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|birth_place = [[Kapileswarapuram, Krishna|Kapileswarapuram]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
|occupation = [[Film director]]
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'''Tatineni Rama Rao''' (born 1938), also known as '''T. Rama Rao''', is a prolific Indian filmmaker. He has directed 70 [[Hindi]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] feature films between 1966 and 2000.

Tatineni started his work in the film industry in the late 1950s as the assistant director of his cousin [[T. Prakash Rao]] and [[Kotayya Pratyagatma]], before making his directorial debut with 1966 Telugu film ''[[Navarathri]]''.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060515121820/http://www.telugucinema.com/tc/stars/tatineniramaraointerview.php</ref>

According to ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'', Rao was "the man who established the 'Madras movie', or Hindi films funded primarily by southern capital, as a viable commercial option in the all-India market..."<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gulzar |author2=Nihalani, Govind |author3=Chatterjee, Saibal |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|year=2003|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt Ltd.|isbn=81-7991-066-0|pages=433}}</ref>

He is the father of successful film producer T. Ajay Kumar and Salena's mom.<ref>{{cite news|title=All hopes on 'anniyan'|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/28/stories/2004062800700200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041127034534/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/28/stories/2004062800700200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 November 2004|date=28 June 2004|author=M.L.N|access-date=2009-10-04|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Director===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Language !! Notes
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Navarathri (1966 film)|Navarathri]]'' || Telugu ||remake of Tamil film ''[[Navarathri (1964 film)|Navarathri]]''
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Brahmachari (Telugu film)|Brahamchaari]]'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 1969 || ''Manchi Mitrulu'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 1971 || ''Suprutudu'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 1972 || ''Raitu Kutumbam'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Jeevana Tarangalu]]'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Dorababu'' || ||
|-
| 1975 ||''[[Yamagola]]'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 1975 ||''Raju Vedale'' || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Aalu Magalu'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 1978 || ''Amara Prema'' || Telugu || Remake of Malayalam film ''[[Madanolsavam]]''. {{small|(some part of the movie scene Remade and used most of the scenes dubbed from original version)}}
|-
| 1978 || ''Shri Rama Raksha'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Lok Parlok]]'' || Hindi || Remake of ''[[Yamagola]]''
|-
| 1980 || ''Aatagaadu'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Judaai (1980 film)|Judaai]]'' || Hindi || Remake of ''Aalumagalu''
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Maang Bharo Sajana]]'' || Hindi || Remake of ''[[Karthika Deepam (film)|Karthika Deepam]]''
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Ek Hi Bhool]]'' || Hindi || Remake of ''[[Mouna Geethangal]]''
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Main Intequam Loonga|Main Intaquam Loonga]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Jeevan Dhaara]]'' || Hindi || Remake of ''[[Aval Oru Thodar Kathai]]''
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya]]'' || Hindi || Remake of [[Sattam En Kaiyil]]
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Anuraga Devata]]'' || Telugu || Remake of ''[[Aasha (1980 film)|Aasha]]''
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Andha Kanoon|Andhaa Kaanoon]]'' || Hindi || Remake of ''[[Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981 film)|Sattam oru iruttarai]]''
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye]]'' || Hindi || Remake of ''[[Nyayam Kavali]]''
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Inquilaab (1984 film)|Inquilaab]]'' || Hindi || Remake of ''[[Chakravyuha (1983 film)|Chakravyuha]]''
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Yeh Desh]]'' || Hindi || Remake of ''Eenadu'' (1982)
|-
| 1984 || ''[[John Jani Janardhan]]'' || Hindi || remake of ''[[Moondru Mugam]]''
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Pachani Kapuram]]'' || Telugu || remake of''[[Pyar Jhukta Nahin]]''
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Haqeeqat (1985 film)|Haqeeqat]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Naseeb Apna Apna (1986 film)|Naseeb Apna Apna]]'' || Hindi || remake of ''[[Gopurangal Saivathillai]]''
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Sadaa Suhagan]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1986 ||''[[Dosti Dushmani]]'' || Hindi || remake of ''Mugguru Mithrulu''
|-
|1986|| ''[[Naache Mayuri]]'' ||Hindi||remake of ''[[Mayuri (film)|Mayuri]]''
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Sansar (1987 film)|Sansar]]'' || Hindi || Remake of ''[[Samsaram Adhu Minsaram]]''
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Insaf Ki Pukar]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Watan Ke Rakhwale]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1988 || ''Nyayaniki Shiksha'' || Telugu ||Remake of ''[[Neethikku Thandanai]]''
|-
| 1988 || ''Agni Keratalu'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Khatron Ke Khiladi (1988 film)|Khatron Ke Khiladi]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Sachai Ki Taqat]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Majboor (1989 film)|Majboor]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Muqaddar Ka Badshaah]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Pratikar]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Talli Tandrulu]]'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 1992 || ''Golmaal Govindam'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Muqabla (1993 film)|Muqabla]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Mr. Azaad]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1994 || ''Mera Pyara Bharat'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Ravan Raaj: A True Story|Ravan Raaj]]'' || Hindi ||remake of ''[[Pulan Visaranai]]''
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Haathkadi (1995 film)|Haathkadi]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Jung (1996 film)|Jung]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Sautela]]'' || Hindi ||remake of ''[[Cheran Pandian]]''
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Bulandi (2000 film)|Bulandi]]'' || Hindi ||remake of ''[[Nattamai]]''
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Beti No. 1]]'' || Hindi ||remake of ''[[Aadyathe Kanmani]]''
|-
|}

<sup>1</sup> Tatineni Rama Rao started working on the film in 1984 '''Khabardar''', which was a social drama centred upon a terminally ill patient and a doctor. [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Sridevi]] and [[Jaya Prada]] worked on the film which revolved around the notion of euthanasia. However, after shooting a substantial portion of the film, it was shelved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/photos/sunday-rewind-bollywood-films-that-never-released/4737/41951|title=Sunday rewind: Bollywood films that never released|website=mid-day}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=No Day No Show |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/30-bollywood-movies-that-never-were-released/1/181061.html |last=Unnithan |first=Sandeep |work=India Today|date=3 July 2013 |access-date=19 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713121910/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/30-bollywood-movies-that-never-were-released/1/181061.html |archive-date=13 July 2016 }}</ref>

<sup>2</sup> In the 1978 Tatineni Rama Rao partially remade the Malayalam movie [[Madanolsavam]] as '''Amara Prema''' in Telugu using some of the scenes dubbed from original version

===Producer===
* ''[[Aakhree Raasta]]''
* ''[[Dhill]]''
* ''[[Youth (2002 film)|Youth]]''
* ''[[Arul (film)|Arul]]''
* ''[[Unakkum Enakkum]]''
* ''[[Malaikottai]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Contains special characters|Indic}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0851253|name=Rama Rao Tatineni}}

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