Veteran actor Kota Srinivas Rao. Photo credit score: X@revanth_anumula
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Veteran Telugu actor Kota Srinivas Rao, who gave a brand new type to villainous and comedy roles, handed away within the early hours of Sunday (July 13, 2025) at his residence in Hyderabad. He was 83.
A former BJP MLA from Vijayawada, the senior actor, popularly often called Kota, was unwell as a consequence of age-related points for the previous few months.
With a profession spanning over 4 many years, Kota acted in additional than 750 movies and left his indelible mark in comedy, villainous, and character artist roles. His distinctive dialogue supply in Telangana slang made him a family identify.
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Beginning of his journey
The actor started his journey as a theatre artist and later transitioned into movies. Though born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, he used the Telangana dialect with brilliance to make a reputation for himself. He shot to fame together with his portrayal of a politician within the award-winning movie ‘Prathighatana’, the place he performed a villainous comic position with unparalleled conviction and finesse.
With his comedy in ‘Aha Naa Pellanta’ he reached new peaks and none can neglect his memorable dialogues from Ramgopal Verma’s ‘Gaayam’ which might be the favourites of meme creators even now.
Inspired by his good friend and coactor Babu Mohan, he took plunge into politics and gained from Vijawayada constituency within the mixed Andhra Pradesh from the BJP ticket and served as MLA from 1999-2004. Later, he targeting movies realising that politics was not his cup of tea.
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Shattered after son’s loss of life
Kota was conferred the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2015, and he additionally acquired quite a few awards from State governments and movie associations. An outspoken man, he was deeply distressed when his son handed away in a street accident and he was a shattered man since then. For the previous few years, he hardly did any movie assignments, confining himself to residence as a consequence of age-related points.
His contribution to Telugu cinema is immeasurable and he can have his personal web page within the Telugu movie business for infusing freshness into comedy and character roles throughout his interval.
Condolences
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Cinematography Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, BRS chief and former Chief Minister Ok. Chandrashekar Rao and state BJP president N. Ramachander Rao condoled his loss of life describing that the business misplaced an actor par excellence.
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Published – July 13, 2025 08:59 am IST
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