Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao

Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao is an Indian film editor who works primarily in Telugu cinema.

Personal life

His ancestors worked as Diwans for Zamindars. He hails from Nuzvid, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. He has three elder brothers and two elder sisters. The eldest of them is Kotagiri Gopala rao. His father died early leaving the family in a miserable condition. Gopal rao took control of the family shifted to Madras. He has become an editor under the eminent director Adurthi Subba Rao and 10 others.

Venkateswara Rao did not want to do editing after completing matriculation. But due to compulsion from his brother, He joined his brother in Madras and trained as an editor. K. Raghavendra Rao gave him the first chance to edit three songs in his film Adavi Ramudu in 1977.

Filmography

Telugu

Tamil

Awards

Nandi Awards

  1. 2004: Sye - Won the Nandi Award for Best Editor
  2. 2005: Subhash Chandra Bose - Won the Nandi Award for Best Editor
  3. 2007: Yamadonga - Won the Nandi Award for Best Editor
  4. 2009: Magadheera - Won the Nandi Award for Best Editor
  5. 2010: Darling - Won the Nandi Award for Best Editor[3]
  6. 2012: Eega - Won the Nandi Award for Best Editor
  7. 2014: Legend - Won the Nandi Award for Best Editor

Santosham Film Awards

  1. 2015: Baahubali: The Beginning & Srimanthudu - Won the Santosham Best Editing Award

Vijay Awards

  1. 2012: Naan E - Won the Vijay Award for Best Editor

See also

References

  1. ^ jangir, suresh (28 May 2014). "On a break, but not idle". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ^ Telugu360 (5 June 2018). "Task cut out for Saakshyam editor". Telugu360.com. Retrieved 16 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Nandi Awards Winners List -2010". Way2Movies. 5 August 2011. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2018.