Rao Ramesh
{{Family name hatnote|Rao|lang=Telugu}}
{{Short description|Indian actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2016}}
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| name = Rao Ramesh
| image = Rao Ramesh at Mukunda success meet.jpg
| caption = Rao Ramesh at the success meet of Mukunda in December 2014
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age| 1968 |5|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/raoramesh.html|title=Rao Ramesh - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film actor|website=www.idlebrain.com|accessdate=16 February 2025|archive-date=13 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213151813/https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/raoramesh.html|url-status=live}}
| occupation = Actor
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| parents = Rao Gopal Rao (father)
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Rao Ramesh (born 25 May 1968) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Telugu cinema, theatre, and television apart from some Tamil films.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/the-director-of-abbayitho-ammayi-opens-up-on-the-making-and-the-experience-of-working-with-ilayaraja/article8008341.ece|title=Ramesh Varma plays true to the script|author=Srivathsan Nadadhur|work=The Hindu|date=20 December 2015|archive-date=27 September 2021|access-date=1 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927094120/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/the-director-of-abbayitho-ammayi-opens-up-on-the-making-and-the-experience-of-working-with-ilayaraja/article8008341.ece|url-status=live}} He is the son of veteran actor Rao Gopal Rao.{{Cite web|last=kavirayani|first=suresh|date=2017-06-17|title=Rao Ramesh lives up to his father's name|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/170617/rao-ramesh-lives-up-to-his-fathers-name.html|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029075922/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/170617/rao-ramesh-lives-up-to-his-fathers-name.html|url-status=live}} Rao Ramesh initially appeared in Seema Simham (2002), Okkadunnadu (2007), before getting a breakthrough role in Krish's Gamyam (2008), portraying a reformed Naxalite, he received critical acclaim for his portrayal and the film went on to become one of the highest grossing Telugu films of the year.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Rao-Ramesh-makes-a-mark/articleshow/16602184.cms|title=Rao Ramesh makes a mark|work=The Times of India|date=15 January 2017|archive-date=6 November 2014|access-date=1 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106151052/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Rao-Ramesh-makes-a-mark/articleshow/16602184.cms|url-status=live}}
His subsequent films, Kotha Bangaru Lokam (2008), Avakai Biryani (2008) and S. S. Rajamouli's Magadheera (2009) were box office hits, while his role in the latter as a hunchbacked old Tantric won him further acclaim. Throughout the early 2010s, Rao Ramesh became a popular supporting actor and described that by 2015, he was in the "best phase of his career".{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150803/entertainment-tollywood/article/rao-ramesh%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98best-phase%E2%80%99|title=Rao Ramesh's 'best phase'|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=6 June 2024|archive-date=12 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212115313/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150803/entertainment-tollywood/article/rao-ramesh%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98best-phase%E2%80%99|url-status=live}}
Early life
Rao Ramesh was born on 25 May 1968 to actor Rao Gopal Rao.{{Cite web|last=Kavirayani|first=Suresh|date=2017-06-17|title=Rao Ramesh lives up to his father's name|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/170617/rao-ramesh-lives-up-to-his-fathers-name.html|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029075922/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/170617/rao-ramesh-lives-up-to-his-fathers-name.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2021-05-25|title=Makers of 'KGF 2' release new birthday poster for actor Rao Ramesh|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/makers-kgf-2-release-new-birthday-poster-actor-rao-ramesh-149496|access-date=2021-05-26|website=The News Minute|language=en|archive-date=26 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526052309/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/makers-kgf-2-release-new-birthday-poster-actor-rao-ramesh-149496|url-status=live}} He was brought up in Chennai. His initial schooling was from Sri Ramakrishna Mission School in T. Nagar and later completed a degree in Communications before getting into Still-photography. He later joined K. S. Prakasa Rao, a cinematographer and father of K. Raghavendra Rao, as an assistant before going to Bangalore to learn industrial photography.
Early career
Rao Ramesh began acting in a television series directed by Ghantasala Ratna Kumar, but the production was shelved amidst schedules. He subsequently moved back to Chennai and started acting in soap operas such as Pavithra Bandham and Kalavari Kodalu, and shot for over 1000 episodes in the space of four and half years.
Filmography
=Telugu=
=Tamil=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Tamil film performances |
| scope="col" | Year
!scope="col" | Title !scope="col" | Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2009
|Kadhalna Summa Illai | Naxalite | |
| 2010
|Neethirajan | |
| 2015
| Sweety's father | |
| 2016
|Commissioner Rajamanikam | |
| 2021
|Attorney General Ram Mohan | |
| 2022
|Max aka Meganathan | |
| 2023
| Guruji | |
| rowspan="2" |2024
| DGP D. Shrinivas | |
| Brother
| Sivagurunathan IAS | |
=Kannada=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Kannada film performances |
| scope="col" | Year
!scope="col" | Title !scope="col" | Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2016
|Dr. Ramachandran | |
| 2022
|Kanneganti Raghavan | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ |
| scope="col" | Year
!scope="col" | Title !scope="col" | Role !scope="col" | Network !scope="col" |Language !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2000{{Ndash}}2003
|Pavithra Bandam | |Telugu | |
| 2005
|Nilavai Pudippom |Chidambaram |rowspan="2"|Tamil |
| 2007
|Chellamadi Nee Enakku | Siva's father |
| 2011
|Kalavari Kodallu | |Telugu | |
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|3559559}}
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Category:Indian male film actors
Category:21st-century Indian male actors
Category:Male actors from Andhra Pradesh
Category:People from Srikakulam
Category:Male actors in Telugu cinema
Category:Indian male stage actors
Category:Male actors in Telugu theatre
Category:Indian male comedians