Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao
Biography
Born on 21 June 1944 in Meduru, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao is an Indian screenwriter, dialogue writer, actor, director and playwright who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He is widely known as one half of the Paruchuri Brothers, alongside his younger brother, Paruchuri Gopala Krishna.
The brothers began their film careers in the late 1970s and became one of Telugu cinema's prominent writing teams, contributing stories, screenplays and dialogues to hundreds of films. Their notable collaborations include Khaidi (1983), Eenadu (1982), State Rowdy (1989), Samarasimha Reddy (1999), Narasimha Naidu (2001), Indra (2002), Tagore (2003) and Okkadu (2003).
Apart from writing, he has appeared as an actor in films such as Santosham (2002), Okkadu (2003), Rachcha (2012), Drushyam (2014), Mukunda (2014), Nene Raju Nene Mantri (2017) and Andhhagadu (2017).
Notable Filmography
Khaidi (1983) – Writer
State Rowdy (1989) – Dialogue writer
Bobbili Raja (1990) – Writer
Narasimha Naidu (2001) – Dialogue writer
Indra (2002) – Dialogue writer
Okkadu (2003) – Writer, actor
Tagore (2003) – Dialogue writer
Rachcha (2012) – Actor, dialogue writer
Drushyam (2014) – Actor
Govindudu Andarivadele (2014) – Writer, actor
Rudhramadevi (2015) – Dialogue writer
Khaidi No. 150 (2017) – Writer
Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019) – Story writer
