S. V. Ranga Rao

S. V. Ranga Rao is an actor, producer and director in Hindi and Tamil cinema, credited on Teja (1992).

Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao (3 July 1918 – 18 July 1974), popularly known as S. V. Ranga Rao and SVR, was an Indian actor and filmmaker who primarily worked in Telugu and Tamil films. He is regarded as one of the finest actors in the history of Indian cinema. He is known by the epithet "Viswa Nata Chakravarthi" (transl. "Emperor of Acting Universe") and was the earliest character actor in South Indian cinema to achieve a star status. Ranga Rao garnered various national and international honours in a nearly three-decade long career.

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