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Gollapudi Maruthi Rao 83rd Birth Anniversary

Gollapudi Maruthi Rao was a Great writer, Radio Artist and Film Actor. Maruthi Rao born at Vizianagaram (Then Visakhapatnam District) in AP on 14th April 1939.

Today is Gollapudi Maruthi Rao’s 83rd Birth Anniversary.

Businessoftollywood.com Remember Gollapudi on his 83rd birth anniversary recollecting his past glory.

A Graduate from Andhra University, worked in a Telugu weekly in Editorial Department. Gollapudi Maruthi Rao joined All India Radio as Programme Executive and with time promoted as Asst. Director of A I R, Vijayawada. He entered the Telugu Cinema with the film Intlo Ramayya Veedhilo Krishnayya (Megastar Chiranjeevi starer film) in the year 1982. He settled in Telugu cinema as a Villain. Gollapudi Maruthi Rao had his own style of dialogue delivery. Abhilasaha, Challenge, Mapallelo Gopaludu, Samsaram O Chadarangam, Chettukinda Pleader, Alludu Garu and Raja Vikramarka are notable films of Maruthi Rao as an actor. He was a story, dialogue writer for many Stage plays and won many honors.

Nandi Award (1965) as best Story writer for the film “Athma Gauravam”

Nandi Award (1989) as best story writer for the film “Prema Pusthakam”

Nandi Award (1991) as best dialogue writer for the film “Mastari Kapuram”

List of films(selected) acted by Gollapudi Maruthi Rao:

1. Intlo Ramayya Veedhilo Krishnayya (1982)
2. Idhi pellantara (1982)
3. Manishiko Charithra (1983)
4. Abhilasha (1983)
5. S P Bhayankar (1984)
6. Challenge (1984)
7. Swathimuthyam (1985)
8. Mapallelo gopaludu (1985)
9. Donga (1985)
10.Bhale mogudu (1987)
11.Samsaram o Chadarangam (1987)
12.Jebudonga (1987)
13.Varasudocchadu (1988)
14.Siva (1989)
15.Chettukinda Pleader (1989)
16.Alludugaru (1990)
17.Raja Vikramarka (1990)
18.Assembly rowdy (1991)
19.Adithya 369 (1991)
20.Sundara kanda (1992)
21.Golmal govindam (1992)
22.Subha sankalpam (1995)
23.Andamaina manasulo (2008)
24.Rainbow (2008)
25.Leader (2010)
26.Inkosari (2010)
27.Daruvu(2012)
28.Sukumarudu(2013)
29.Rowdy Fellow(2014)
30.Kanche(2015)

This great writer/actor of Telugu Cinema died on 12th December 2019  in Chennai due to cardiac arrest.