Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao

Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao

Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (1922-1974) is a Kannada Singer, Music Director known for the movies Veera Kesari(1963), Jenu Goodu(1963), Sathya Harishchandra(1965)

Date Of Birth4 December 1922
Age(Age at Death: 51 years 2 months 7 days)
Place Of BirthChowtapalli, Gudivada, Krishna, Andhra Pradesh
Date Of Death11 February 1974
Place Of DeathChennai, Tamil Nadu
WivesSarala Devi , Savithri Rao
FatherSoorayya
UncleRyali Pitchi Ramaiah(maternal)
TeacherPatrayani Sitarama Sastry
Deathcardiac arrest (Chennai)
EducationMaharajah
SonsVijaya Kumar , Ravi Kumar , Shankar Kumar , Ratna Kumar
DaughtersSyamala , Suguna , Meera , Shanti
Biography
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao was a Legendary & distinguished Indian playback singer and music composer of Telugu films and many other languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi.

Interesting Facts and Trivia

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  1. The Government music college in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh is named after Ghantasala
  2. He was a recipient of the Padmashree award, India's fourth highest civilian award.

Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao: Filmography (15)

(All Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao Movies)
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1975 Mahadeshwara Pooja Phala[Playback Singer]
1970 Nanna Thamma[Music Director]
1965 Chandrahasa[Playback Singer]
1965 Maduve Madi Nodu[Music Director,Playback Singer]
1965 Sathya Harishchandra[Playback Singer]
1964 Amarashilpi Jakanachari[Playback Singer]
1964 Muriyada Mane[Playback Singer]
1963 Jenu Goodu[Playback Singer]
1963 Saaku Magalu[Playback Singer]
1963 Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddha[Playback Singer]
1963 Valmiki[Music Director,Playback Singer]
1963 Veera Kesari[Music Director]
1962 Mahatma Kabir[Playback Singer]
1960 Aasha Sundari[Playback Singer]
1958 Krishna Garudi[Playback Singer]