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{{Infobox person
| name = Y. V. Rao
| image = YVRao.jpg
| imagesize = 150px
| caption = Y. V. Rao in 1948
| birth_name = Yaragudipati Varada Rao
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|05|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Nellore]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (Present day [[Andhra Pradesh]], India)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|02|13|1903|05|30|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| yearsactive = 1930–1968
| relatives = Rajam (ex-wife)<br>[[Kumari Rukmini]] (wife)<br>Nungambakkam Janaki (mother-in-law)<br>[[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] (daughter)<br>[[Aishwarya (actress)|Aishwarya]] (grand daughter)
| notable role =
| occupation = {{hlist|Film producer|director|thespian|actor|distributor|editor}}
}}
'''Yaragudipati Varada Rao''' (30 May 1903 – 13 February 1979<ref name="auto1"/>) was an [[Indian film]] actor, screenwriter, director, editor, and producer, known for his works primarily in the [[Telugu cinema]], [[Kannada cinema]], and [[Tamil Cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Malli-Pelli-1939/article13907239.ece|title=Malli Pelli (1939)|first=M. L.|last=Narasimham|date=28 May 2011|work=The Hindu}}</ref> Rao plunged into [[theatre]] and did a few stage plays before moving to [[Kolhapur]] and [[Bombay]] to act in [[silent films]].<ref name="filmmaker">{{cite web|last1=Guy|first1=Randor|title=A revolutionary filmmaker| url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/22/stories/2003082201400400.htm |access-date=19 November 2016|date=22 August 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161119045811/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/22/stories/2003082201400400.htm|website=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=19 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://indiancine.ma/DQQ|title=Y. V. Rao Fimograph|website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref> Regarded as one of the greatest filmmaking pioneers of the [[Cinema of South India]],<ref name="filmmaker"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/classic-movie-swarnalatha-is-remembered-for-prohibition-theme/article6252554.ece|title=Swarnalatha (1938)|first=Randor|last=Guy|date=26 July 2014|work=The Hindu}}</ref> he made motion-pictures across Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Konkani and Hindi languages, apart from silent films.<ref name="filmmaker"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/classic-movie-swarnalatha-is-remembered-for-prohibition-theme/article6252554.ece|title=Swarnalatha (1938)|first=Randor|last=Guy|date=26 July 2014|work=The Hindu}}</ref> Rao started his career as a lead actor in many silent films such as ''Garuda Garva Bhangam'', ''Gajendra Moksham'' and ''Rose of Rajasthan''.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hindi-films-songs.com/books/1940/1940-11.html|title=Viswamohini review Indian express|website=hindi-films-songs.com}}</ref>

Rao made significant contributions to South cinema during the [[British India|Crown rule in India]], Rao's 1934 film ''[[Sati Sulochana]]'' was the first talkie film in the Kannada language.<ref name="auto1"/> In 1937, he directed the hagiographical classic ''[[Chintamani (1937 film)|Chintamani]]'', the Tamil [[sleeper hit]] ran for a year with highest estimated footfall at a single screen in India, and [[British Ceylon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/An-unforgettable-superhit/article15374891.ece|title=An unforgettable superhit|date=3 March 2008|work=The Hindu}}</ref> Rao's 1938 film ''Swarnalatha'' was one of the finest [[political drama]] scripted by Ayyalu Somayajulu; with [[Prohibition]] as the central theme, in which Rao played the lead. The film was shot extensively at [[Sathya Studios|Newtone Studios]], [[Kilpauk]], during [[Madras Presidency]].<ref name="auto1"/> Rao's 1940 film, ''[[Viswa Mohini]]'', is the first Indian film, depicting the Indian movie world, scripted by [[Balijepalli Lakshmikanta Kavi]], starring superstar [[V. Nagaiah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/viswamohini-1940/article4841828.ece|title=Viswamohini (1940)|first=m.l.|last=narasimham}}</ref> Rao subsequently made the [[mythology]] sequel films ''[[Savithiri (1941 film)|Savithiri]]'' (1941), and ''Sathyabhama'' (1942) casting thespian [[Sthanam Narasimha Rao]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/22/stories/2003082201400400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040117021114/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/22/stories/2003082201400400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 January 2004 |title=A revolutionary filmmaker |date=22 August 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>

==Personal life ==
Yaragudipati Varada Rao was born in [[Nellore]] in the then [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]] in May 1903. In the late 1920s, he moved to [[Madras]] and ventured into [[Kannada cinema]].<ref name=filmmaker/> He married [[Kumari Rukmini]] who was paired with him in ''[[Lavangi]]'' (1946). [[Indian film]] actress [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] is their daughter.<ref>{{cite web |author=Randor Guy |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/lavangi-1946/article4750082.ece |title= Blast from the past - lavangi 1946 |publisher="[[The Hindu]]" |date=2013-05-25 |access-date=2016-11-19|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130910173841/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/lavangi-1946/article4750082.ece|archive-date=10 September 2013}}</ref>

==Early career==
Rao moved into film direction and made silent films such as ''Pandava Nirvan'' (1930), ''Pandava Agnathavaas'' (1930) and ''Hari Maya'' (1932). In 1932, a [[Marwaris|Marwari]] businessman, [[Chamanlal Doongaji]] from [[Bangalore]], launched South India ''Movie Tone''. The company made ''[[Sati Sulochana]]'', the first talking picture in [[Kannada language]] with an expense of {{INRConvert|40000|year=1934}}. Rao directed this blockbuster film shot at Chatrapathi Cinetone, in Kolhapur; the shooting took eight weeks. He then directed ''Hari Maya'' (1932) that starred his first wife, Rajam.<ref name=filmmaker />

==Filmography==
;As Director
*1930: Pandava Agyathavas (Silent),
*1930: [[Sarangadhara]] (Telugu),
*1932: Hari Maya (Kannada- Director),
*1934: [[Sati Sulochana]] (Kannada - Cast),
*1935: Naganand (Hindi),
*1936: Bhama Parinayam (Tamil),
*1937: [[Chintamani (1937 film)|Chintamani]] (Tamil),
*1938: Bhakta Meera (Tamil),
*1938: Swarnalatha (Tamil),
*1939: [[Malli Pelli (1939 film)|Malli Pelli]] (Telugu - Cast),
*1940: [[Viswa Mohini]] (Telugu - Cast),
*1941: [[Savithiri (1941 film)|Savithiri]] (Tamil - Cast, Singer),
*1942: Sathyabhama (Telugu - Cast),
*1944: Thasildar (Telugu - Cast),
*1946: [[Lavangi]] (Tamil),
*1948: Ramadas (Tamil),
*1950: Jeevit Amche Ashe (Konkani),
*1952: [[Manavathi]] (Telugu-Tamil),
*1953: Manjari (Telugu - Cast),
*1956: Bhagya Chakra (Kannada),
*1958: Sri Krishna Garudi (Telugu),
*1961: [[Nagarjuna (film)|Nagarjuna]] (Telugu-Kannada),
*1963: Hennina Balu Kanneru (Kannada)

;As Producer - Telugu
*1964: Thotalo Pilla Kotalo Rani
*1965: Aakasaramanna
*1966: Bhulokamlo Yamalokam
*1966: Loguttu Perumaallu Keruka
*1967: Devuni Gelichina Manavudu
*1967: Gopaludu Bhupaludu
*1968: Circar Express
*1968: Pala Manasulu
*1969: Ardharathri (Cast)
*1969: Love in Andhra
*1969: Takkari Donga Chakkani Chukka
*1970: Paga Sadhistha
*1971: Revolver Rani
*1972: Monagadosthunnadu Jagratha<ref name="auto"/>

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