shivaji | Venkatesh | Meher Ramesh | |
| 2013 | Om 3D | Byrreddy | Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Kriti Kharbanda | Sunil Reddy | – |
| 2013 | Prema Oka Maikam | Vamshi | Charmy Kaur | – | |
| 2013 | Attharintiki Daaredhi | Samantha Father (Shekar) | Pawan Kalyan,Samantha,Pranitha, Boman Irani, Nadhiya | Trivikram Srinivas | |
| 2013 | Ramayya Vasthavayya | – | Jr. NTR, Shruti Haasan | Harish Shankar | |
| 2013 | Poga | – | Navdeep, Madhu Shalini | shankar marthand | |
| 2013 | Pantham | – | Sundeep Kishan, Siddhika | Chandrasekhar Kanuri | |
| 2013 | Saaradhi | – | Arvind Krishna, Srimukhi | Harshath Vidheya | |
| 2014 | Saahasam | – | Arvind Krishna, Srimukhi | Arun Raj Varma | Tamil |
| 2014 | Nee Jathaga Nenundali | – | Sachiin J Joshi, Nazia Hussain | Jaya Ravindra | |
| 2014 | Geethanjali | - | Telugu | ||
| 2014 | Karthikeya | Villan | Nikhil, colours Swathi | Chandoo mandeti | |
| 2014 | Rowdy Fellow | – | Nara Rohit, Vishakha Singh | ||
| 2014 | Lakshmi Raave Maa Intiki | – | Naga Shourya, Avika Gor | ||
| 2014 | Mukunda | Pooja hegde Father | Varun Tej, Pooja Hegde | ||
| 2015 | Surya vs Surya | Doctor | Nikhil Siddharth, Tridha Choudhary | ||
|2015 || S/o Sathymurthy || - || Allu Arjun, Samantha || |- |}