Ramoji Rao

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Intro

Indian businessman and media entrepreneur

A.K.A.

Cherukuri Ramoji Rao

Places

India India

Film producer

Work field

Film, TV, Stage & Radio

Gender

Male

Birth

16 November 1936 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Pedaparupudi, Pedaparupudi mandal, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh

Age

88 years

Residence

Ramoji Film City

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Biography

Cherukuri Ramoji Rao (born 16 November 1936), better known as Ramoji Rao, is an Indian businessman, film producer, educationist, journalist and media entrepreneur. He is head of the Ramoji Group which owns, among other things, the world's largest film production facility, Ramoji Film City and film production company Ushakiran Movies, established in 1983. He has garnered four Filmfare Awards South, and the National Film Award for his works in Telugu cinema.In 2016, he was selected to be honored with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honor, for his contributions in journalism, literature and education.

Personal life

Rao was born in Pedaparupudi, Andhra Pradesh, India, into an agricultural family. Companies owned by the Ramoji group include Margadarsi Chit Fund, Eenadu newspaper, ETV, Ramadevi Public School, Priya Foods, Ushakiran Movies and as mentioned above, the Ramoji Film City near Hyderabad. He is also the chairman of Dolphin group of hotels in Andhra Pradesh. Rao's younger son, Cherukuri Suman, died of leukemia on 7 September 2012.

Filmography

Year	Film Title	Language	Cast	Director	Notes
1984	Srivariki Premalekha	Telugu	Naresh, Poornima	Jandhyala
1984	Kanchana Ganga	Telugu	Chandra Mohan, Saritha,Swapna, Sarath Babu	V. Madhusudhan Rao
1984	Sundari Subbarao	Telugu	Chandra Mohan, Vijayshanti	Relangi Narasimha Rao
1985	Mayuri	Telugu	Sudha Chandran, Subhakar	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao	Remade in Hindi as Naache Mayuri Dubbed in to Malayalam and Tamil as Mayoori
1985	Pratighatana	Telugu	Vijayshanti, Chandra Mohan	T. Krishna	Remade in Malayalam as Pakarathinu Pakaram and Hindi as Pratighaat
1985	Preminchu Pelladu	Telugu	Rajendra Prasad, Bhanupriya	Vamsy
1986	Pakarathinu Pakaram	Malayalam		T. Krishna	Remake of Pratighatana
1986	Mallemoggalu	Telugu	Sagarika, Rajesh	V. Madhusudhan Rao
1986	Car Diddina Kapuram	Telugu	Rajendra Prasad, Pavitra	D.V. Narasa Raju
1986	Naache Mayuri	Hindi	Sudha Chandran, Shekhar Suman	T. Rama Rao	Remake of Mayuri
1987	Chandamama Rave	Telugu	Chandra Mohan,Kalpana	Moulee
1987	Pratighaat	Hindi	Sujata Mehta	N. Chandra	Remake of Pratighatana
1987	Premayanam	Telugu	Naresh, Jayashree	C. V. Sridhar
1988	O Bharya Katha	Telugu	Jayasudha, Chandra Mohan, Sarath Babu	Moulee
1989	Mouna Poratam	Telugu	Yamuna, Vinod Kumar	Mohan Gandhi
1989	Paila Pacheesu	Telugu	Rajendra Prasad, Ramya Krishna, Brahmanandam	Moulee
1990	Judgement	Telugu	Siva Krishna, Vinod Kumar, Yamuna, Aruna	A.Mohan Gandhi
1990	Mamasri	Telugu	Suresh, Ramyakrishna, Liji, Anand	Sharath
1990	Manasu Mamata	Telugu	Naresh, Sithara	Moulee
1991	Amma	Telugu	Suhasini,Sarathbabu, Baby Sunayana	Suresh Krissna
1991	Aswini	Telugu	Bhanu Chander, Ashwini Nachappa	Moulee
1991	People's Encounter	Telugu	Meka Srikanth, Vinod kumar, Bhanupriya	Mohan Gandhi
1991	Jagannatham & Sons	Telugu	Suresh, Sindhuja	Anil Kumar
1992	Vasundhara	Telugu	Sithara	Suresh Krissna
1998	Padutha Theeyaga	Telugu	Vineeth, Heera Rajgopal	Kranthi Kumar
1998	Daddy Daddy	Telugu	ANR, Jayasudha, Harish, Raasi	Kodi Ramakrishna
1999	Mechanic Mamaiah'	Telugu	Rajasekhar, Rambha	S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
2000	Subhavela	Telugu	Ravi Kanth, Anasuya	Ramana
2000	Chitram	Telugu	Uday Kiran, Reema Sen	Teja	Remade in Kannada as Chitra
2000	Moodu Mukkalaata	Telugu	Jagapati Babu, Soundarya, Rambha, Raasi	K. Raghavendra Rao
2000	Nuvve Kavali	Telugu	Tarun Kumar, Richa Pallod	K. Vijaya Bhaskar	Remake of Niram and Remade in Hindi as Tujhe Meri Kasam and Kannada as Ninagagi
2001	Deevinchandi	Telugu	Srikanth, Raasi, Malavika	Muthyala Subbaiah
2001	Ninnu Choodalani	Telugu	Jr. NTR, Raveena Rajput	V. R. Pratap
2001	Akasa Veedhilo	Telugu	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Rajendra Prasad, Raveena Tandon, Kasthuri	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
2001	Chithra	Kannada	Nagendra Prasad, Rekha Vedavyas	Dinesh Baboo	Remake of Chitram
2001	Anandam	Telugu	Aakash, Rekha Vedavyas, Venkat, Tanu Roy	Srinu Vaitla	Remade in Tamil as Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu
2001	Ananda	Kannada	Naveen Mayur		Remake of Telugu film Anandam
2001	Ishtam	Telugu	Charan, Shriya Saran	Vikram Kumar & Raj Kumar
2002	Manasuvunte Chalu	Telugu	Sai Kiran, Jennifer Kotwal, Sivaji	Jonnalagadda Sreenivasa Rao
2002	Priya Nesthama	Telugu	Venu Thottempudi, Shanu	R. Ganapathi
2002	Neetho	Telugu	Prakash Kovelamudi, Mahek Chahal	John Mahendran
2002	Ninagagi	Kannada	Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika	S. Mahendar	Remake of Nuvve Kavali
2003	Tujhe Meri Kasam	Hindi	Ritesh Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh	K. Vijaya Bhaskar	Remake of Nuvve Kavali
2003	Oka Raju Oka Rani	Telugu	Ravi Teja, Namitha	Yogie
2003	Tholi Choopulone	Telugu	Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Akanksha	Y. Kasi Viswanath
2003	Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu	Tamil	Jai Akash, Neha	Sakthi Chidambaram	Remake of Anandam
2003	Bombaiyer Bombete	Bengali	Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Parambrata Chatterjee,Bibhu Bhattacharya	Sandip Ray
2004	Anandamanandamaye	Telugu	Jai Akash, Renuka Menon	Srinu Vaitla
2004	Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum	Hindi	Arya Babbar, Shriya Saran	Esmayeel Shroff
2006	Veedhi	Telugu	Sharwanand, Gopika	V. Dorairaj
2007	Sixer	Kannada	Prajwal Devaraj, Devaki	Shashank
2008	Nachavule	Telugu	Tanish, Maadhavi Latha	Ravi Babu
2009	Ninnu Kalisaka	Telugu	Santosh Samrat, Chaitanya Krishna, Dipa Shah, Piaa Bajpai, Jagapati Babu	Siva Nageswara Rao
2009	Savaari	Kannada	Srinagar Kitty, Raghu Mukherjee, Kamalini Mukherjee, Suman Ranganathan	Jacob Verghese	Remake of Gamyam Co Production with Arka Media Works
2010	Betting Bangaraju	Telugu	Allari Naresh, Nidhi	E.Sattibabu
2011	Nuvvila	Telugu	Avish, Ajay, Prasad Barve, Vijay Sai, Yami Gautam, Sarayu, Remya Nambeesan	Ravi Babu
2015	Beeruva	Telugu	Sundeep Kishan, Surabhi	Kanmani	Co Production with Anandi Art Creations
2015	Dagudumootha Dandakor	Telugu	Rajendra Prasad, Sara Arjun	R.K Malineni	Remake of Saivam Co Production with First Frame Entertainment

Awards and honours

Civilian honours

Padma Vibhushan (2016) - Government of India

National Film Awards

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu (producer) - Nuvve Kavali (2000)

Filmfare Awards

Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) - Pratighatana (1985)
Filmfare Special Award - South for outstanding contributions towards Indian cinema (1998)
Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) - Nuvve Kavali (2000)
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award - South (2004)

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