Y. V. Rao

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1903-05-30

Deathday 1973-02-13 (69 years old)

Place of Birth Nellore, Madras Presidency, British India

Also Known As Yaragudipati Varada Rao, Y. V. Rao, YV Rao, Y V Rao

Y. V. Rao

Biography

Yaragudipati Varada Rao (30 May 1903 – 13 February 1973), also known as Y. V. Rao was an Indian film producer, director, thespian, screenwriter, editor and actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil cinema. One of the pioneers of Telugu cinema, Rao plunged into drama and did a few stage plays before moving to Kolhapur and Bombay to act in silent films. R. S. Prakash Rao, son of Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu, cast him as lead actor in many silent films such as Garuda Garva Bhangam, Gajendra Moksham and Rose of Rajasthan. Rao moved into film direction and made silent films such as Pandava Nirvan (1930), Pandava Agnathavaas (1930) and Hari Maya (1932). In 1940, he directed the Telugu magnum opus Viswa Mohini. Rao and, R. S. Prakash have established a long-lasting precedent of producing films exclusively on religious themes; Nandanar, Gajendra Moksham and Matsyavatar, three of their Telugu productions, centred on religious figures, parables and morals.

Known For

Actor

1937
Chintamani

as Manoharan

1934
Sati Sulochana

as Lakshmana

Writer

1939
Malli Pelli

as Writer

1937
Chintamani

as Screenplay

1937
Chintamani

as Story

Director

1939
Malli Pelli

as Director

1937
Chintamani

as Director

1934
Sati Sulochana

as Director

Producer

1968
Bengaluru Mail

as Producer