Rangavajjala Ranga Rao was born on 15.09.1942 at Kondiparru village in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh. He was a clerk/steno in the Registrar Office of Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. His passion for acting made him a Stage actor.His entry in to Telugu Cinema is through the film Sakshi, directed by Bapu. He played the villain role in the film.With excellent display ofaction in the movie; he has stabilized his position in Telugu cinema as comedian/villain. He had his own style of action and diction of dialogues. In many of his movies he acted as a clerk, Village head. In K Vishwanath’s Shankarabharanam, he acted as a tabala player.In the film Muthyalamuggu he acted as an assistant to villain.
He has acted in 450 movies.
Short list of films acted by Sakshi Ranga Rao:-
1. Sakshi(1967)
2. Sudigundalu(1967)
3. Buddhimanthudu(1969)
4. Balaraju Katha(1970)
5. Dharmadatha(1970)
6. Mattilo Manikyam(1971)
7. Andalaramudu(1973)
8. Muthyalamuggu(1975)
9. Sri rajeshwari vilas coffee club(1976)
10. Devathalara deevinchandi(1977)
11. Seethamahalakshmi(1978)
12. Siri siri muvva(1978)
13. Sankarabharanam(1979)
14. Gopalaravugari ammayi(1980) 15. Sapthapadi(1980)
16. Subhodayam(1980)
17. Radhakalyanam(1981)
18. Manchupallaki(1982)
19. Subhalekha(1982)
20. Rendujedala seethe(1983)
21. Sagara sangamam(1983)
22. Sitara(1983)
23. Chattamtho Poratam(1985)
24. Chantabbai(1986)
25. Kaliyugapandavulu(1986)
26. Sirivennela(1986)
27. Sruthilayalu(1987)
28. Swarnakamalam(1988)
29. Janakiramudu(1988)
30. Soothradharulu(1990)
31. Pellipusthakam(1991)
32. April okati vidudala(1991) 33. Karthavyam(1991)
34. Gharanamogudu(1992)
35. Aa okkati adakku(1993)
36. Detective Narada(1993)
37. Yamaleela(1994)
38. Subhasankalpam(1995)
39. Swarabhishekam(2004)
40. Vijay IPS(2006)
This versatile actor died at Chennai due to renal failure on 27th of June 2005 at the age of 63.
Business of Tollywood salutes this actor 69th birth anivisery
