Bodduluri Rama Rao ( te, రామారావు బొద్దులూరి), is a former member of legislature of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

and he is also a

Telugu film Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, ...

producer.

Early life

Bodduluri Ramarao belongs to the RamiReddypally village in the

Krishna district Krishna district is district in the coastal Andhra Region in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Machilipatnam as its administrative headquarters. It is the coastal district of Andhra Pradesh. Machilipatnam is the most populated city in the ...

. He is a well known personality of the Kamma community. He served as member of

Andhra Pradesh Legislature The Andhra Pradesh Legislature is the state legislature of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system and is composed of an *Appointed Governor of Andhra *The indirectly-elected Saasana Mandal ...

for Jaggayyapet constituency during the period 1978. Bodduluri has a son, Venkateswararao Bodduluri, who is also an active politician in the

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

Career

Politics

Bodduluri was elected for the sixth

constituted on 3 May 1978 from Jaggayyapet constituency and remained inactive for a few years. Later in January 2009 he filed nominations for MLC but withdrew after the strategy meeting conducted in district headquarters. Bodduluri is strong supporter of Telangana movement and also a strong supporter of the

Jai Andhra Movement Jai Andhra movement is a 1972 political movement in support for the creation of Andhra state in the light of injustices felt by the people of the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema Regions. This was after the HC and SC upheld the Mulki rules in existe ...

. Bodduluri has actively organized protests seeking separate Andhra in various parts of

Films

In 2007, he produced a film ''

Mr. Medhavi ''Mr. Medhavi'' (English translation: Mr. Genius) is a 2008 Telugu film, directed by G. Neelakanta Reddy. The film stars Raja Abel, Genelia D'Souza and Sonu Sood. Plot A young Vishwak (Raja) meets Swetha (Genelia) who comes from Canada on a vac ...

'' with his grandson

Gopichand Lagadapati Gopichand Lagadapati, also known as Gopi, is an Indian actor, writer, director and producer. He made his acting debut in the Telugu film '' Anand'', directed by Sekhar Kammula, and debuted as a producer on the film ''Mr. Medhavi''. Early life ...

under Life Style Art Pictures. The film was directed by

G. Neelakanta Reddy Neelakanta is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Telugu language, Telugu films director. He has received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, National Award in the screenwriting for the feat ...

and it features

Raja Abel Raja is an Indian actor working predominantly in Telugu films. He is best known for playing the title role in the Telugu movie '' Anand''. He debuted in 2002, playing a small role in the romantic comedy ''O Chinadana''. Since entering the ind ...

Genelia D'Souza Genelia Deshmukh (née D'Souza; born 5 August 1987) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D'Souza beg ...

and

Sonu Sood Sonu Sood (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian actor, film producer, model, humanitarian, and philanthropist who works predominantly in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. In 2009, he received the Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award for Best Vill ...

Other works

Bodduluri is the President of

temple union employees and have fought for the implementation of G.O 65(A) as per date 26 July 2010. He is also a member of

Central Board of Film Certification The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under the provision ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bodduluri, Ramarao Telugu film producers Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Living people Telugu politicians People from Krishna district Film producers from Andhra Pradesh Year of birth missing (living people)