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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, Mohan Babu, Sridevi,

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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'' brought stardom to Sridevi 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

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, ''Kaksha-Siksha'' starring

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, ''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 Sridevi and Chandra Mohan as lead under

direction which happened to be sensational super hit in Telugu film industry bringing stardom to Sridevi 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: * Padaharella Vayasu * Goonda * Palletoori Monagaadu * Chaadasthapu Mogudu * Jhansi Rani *

Sampoorna Premayanam ''Sampoorna Premayanam'' () is a 1983 Telugu-language comedy film, produced by Midde Rama Rao under the Sri Rajyalakshmi Art Pictures banner and directed by N. B. Chakravarthy. It stars Sobhan Babu, Jaya Prada with music composed by Chakrava ...

* 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, Poorni ...

* Nippulanti Manishi *

Pachani Kapuram ''Pachani Kapuram'' () is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by T. Rama Rao. The film stars Krishna and Sridevi, with Jaggayya, Kanta Rao, Sowcar Janaki and Master Arjun in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 1985 Hi ...

* 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)