Thursday, January 7, 2010

Garikapati Raja Rao (Producer)

Raja Rao was born in 1915 in Rajahmundry. He directed some stage plays like 'Maa Bhoomi', 'Parivarthana', 'Pothu Gadda', 'Seetha Rama Raju' and 'Jai Bhavani'.
His first film as a producer was 'Puttillu'.
He introduced the actors like Jamuna, Allu Ramalingaiah, Perumallu, Chadalawada Kutumba Rao, Nazar (burra katha artiste); music directors like C. Mohana Das and T. Chalapathi Rao; art director Maa Gokhale; make-up artiste Kumar; choreographer D. Venu Gopal to the film world.
He acted as hero in 'Puttillu', and played a key role in 'Bobbili Yuddham'.

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