Kantha Rao Dead

Kantha Rao Dead

Veteran film actor Kantha Rao (85) died of prolonged illness in a city hospital today night. He was suffering from cancer for the past few years.Kantha Rao breathed his last at around 11 p.m, a spokesperson of Yashoda hospitals, Somajiguda said.Kantha Rao was a contemporary of Telugu film industry legends like late N T Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageshwara Rao. He was known for his roles in mythological films. He acted in more than 400 films and his last film was Balakrishna starrer Pandurangadu.Several film personalities and political leaders including Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu and Praja Rajyam Party president Chiranjeevi expressed their condolences over the death of Kantha Rao.


Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao (Telugu: తాడేపల్లి లక్ష్మీ కాంతారావు) (born 16 November 1923 – March 22, 2009) is a popular Telugu actor from Andhra Pradesh, India. He has acted in more than 400 Telugu mythological, social and folklore movies. He acted in a few Hindi, Kannada and Tamil movies also. In the 1960s he was the third force in Telugu cinema, behind N.T.Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageshwara Rao

Kanta Rao was very famous for portraying the role of Narada in mythological movies. He played other roles, notable being those of Lord Krishna, Arjuna, Panduraj and Lakshmana .

Kanta Rao acted in a lot of folklore movies and was famous for his fencing and sword fighting. Most of these movies were directed by "Janapada Brahma" B. Vittalacharya.