Ramoji Rao

Indian businessman and media entrepreneur

Ramoji Rao

Rao in 2019

Born|

Cherukuri Ramoji Rao

(1936-11-16) 16 November 1936 (age 87)

Pedaparupudi, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)

Nationality| Indian
Occupations|

* Businessman
* media entrepreneur

Spouse|

Rama Devi

(m. 1961)​

Awards|

* Padma Vibhushan (2016)[1]

Cherukuri Ramoji Rao (born 16 November 1936) is an Indian businessman, media entrepreneur, and film producer.[2] He is head of the Ramoji Group which owns the world's largest film production facility Ramoji Film City, Eenadu newspaper, ETV Network of TV channels, film production company Usha Kiran Movies.[3][4][5][6] His other business ventures include Margadarsi Chit Fund, Dolphin Group of hotels, Kalanjali shopping mall, Priya pickles, and Mayuri Film Distributors.[7]

He has garnered four Filmfare Awards South, five Nandi Awards and the National Film Award for his works in Telugu cinema.[8] In 2016, he was honored with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honor, for his contributions in journalism, literature and education.[9][10]

## Personal life[edit]

Cherukuri Ramoji Rao was born on 16 November 1936 in Pedaparupudi of Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India into an agricultural family.[11] Companies owned by the Ramoji Group include Margadarsi Chit Fund, Eenadu newspaper, ETV Network, Ramadevi Public School, Priya Foods, Kalanjali, Ushakiran Movies and 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.[12]

## Filmography[edit]

Year | Film title | Language | Notes  | Ref.

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1984 | Srivariki Premalekha | Telugu |  |
1984 | Kanchana Ganga | Telugu |  |
1984 | Sundari Subbarao  | Telugu |  |
1985 | Mayuri | Telugu | Remade in Hindi as Naache Mayuri; dubbed into Malayalam and Tamil as Mayoori |
1985 | Pratighatana | Telugu | Remade in Malayalam as Pakarathinu Pakaram and Hindi as Pratighaat |
1985 | Preminchu Pelladu | Telugu |  |
1986 | Pakarathinu Pakaram | Malayalam | Remake of Pratighatana |
1986 | Mallemoggalu | Telugu |  |
1986 | Car Diddina Kapuram | Telugu |  |
1986 | Naache Mayuri | Hindi | Remake of Mayuri |
1987 | Chandamama Rave | Telugu |  |
1987 | Pratighaat | Hindi | Remake of Pratighatana |
1987 | Premayanam | Telugu |  |
1988 | O Bharya Katha | Telugu |  |
1989 | Mouna Poratam | Telugu |  |
1989 | Paila Pacheesu | Telugu |  |
1990 | Judgement | Telugu |  |
1990 | Mamasri | Telugu |  |
1990 | Manasu Mamata | Telugu |  |
1991 | Amma | Telugu |  |
1991 | Aswini | Telugu |  |
1991 | People's Encounter | Telugu |  |
1991 | Jagannatham & Sons | Telugu |  |
1992 | Vasundhara | Telugu |  |
1992  | Teja  | Telugu  |  |
1998 | Padutha Theeyaga | Telugu |  |
1998 | Daddy Daddy | Telugu |  |
1999 | Mechanic Mamaiah | Telugu |  |
2000 | Subhavela | Telugu |  |
2000 | Chitram | Telugu | Remade in Kannada as Chitra |
2000 | Moodu Mukkalaata | Telugu |  |
2000 | Nuvve Kavali | Telugu | Remake of Niram; remade in Hindi as Tujhe Meri Kasam and Kannada as Ninagagi |
2000 |  Dr. Munshir Diary | Bengali |  Feluda Telefilm  |
2001 | Deevinchandi | Telugu |  |
2001 | Ninnu Choodalani | Telugu |  |
2001 | Akasa Veedhilo | Telugu |  |
2001 | Chitra | Kannada | Remake of Chitram |
2001 | Anandam | Telugu | Remade in Tamil as Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu |
2001 | Ishtam | Telugu |  |
2002 | Manasuvunte Chalu | Telugu |  | [13]
2002 | Priya Nestama | Telugu |  |
2002 | Neetho | Telugu |  |
2002 | Ninagagi | Kannada | Remake of Nuvve Kavali |
2003 | Tujhe Meri Kasam | Hindi | Remake of Nuvve Kavali |
2003 | Ananda | Kannada | Remake of Telugu film Anandam |
2003 | Oka Raju Oka Rani | Telugu |  |
2003 | Toli Choopulone | Telugu |  | [14]
2003 | Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu | Tamil | Remake of Anandam |
2003 | Bombaiyer Bombete | Bengali |  Feluda Film  |
2004 | Anandamanandamaye | Telugu |  |
2004 | Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum | Hindi |  |
2006 | Veedhi | Telugu |  | [15]
2007 | Sixer | Kannada |  |
2008 | Nachavule | Telugu |  |
2009 | Ninnu Kalisaka | Telugu |  |
2009 | Savaari | Kannada | Remake of Gamyam; co-production with Arka Media Works |
2010 | Betting Bangaraju | Telugu |  |
2011 | Nuvvila | Telugu |  |
2015 | Beeruva | Telugu | Co-production with Anandi Art Creations | [16]
2015 | Dagudumootha Dandakor | Telugu | Remake of Saivam; co-production with First Frame Entertainment |

## Awards and honours[edit]

President Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Vibhushan Award to Shri Ramoji Rao, at a civil investiture ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 12, 2016

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)

Nandi Awards[17]

* Best Feature Film - Silver \- Kanchana Ganga (1984)
* Best Feature Film - Gold \- Mayuri (1985)
* Best Feature Film - Silver \- Mouna Poratam (1989)
* Best Feature Film - Bronze \- Aswini (1991)
* Best Childrens Film - Gold \- Teja (1992)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Rajinikanth gets Padma Vibhushan; Padma Shri for Priyanka, Ajay Devgn". The Indian Express. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
2. ^ Donthi, Praveen (December 2014). "How Ramoji Rao of Eenadu wrested control of power and politics in Andhra Pradesh". The Caravan. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Ramoji Film City on BBC. 9 May 2013 - via YouTube.
4. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Ramoji Film City on Discovery Travel & Living. 9 May 2013 - via YouTube.
5. ^ "Largest film studio". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
6. ^ "ETV Ramoji group forays into garment making". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
7. ^ "About Ramoji Group". Eenaduinfo.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
8. ^ "Chairman Rao". The Caravan. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
9. ^ "Padma Awards 2016".
10. ^ "Padma Awards 2016: Full List". NDTV.com. 25 January 2016.
11. ^ "ఈనాడు "రామోజీరావు" జన్మదిన సుభాకాంక్షలు". Namasthe Andhra (in Telugu). 16 November 2020.
12. ^ Ramoji Rao's Son Suman Died'd – Sakshi TV on YouTube
13. ^ "Movie Preview — Manasunte Chalu". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
14. ^ "Movie review — Toli Choopulone". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
15. ^ "Veedhi Press Meet". ragalahari.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
16. ^ "AnandiArts-UshaKiran film 'Beeruva'". supergoodmovies.com. 11 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
17. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

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1983–1989|

* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1983)
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1990–1999|

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2001–2010|

* M. S. Viswanathan & Dasari Narayana Rao (2001)
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* Mohan Babu (2015)
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