P. V. Rao (director)
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P.V. Rao, also known as V.V. Rao was an Indian film director and actor of the 1930s and 1940s. He directed the first movie which based on a historical literature written by C. V. Raman Pillai and the movie was Marthanda Varma.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O1L2DAAAQBAJ&q=p.v.+rao+marthanda+varma&pg=PT27|title=Indian Cinema a Visual Voyage|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=9788123021928}}{{Cite web|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2009/03/30/fea21.asp|title=Short notes on earlier Thamil film directors|work=Daily News}} Marthanda Varma is also the second silent black and white movie in Malayalam and its script was also written by P.V. Rao.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/08/12/stories/2005081202530100.htm|work=The Hindu|date=2005-08-12|title=A forgotten chapter?}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Biography
Rao was born in Andhra Pradesh, but there is no more evidence about Rao's. There is an argument about his initial, 'P.V' or 'V.V' but, according to publication dept. of Dehradun film city, he marked as P.V.{{Cite web|url=https://www.janmabhumidaily.com/news472308|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190609155153/https://www.janmabhumidaily.com/news472308|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-09|title=പുണ്ഡലിക്കിന്റെ വഴിയെ മാർത്താണ്ഡവർമ്മ!|date=2016-09-03|publisher=Janmabhumi Daily}}
Filmography
P. V. Rao acted in only one film. That film was Mangamma Sabatham in 1943 starring Vasundhara Devi and Ranjan in lead roles. In the film he plays a Minister.
- Mangamma Sabatham (1943)
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0710617|name=വി.വി.റാവു}}
- [https://m3db.com/artists/25159 വി വി റാവു]-M3db
- [https://archive.today/20141130034828/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/old-is-gold-marthanda-varma-1931/article4350814.ece Old is Gold: Marthanda Varma, 1931]-The Hindu
- [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64142868 Bollywood's longest kiss really happen in 1933]
- [https://www.mathrubhumi.com/thiruvananthapuram/nagaram/-malayalam-news-1.853976 'മാർത്താണ്ഡവർമ്മ' കോടതിയും കയറി] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609170638/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/thiruvananthapuram/nagaram/-malayalam-news-1.853976 |date=9 June 2019 }}-Mathrubhumi
Category:Malayalam film directors
Category:20th-century Indian people
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