Midde Rama Rao also spelt as Midde Ramarao is an Indian film producer for producing some of the blockbluster hits in the Telugu film industry such as ''Padahaarella Vayasu'', ''Pandanti Jeevitam'', ''Ramarajyamlo Bheemaraju'', and ''Goonda''. He produced the films starring heroes

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and Chandra Mohan. His movies were directed by directors including

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, A. Kodandarami Reddy, and

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. His movies ''

Padaharella Vayasu ''Padaharella Vayasu'' () is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film starring Chandra Mohan, Sridevi and Mohan Babu. Directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, it is a remake of the Tamil film ''16 Vayathinile'' (1977), which also starred Srid ...

'' brought stardom to

to rule Telugu film industry for more than 2 decades and ''Pandanti Jeevitam'' made

as a face in Telugu film industry for more than 2 decades.

Film career

Having profound interest in Telugu films right from his childhood ventured in film industry as an exhibitor after discontinuing his graduation. He also constructed a touring theatre named Sushma in his village. After his stint as an exhibitor for almost ten years he along with his brothers-in-law who were also exhibitors started producing films. Initially he started by dubbing non-Telugu movies in Telugu namely ''Kondaveeti Veerudu'' starring

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, ''Kaksha-Siksha'' starring

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from

, ''Prachanda Veerudu'' starring Rajkumar from

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. After the stint as dubbing films he started making straight Telugu films with ''Padahaarella Vayasu'' with

and Chandra Mohan as lead under

direction which happened to be sensational super hit in Telugu film industry bringing stardom to

and established Midde Rama Rao as a producer in Telugu film industry to produce several super hit movies in the coming years. After the success of this movie he started producing movies under a new banner Sree Rajyalakshmi Arts. He remade several non-Telugu super hit movies in Telugu namely Nindu Noorellu, Palletoori Monagaadu, etc. He also made movies based on popular novels written by

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and

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such as Sampoorna Premayanam and Jhansi Rani.

Filmography

The films produced by him include: *

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* Palletoori Monagaadu * Chaadasthapu Mogudu * Jhansi Rani *

Sampoorna Premayanam ''Sampoorna Premayanam'' () is a 1980s Telugu-language comedy film directed by N. B. Chakravarthy. Produced by Midde Rama Rao, the film stars Sobhan Babu and Jayaprada with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was a commercial success. ...

* Nindu Noorellu * Pandanti Jeevitam * Prema Murthulu * Ramarajyamlo Bheemaraju *

Gundamma Gari Krishnulu ''Gundamma Gari Krishnulu'' () is a 1987 Telugu-language comedy film, produced by Midde Rama Rao under the Sri Rajalakshmi Art Pictures banner and directed by Relangi Narasimha Rao. It stars Rajendra Prasad, Subhalekha Sudhakar, Rajani, Poornim ...

* Nippulanti Manishi * Pachani Kapuram * Baaryalu Jaagratha * Ma Voori Magadu * Athaku Koduku - Mamaku Alludu * Pavan Subbalakshmi Preminchukunnarata

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20081012100403/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_padahaarellavayasu1978.php *http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/stars/interview_midderamarao_printer.php *http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0585419/filmogenre {{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, Midde Rama Living people Telugu film producers Year of birth missing (living people)