Yaragudipati Varada Rao

Yaragudipati Varada Rao is a director, writer and actor in Tamil and Telugu cinema, credited on Nakili Manishi (1980).

Yaragudipati Varada Rao (30 May 1903 – 13 February 1979) was an Indian director, actor, screenwriter, and editor known for his works primarily in Telugu, Kannada, and Tamil films. Rao started his career in theatre and did a few stage plays before moving to Kolhapur and Bombay to act in silent films. He started his career as a lead actor in many silent films such as Gajendra Moksham (1923), Garuda Garvabhangam (1929), and Rose of Rajasthan (1931). Regarded as one of the greatest filmmaking pioneers of the Cinema of South India, he made motion-pictures across Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Konkani, and Hindi languages, apart from silent films.

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