Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Biography
Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao is an Indian film editor, who works primarily in Telugu cinema.
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 and 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.
Known for
Baahubali: The Epic
Vishwambhara
The Raja Saab
Utsavam
Kalki 2898 AD
Tiger Nageswara Rao
Macherla Niyojakavargam
Sita Ramam
Radhe Shyam
Aaradugula Bullet
Vinaya Vidheya Rama
Shailaja Reddy Alludu
Naa Peru Surya, Naa Illu India
Agnathavasi
Baahubali: The Beginning
Jil
Yevade Subramanyam
Rabhasa
Mirchi
Eega
Dangerous Khiladi 5
Dhammu
Darling
Magadheera
Khatarnak
Devadasu
Chatrapathi
Narasimhudu
Balu
Sye
Simhadri
Gangotri
Indra
Vamsi
Sundarakanda