Kota Srinivasa Rao

Kota Srinivasa Rao
Kota Srinivasa Rao
	Rao in 2016
Born	10 July 1942 (age 82); Kankipadu, Madras Presidency, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India)
Occupations	Actor; politician;
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Awards	Padma Shri (2015)
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1999–2004
Preceded by	Vangaveeti Ratnakumari
Succeeded by	Vangaveeti Radha Krishna
Constituency	Vijayawada East
Personal details
Residence(s)	Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has served as the MLA from Vijayawada East in Andhra Pradesh, India from 1999 to 2004.^[1] He made his debut with the Telugu film Pranam Khareedu in 1978.^[2] He starred in over 750 feature films.^[3]^[4] He has received nine state Nandi Awards in various categories of villain, character actor, and supporting actor. In 2012, he has garnered the SIIMA Award for his work in Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum.^[5] In 2015, he received India's fourth highest civilian honour Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema.^[6]^[7]^[2]

He received wide critical acclaim for his diverse roles in films such as S/O Satyamurthy (2015), Attarintiki Daredi (2013), Rakta Charitra (2010), Leader (2010), Ready (2008), Pellaina Kothalo (2006), Sarkar (2006), Bommarillu (2006), Chatrapathi (2005), Athadu (2005), Aa Naluguru (2004), Malliswari (2004), Idiot (2002), Prudhvi Narayana (2002), Chinna (2000), Ganesh (1998), Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997), Little Soldiers (1996), Aame (1994), Hello Brother (1994), Teerpu (1994), Govindha Govindha (1993), Gaayam (1993), Money (1993), Sathruvu (1990), Siva (1989), Aha Naa Pellanta (1987), Pratighatana (1986), and Repati Pourulu (1986).^[8] In 2003, he made his debut in the Tamil industry with Saamy as a suave villain.^[9]^[10]

Personal life

Kota Srinivasa Rao was born on 10 July 1942 in the village of Kankipadu in present-day Andhra Pradesh.^[11] His father Seetha Rama Anjaneyulu was a doctor. Srinivasa initially aimed to become a doctor but eventually couldn't make it because of his love towards acting. He started his career on stage in plays during college. He has a Bachelor of Science degree and worked as a State Bank employee before entering the film industry.

He is married to Rukmini and has three children (2 daughters and a son). He lost his son Kota Venkata Anjaneya Prasad on 20 June 2010 in a road accident in Hyderabad.^[12] Prasad acted in J. D. Chakravarthy's flick Siddham and alongside his father in Gaayam 2 (2010). His acting was critically acclaimed.

Srinivasa's younger brother Kota Sankara Rao is also an actor. He works in a nationalised bank and acts in soap operas.^[13]

Awards

Civilian Honours

Padma Shri (2015)^[14]

Nandi Awards^[15]

Special Jury Award – Pratighatana (1985)
Best Villain – Gaayam (1993)
Best Villain – Teerpu (1994)
Best Character Actor – Little Soldiers (1996)
Best Villain – Ganesh (1998)
Best Villain – Chinna (2000)
Best Supporting Actor – Prudhvi Narayana (2002)
Best Character Actor – Aa Naluguru (2004)
Best Character Actor – Pellaina Kothalo (2006)

SIIMA Awards

South Indian International Movie Award – Best Supporting Actor – Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012)

Other honours

Allu Ramalingaiah Puraskaram^[16]

Filmography

As Actor

Telugu

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Pranam Khareedu
1979	Maa Voori Devatha	Seshayya
1983	Moodu Mullu
1984	Devanthakudu
1985	Babayi-Abbayi
1986	Tandra Paparayudu
	Repati Pourulu
	Pratighatana	Yadagiri
1987	Aha Naa Pellanta	Lakshmipathi
	Attagaru Zindabad	Chintapikkala Chinna Rao
	Subhavartha
	Mandaladeesudu
	Sri Kanaka Maalakshmi Recording Dance Troop	Yella Papa Rao
	Muddu Bidda
1988	Varasudochhadu
	Sahasam Cheyara Dimbhaka	Harmonium Hanumantha Rao
	Choopulu Kalasina Subhavela	Gurnadham
	Yamudiki Mogudu	Kotayya
	Khaidi No. 786	Surya Chandra Rao
	Rendilla Poojari
	Prema Zindabad
	Prema Vijetha
	Pelligola
	Peddanayya
	Pavan – Subblakshmi Preminchukunnarata
	Kaliyuga Karnudu	Panganamala King George
1989	Swara Kalpana
	Hai Hai Nayaka	Pedda Rayudu
	Chinnalludu
	Baava Bavamaridi
	Bava Bava Panneeru
	Bandhuvulostunnaru Jagratha	Suraiah
	Akka Mogudu
	Aalumagalu
	Srimaan Brahmachari
	Siva	Machiraju
	Ajatha Satruvu	Papaala Parandhamaiah
	Dorikithe Dongalu	Bhairava Murthy
	Palnati Rudraiah	Sisupala Rayudu
1990	Chevilo Puvvu	Manager Venkateswara Rao
	Sathruvu	Venkatarathnam
	Jayammu Nischayammu Raa!	Patel
	Bobbili Raja	Ahobala Rao
	Raja Vikramarka	Raja Kotappa
	Kokkoroko
1991	Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu	Veerabhadraiah
	Mamagaru	Pothuraja
	Kobbari Bondam
	Edu Kondalaswamy
	Stoovertpuram Police Station
	Prema Entha Madhuram	Narayan Rao
	Rowdy Alludu	Venkat Ramudu
1992	Sundara Kanda
	Pachani Samsaram
	Chitram Bhalare Vichitram	G. Garudachalam
	Aswamedham	Rayudu
	Ayoo Brahmaih
	420	Tadi Mattayya
	Chitemma Mogudu	Military Babai
	President Gari Pellam	Nadamuni
1993	Rajendrudu Gajendrudu	Kotilingam
	Amma Kodaku	Subbaiah
	Praana Daata
	Money
	Mechanic Alludu	Kotappa
	Mayalodu	Appalakonda
	Jamba Lakidi Pamba
	Ish Gup Chup
	Gaayam	Guru Narayan
	Akka Pettanam Chelleli Kapuram
	Evandi Aavida Vachindi
	Mutha Mestri
1994	Govinda Govinda	Satyananda Swamy
	Yamaleela
	Pelli Koduku
	Number One
	Hello Brother	Tadi Mattayya
	Alibaba Aradajanu Dongalu
	Aame	Srinivasa Rao
	Top Hero	Dasu
	Mugguru Monagallu
	Raithu Bharatam
	Pacha Thoranam
	Lucky Chance	Nayudamma
	Police Alludu
	Subhalagnam	Bangarayah
	Super Police	Abbanna
	Hello Alludu
1995	Subha Sankalpam
	Money Money
	Ghatotkachudu	Mantrikudu
	Alluda Majaka	Kota Pentaiah
	Gharana Bullodu	Ammaji's husband
	Maato Pettukoku	Mayor Geedapenta Basavaiah
	Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu	Sriram's father
	Big Boss
1996	Akkum Bakkum
	Bombay Priyudu
	Gunshot
	Rambantu	Gireesam
	Little Soldiers	Major Harishchandra Prasad
	Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi	Suleiman
	Oho Naa Pellanta	Vallabha Rao
	Pittala Dora
	Vamshanikokkadu	Kotilingam
	Vinodam	Bangaram
	Anaganaga Oka Roju
1997	Annamayya
	Veedevadandi Babu
	Mama Bagunnavaa?
	Maa Nannaki Pelli	Subba Raju
	Gokulamlo Seetha	Muddukrishnayya
	Dongaata
	Chinnabbayi
	Devudu	Gangaraju
1998	Aavida Maa Aavide	Murari
	Maavidaakulu
	Bavagaru Bagunnara?
	Ganesh	Health Minister Samba Sivudu
	Raayudu
	Suryavamsam	Major Yeddulayya
1999	Sneham Kosam
	Sri Ramulayya
	Samarasimha Reddy
	Manikyam
2000	Postman
	Annayya	Babai
	Manasunna Maaraju
	Nuvvu Vastavani	Koteswara Rao
	Badri	Badri's father
	Vamsi	Ankineedu's gang member
	Ayodhya Ramayya
	Prema Sandadi
	Cheliya Cheliya Chirukopama
	Vijayaramaraju
	Sakumba Saparivara Sametamga
	Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa	Kota
2001	Orey Thammudu
	Chinna
	Student No. 1	Leakage Sambashiva Rao
	Daddy	Shanti's paternal uncle
	Maa Avida Meda Ottu
	Maa Aayana Sundarayya
	Eduruleni Manishi
	Preminchu
	Prematho Raa	Chandu's grandfather
	Pandanti Samsaram
	Family Circus	Lance Naik Bhaghat
	Naa Manasista Raa
	Akasa Veedhilo	G.K.
	Adhipati	Gnaneswara Rao
	Thank You Subba Rao
	Veedekkadi Mogudandi?
	Badrachalam
	Idem Oorura Babu
	Hanuman Junction
	Darling Darling
2002	Kondaveeti Simhasanam
	Avunu Valliddaru Ishtapaddaru
	O Chinadana
	Santosham	Himsaraju / Vikram
	Allari	Mahabala Rao
	Tappu Chesi Pappu Koodu	Pedda Koteswara Rao
	Idiot	Head Constable Venkata Swamy
	Prudhvi Narayana	Narayana
	Sandade Sandadi
	Premalo Pavani Kalyan	Sitarama Raju
	Gelupu
2003	Pellam Oorelithe
	Ammulu
	Donga Ramudu & Party
	Simhachalam
	Pellamto Panenti	Kalyani's father
	Simhadri
	Tagore
	Satyam	Shankar
	Saamy	Perumal Pichai	Tamil debut
2004	Pellam Oorelithe
	Malliswari	Bhavani Prasad
	Naani
	Gudumba Shankar	Devudu
	Suryam
2005	Soggadu	Ravi's father
	Naa Alludu	Bilahari
	Hungama
	Athadu	Baaji Reddy
	Chatrapati	Appala Naidu
	Allari Bullodu
	Allari Pidugu
	Sri
	Mahanandi
	Sarkar	Silver Mani
2006	Shock	Dharma Reddy
	Nandanavanam 120km	Banerjee
	Andala Ramudu
	Sainikudu	Chief Minister
	Pellaina Kothalo
	Pournami	Nagendra Naidu
	Bommarillu	Kanaka Rao
	Rakhi	Rakhi's grandfather
	Khatarnak	Dasu's father
2007	Yogi	Kotaiah
	Bhajantreelu
	Athidi	MLA Maccha Srinu
	Pellaindi Kaani
	Lakshyam	Chandu & Bose's father
	Munna	Srinivas Rao
	Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule	Ganesh's father
	Classmates	Professor Chandram
2008	Krishna
	Okka Magadu
	Visakha Express	Mohan Rao
	Idi Sangathi	Chief Minister
	Nee Sukhame Ne Korukunna	Sarvabhouma Rao
	Salute	Home Minister Kondal Rao
	Ready	Peddi Naidu
	Sundarakanda	Kota
	Kousalya Supraja Rama
	Kantri	Daiva Sahayam
	Bujjigadu	Machi Reddy
	Hare Ram	G. Siva Reddy (Health Minister)
	Pourudu	Kasi
	Hero	Ram Mohan Rao
	Gajibiji
2009	Aa Intlo
	Rajavari Chepala Cheruvu
	Evaraina Epudaina
	Sare Nee Istam
	Kick	Minister
	Sankham	Pasupathi
	Anjaneyulu	Gurudev
2010	Leader	Mahadevayya (Peddayana)
	Kalyan Ram Kathi	Krishna Mohan's father
	Darling	Vishwanath's father
	Simha	Veerakesavudu's father
	Gaayam 2	Guru Narayana
	Khaleja	Raju's Grandfather
	Ragada	Gangaiah
	Rakta Charitra	Rajidi Nagamani Reddy
	Rakta Charitra 2	Rajidi Nagamani Reddy
	Brindaavanam	Durga Prasad
	Kathi Kantha Rao	Ringu Raja Rao
2011	Mirapakaay	Shankar Anna
	Dookudu	Mallesh Goud
	Bejawada	Ramana
	Maaro	Venkatratnam
	Kshetram	Chinnanna
2012	Bodyguard	Siva Reddy
	Dhammu	Raja of Veera Durgam Fort
	Adhinayakudu	Politician
	Srimannarayana	Rajan Modaliyar
	Rachcha	Baireddanna
	Nenu Naa Rakshasi	Vishwanath
	Gabbar Singh	Bhagyalakshmi's father
	Poola Rangadu	Ranga's father
	Julayi	MLA Varadarajulu
	Denikaina Ready	Rudrama Naidu
	Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu	Jawahar Naidu
	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum	Subrahmanyam
2013	Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu	Brahmananda Rao
	Ramayya Vasthavayya	Umapathi
	Doosukeltha	Rajeshwar
	Attarintiki Daredi	Siddhappa Naidu
	Okkadine	Sivaiah
	Naayak	Minister
2014	Yevadu	Central Minister
	Race Gurram	Hanumayya
	Prathinidhi	Chief Minister Sambasiva Rao
	Power	Baldev's Uncle
	Anukshanam	Home Minister
	Run Raja Run	Minister Govindharaju
	Govindudu Andarivadele	Balaraju's brother
2015	Temper	Judge
	S/O Satyamurthy	Devaraj's Father
	Lion	Murugan
	Jadoogadu
	Subramanyam for Sale	Govind's father
2016	Terror	Home Minister
2017	Gunturodu	MLA Koteswara Rao
	Radha	Chief Minister
	Balakrishnudu	Raghunandan Yadav
	Jawaan	Baabai (Uncle)
2018	Achari America Yatra	Chakrapani
2018	Gayatri	Judge
2019	Maharshi	Pooja's grandfather
	ABCD: American Born Confused Desi	Koteswara
	Sita	Basavaraju's father-in-law
	Rajdooth	Sanjay's grandfather
	Oorantha Anukuntunnaru	Oori Pedda
2021	Konda Polam	Grandfather of Ravi
2021	Power Play
2022	Hero

Tamil

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Saamy	Perumal Pichai
2004	Kuththu	Anjali's grandfather
	Jore	Lingam
	Aai	Naachiyaar
	Jaisurya	Highways Govindan
2005	Thirupaachi	Saniyan Saggadai
2006	Paramasivan	Swami Kathirvedhi
2006	Kokki
2008	Sadhu Miranda	Venkata Sabhapathy
	Sathyam	Home Minister Kondal Dhasan
	Dhanam	Vedhagiri
2009	Karthik Anitha	Ramachandramoorthy
	Perumal
	Laadam	Pavadai
	Odipolama
2010	Jaganmohini
	Kanagavel Kaaka	Ayyanarappan
	Ambasamuthiram Ambani	Annachi
2011	Bhavani	Sivalingam
	Ko	Aalavandhan
	Thalakonam	Home minister
	Mambattiyan	Annachchi
2012	Saguni	Perumal
	Thaandavam	Home Minister
	Maasi	Paramasivam
2013	All in All Azhagu Raja	Chokkanathan
2014	Malini 22 Palayamkottai	Santhanam
	Damaal Dumeel	Ilavarasu
	Thalaivan		Cameo appearance
	Aranmanai	Swamiji
2016	Saagasam	Varatharajan
2017	Maragadha Naanayam	Astrologer
2018	Saamy 2	Ilaiya Perumal (Perumal Pichai)
2018	Kaathadi

Hindi

Year	Title	Role
1987	Pratighaat
2005	Sarkar	Selver Mani
2006	Darwaza Bandh Rakho	Veterinary Doctor Umapathi
2007	Darling	Psychiatrist
2009	Ek: The Power of One
2009	Luck	Swami
2009	Kirkit
2010	Rakta Charitra	Rajidi Nagamani Reddy
2010	Rakta Charitra 2	Rajidi Nagamani Reddy
2016	Baaghi	Dasanna

Malayalam

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Train	Yogesh Thivari

Kannada

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Raktha Kanneeru
2004	Love
2005	Namma Basava
2022	Kabza

Dakhini

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Hyderabad Nawabs	Dasanna

As Singer

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Gabbar Singh	Mandu Babulam

As dubbing artist

Year	Title	Actor	Notes
1993	Gentleman	Goundamani	Telugu version
1996	Bharateeyudu	Goundamani	Telugu version
1999	Narasimha	Manivannan	Telugu version
1999	Oke Okkadu	Manivannan	Telugu version
2000	Priyaralu Pilichindi	Manivannan	Telugu Version
2002	Baba	Goundamani
2005	Majaa	Manivannan	Telugu Version
2005	Arul	Kollam Thulasi	Tamil Version
2007	Sivaji: The Boss	Manivannan	Telugu Version

References

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^ ^a ^b IANS (25 January 2015). "Actor Kota Srinivasa Rao gets Padma Shri". business-standard.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^ "Srinivasa Rao Kota". IMDb. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
^ "Welcome to Superhit". Thesuperhit.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
^ "Allu Ramalingaiah award is special: Kota Srinivasa Rao". Filmibeat.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
^ "myinfoindia.com". www.myinfoindia.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
^ PTI. "Advani, Bachchan, Dilip Kumar get Padma Vibhushan". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^ "వెండితెరపై చెరగని 'కోట'". Eenadu (in Telugu). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Kota Srinivasa Rao lashes out at directors". Super Good Movies. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012.
^ "Telugu film 'Masti' deals with realistic subject: Film's producer Ravi K Punnam". IBNLive. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
^ "Happy Birthday Kota: వారీ.. ఏం యాక్ట్‌ జేసినవ్వొయ్‌". Sakshi (in Telugu). 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ Special Correspondent. "Actor Kota's son killed in accident". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ "Kota's son killed in bike-lorry collision". Deccan Chronicle. 22 June 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010.
^ "Padma Awards 2015". Press Information Bureau. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
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External links

Kota Srinivasa Rao at IMDb

[1] "Doubts over Vijayawada(East) seat for Kota Srinivasa Rao". The Hindu. 31 January 2004. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

[auto-2] IANS (25 January 2015). "Actor Kota Srinivasa Rao gets Padma Shri". business-standard.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[3] "Srinivasa Rao Kota". IMDb. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

[4] "Welcome to Superhit". Thesuperhit.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

[5] "Allu Ramalingaiah award is special: Kota Srinivasa Rao". Filmibeat.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

[6] "myinfoindia.com". www.myinfoindia.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

[7] PTI. "Advani, Bachchan, Dilip Kumar get Padma Vibhushan". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[8] "వెండితెరపై చెరగని 'కోట'". Eenadu (in Telugu). Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[9] "Kota Srinivasa Rao lashes out at directors". Super Good Movies. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012.

[10] "Telugu film 'Masti' deals with realistic subject: Film's producer Ravi K Punnam". IBNLive. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

[11] "Happy Birthday Kota: వారీ.. ఏం యాక్ట్‌ జేసినవ్వొయ్‌". Sakshi (in Telugu). 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[12] Special Correspondent. "Actor Kota's son killed in accident". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[13] "Kota's son killed in bike-lorry collision". Deccan Chronicle. 22 June 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010.

[pdma-14] "Padma Awards 2015". Press Information Bureau. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[15] "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964 - 2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964 - 2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 13 March 2010. p. 37. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

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1950s	Omkarnath Thakur (1955) Sthanam Narasimha Rao (1956) Sudhir Khastgir (1957) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1957) Debaki Bose (1958) Shambhu Maharaj (1958) Nargis (1958) Satyajit Ray (1958) Devika Rani (1958)
1960s	K. K. Hebbar (1961) Bismillah Khan (1961) Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961) Ashok Kumar (1962) Mehboob Khan (1963) Melville de Mellow (1963) Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964) Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964) P. C. Sorcar (1964) Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965) V. Nagayya (1965) Ravishankar Raval (1965) Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965) Sivaji Ganesan (1966) M. F. Husain (1966) Sumitra Charat Ram (1966) P. Bhanumathi (1966) Daji Bhatawadekar (1967) Vasant Desai (1967) Siddheshwari Devi (1967) Mohammed Rafi (1967) Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967) Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967) M. R. Acharekar (1968) Begum Akhtar (1968) Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968) Nikhil Banerjee (1968) Sunil Dutt (1968) Durga Khote (1968) Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968) Shankar–Jaikishan (1968) Ayodhya Prasad (1968) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968) N. T. Rama Rao (1968) Devi Lal Samar (1968) Vyjayanthimala (1968) Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969) David Abraham Cheulkar (1969) N. S. Bendre (1969) S. D. Burman (1969) B. Saroja Devi (1969) Indrani Rahman (1969) Balraj Sahni (1969) S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)
1970s	Sukumar Bose (1970) Prem Dhawan (1970) Ratna Fabri (1970) Gemini Ganesan (1970) Ritwik Ghatak (1970) Damayanti Joshi (1970) Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970) Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970) Madhaviah Krishnan (1970) Rajendra Kumar (1970) Pankaj Mullick (1970) Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970) Relangi (1970) Gummadi (1970) Vijay Raghav Rao (1970) V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970) Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970) K. B. Sundarambal (1970) Avinash Vyas (1970) M. Balamuralikrishna (1971) Sankho Chaudhuri (1971) Manna Dey (1971) Tripti Mitra (1971) Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971) Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971) K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971) Shanta Rao (1971) Ravi (1971) Sahir Ludhianvi (1971) Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971) Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972) Girija Devi (1972) Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972) Sunil Janah (1972) Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972) Bhimsen Joshi (1972) Mahendra Kapoor (1972) Ram Kumar (artist) (1972) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972) Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972) Samta Prasad (1972) M. K. Radha (1972) Raghu Rai (1972) Krishna Reddy (1972) Waheeda Rehman (1972) Juthika Roy (1972) Suchitra Sen (1972) Gubbi Veeranna (1972) Sitara Devi (1973) T. N. Krishnan (1973) Kishan Maharaj (1973) Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973) Uma Sharma (1973) S. G. Thakur Singh (1973) Kaifi Azmi (1974) Pushkar Bhan (1974) Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974) Bindhyabasini Devi (1974) Naina Devi (1974) Girish Karnad (1974) Shriram Lagoo (1974) Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974) Nutan (1974) M. D. Ramanathan (1974) Som Nath Sadhu (1974) Emani Sankara Sastry (1974) Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974) Manik Varma (1974) M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975) Jasraj (1975) Amjad Ali Khan (1975) Gopi Krishna (1975) Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975) Basavaraj Rajguru (1975) Kalyanam Raghuramayya (1975) M. S. Sathyu (1975) K. G. Subramanyan (1975) Gitchandra Tongbra (1975) K. J. Yesudas (1975) Shyam Benegal (1976) Raghunath Mohapatra (1976) Ram Narayan (1976) K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976) R. Nagendra Rao (1976) S. Somasundaram (1976) Parveen Sultana (1976) Dhanraj Bhagat (1977) Bhupen Hazarika (1977) Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977) Alla Rakha (1977) Jehangir Sabavala (1977) Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)
1980s	B. V. Karanth (1981) Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981) Gambhir Singh Mura (1981) Dashrath Patel (1981) S. H. Raza (1981) Padma Subrahmanyam (1981) Allah Jilai Bai (1982) Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982) Jabbar Patel (1982) Virendra Prabhakar (1982) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983) Nepal Mahata (1983) Handel Manuel (1983) Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983) Raghubir Singh (1983) Sobha Singh (1983) Habib Tanvir (1983) Ganga Devi (1984) Amitabh Bachchan (1984) Purushottam Das (1984) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984) Bhupen Khakhar (1984) Ben Kingsley (1984) Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984) Roshan Kumari (1984) Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984) N. Rajam (1984) Raja and Radha Reddy (1984) Nek Chand (1984) Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984) Shanti Dave (1985) Asa Singh Mastana (1985) Laxman Pai (1985) Smita Patil (1985) Palghat R. Raghu (1985) Naseeruddin Shah (1985) Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986) Kanika Banerjee (1986) Subrata Mitra (1986) Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986) Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986) K. Balachander (1987) Kumudini Lakhia (1987) Vijaya Mehta (1987) N. Ramani (1987) Aparna Sen (1987) Naresh Sohal (1987) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Shabana Azmi (1988) Teejan Bai (1988) Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988) Zakir Hussain (1988) Chindodi Leela (1988) Sudharani Raghupathy (1988) Sudarshan Sahoo (1988) Kudrat Singh (1988) Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Adyar K. Lakshman (1989) Haku Shah (1989) L. Subramaniam (1989) Ratan Thiyam (1989) Upendra Trivedi (1989)
1990s	Mohan Agashe (1990) G. Aravindan (1990) Prabha Atre (1990) Asgari Bai (1990) Gulab Bai (1990) Balwantrai Bhatt (1990) Diwaliben Bhil (1990) Raj Bisaria (1990) S. M. Ganapathy (1990) Kamal Haasan (1990) Bishamber Khanna (1990) Krishen Khanna (1990) Allu Ramalingaiah (1990) Tarun Majumdar (1990) Madhavi Mudgal (1990) Om Puri (1990) Kanak Rele (1990) Leela Samson (1990) Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990) Kapila Vatsyayan (1990) Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991) Bharat Gopy (1991) Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991) Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991) Shanno Khurana (1991) Pratima Barua Pandey (1991) Manu Parekh (1991) Shivkumar Sharma (1991) Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991) Sharda Sinha (1991) Alarmel Valli (1991) Jaya Bachchan (1992) Pankaj Charan Das (1992) Biren De (1992) Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992) Sabri Khan (1992) Sunita Kohli (1992) Madurai N. Krishnan (1992) Manoj Kumar (1992) Meera Mukherjee (1992) Asha Parekh (1992) Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992) Bhagaban Sahu (1992) Anandji Virji Shah (1992) Kalyanji Virji Shah (Kalyanji-Anandji) (1992) Sundari K. Shridharani (1992) Tapan Sinha (1992) Muthiah Sthapati (1992) K. Viswanath (1992) Chitra Visweswaran (1992) Dipali Barthakur (1998) Mammootty (1998) Kunja Bihari Meher (1998) Krishnarao Sable (1998) Zohra Sehgal (1998) K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998) U. Srinivas (1998) Javed Akhtar (1999) Saryu Doshi (1999) Sulochana Latkar (1999) Sumati Mutatkar (1999) Shobha Deepak Singh (1999) Jagmohan Sursagar (1999) Ram V. Sutar (1999)
2000s	Kanhai Chitrakar (2000) Shekhar Kapur (2000) Hema Malini (2000) Anjolie Ela Menon (2000) Shubha Mudgal (2000) Alyque Padamsee (2000) A. R. Rahman (2000) Ramanand Sagar (2000) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001) Aamir Raza Husain (2001) Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001) Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001) Sunil Kothari (2001) Nerella Venu Madhav (2001) Mohanlal (2001) Shobha Naidu (2001) D. V. S. Raju (2001) Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001) Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001) Thota Tharani (2001) W. D. Amaradeva (2002) Raj Begum (2002) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002) Pushpa Bhuyan (2002) Rajan Devadas (2002) Darshana Jhaveri (2002) Abdul Latif Khan (2002) Mani Krishnaswami (2002) Fazal Mohammad (2002) Manorama (2002) Govind Nihalani (2002) Mani Ratnam (2002) Kiran Segal (2002) Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002) Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002) T. H. Vinayakram (2002) Jahnu Barua (2003) Danny Denzongpa (2003) Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003) Rita Ganguly (2003) Ranjana Gauhar (2003) Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003) Rakhee Gulzar (2003) Nemi Chandra Jain (2003) O. P. Jain (2003) Aamir Khan (2003) Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003) T. M. Soundararajan (2003) Sukumari (2003) Satish Vyas (2003) Bharathiraja (2004) Maguni Charan Das (2004) Manoranjan Das (2004) D. K. Datar (2004) Kadri Gopalnath (2004) Hariharan (singer) (2004) Purshottam Das Jalota (2004) Krishn Kanhai (2004) Heisnam Kanhailal (2004) Anupam Kher (2004) Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004) Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004) Sudha Ragunathan (2004) Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004) Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004) Bharati Shivaji (2004) Singh Bandhu (2004) Bhajan Sopori (2004) Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004) Muzaffar Ali (2005) Shameem Dev Azad (2005) M. Boyer (2005) K. S. Chithra (2005) Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005) Shah Rukh Khan (2005) Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005) Kavita Krishnamurti (2005) Chaturbhuj Meher (2005) Kumkum Mohanty (2005) Punaram Nishad (2005) Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005) Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005) Komala Varadan (2005) Wadali Brothers (2005) Ileana Citaristi (2006) Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006) Shree Lal Joshi (2006) Surinder Kaur (2006) Rashid Khan (musician) (2006) Vasundhara Komkali (2006) Yashodhar Mathpal (2006) Madhup Mudgal (2006) Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006) Shyama Charan Pati (2006) Gayatri Sankaran (2006) Prasad Sawkar (2006) Aribam Syam Sharma (2006) Shobana (2006) Kanaka Srinivasan (2006) Pankaj Udhas (2006) Mohan Babu (2007) Geeta Chandran (2007) Astad Deboo (2007) Neelamani Devi (2007) Remo Fernandes (2007) P. Gopinathan (2007) Pushpa Hans (2007) Shanti Hiranand (2007) Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007) Govardhan Kumari (2007) Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007) Balachandra Menon (2007) Shashikala (2007) Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007) Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007) Pannuru Sripathy (2007) Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007) Waman Thakre (2007) P. R. Thilagam (2007) Tom Alter (2008) Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008) Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008) Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008) Madhuri Dixit Nene (2008) Kekoo Gandhy (2008) Helen Giri Syiem (2008) Jatin Goswami (2008) Hans Raj Hans (2008) Sabitri Heisnam (2008) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008) P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008) Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008) Gangadhar Pradhan (2008) M. Night Shyamalan (2008) Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008) Jawahar Wattal (2008) Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009) Hemi Bawa (2009) Brahmanandam (2009) Devayani (dancer) (2009) Suresh Dutta (2009) Kalamandalam Gopi (2009) Niranjan Goswami (2009) Geeta Kapur (2009) Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009) Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009) Helen (2009) S. Krishnaswamy (2009) Akshay Kumar (2009) Iravatham Mahadevan (2009) Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009) Penaz Masani (2009) Shaoli Mitra (2009) Udit Narayan (2009) Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009) Leela Omchery (2009) Pratapaditya Pal (2009) Aruna Sairam (2009) Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009) Kumar Sanu (2009) Kiran Seth (2009) Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009) Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009) Thilakan (2009) K. P. Udayabhanu (2009) Vivek (actor) (2009)
2010s	Gul Bardhan (2010) Carmel Berkson (2010) Wasifuddin Dagar (2010) Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010) Nemai Ghosh (2010) Sumitra Guha (2010) Ulhas Kashalkar (2010) Saif Ali Khan (2010) Mukund Lath (2010) Ram Dayal Munda (2010) Arundathi Nag (2010) Raghunath Panigrahi (2010) Resul Pookutty (2010) Arjun Prajapati (2010) Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010) Shobha Raju (2010) Mayadhar Raut (2010) Rekha (2010) Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011) Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011) Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011) Mahasundari Devi (2011) Gajam Govardhana (2011) Sunayana Hazarilal (2011) S. R. Janakiraman (2011) Jayaram (2011) Kajol (2011) Shaji N. Karun (2011) Girish Kasaravalli (2011) Irrfan Khan (2011) Tabu (2011) Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011) Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011) Jivya Soma Mashe (2011) Dadi Pudumjee (2011) M. K. Saroja (2011) Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011) Prahlad Tipanya (2011) Usha Uthup (2011) Satish Alekar (2012) Satish Alekar (2012) Vanraj Bhatia (2012) Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012) Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012) Gundecha Brothers (2012) Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012) Anup Jalota (2012) Moti Lal Kemmu (2012) Shahid Parvez (2012) Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012) Sakar Khan (2012) Joy Michael (2012) Minati Mishra (2012) Na Muthuswamy (2012) R. Nagarathnamma (2012) Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Vijay Sharma (2012) Laila Tyabji (2012) Yamunabai Waikar (2012) S. Shakir Ali (2013) Gajam Anjaiah (2013) Bapu (2013) Pablo Bartholomew (2013) Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013) G. C. D. Bharti (2013) Apurba Kishore Bir (2013) Ghanakanta Bora (2013) B. Jayashree (2013) Hildamit Lepcha (2013) Madhu (actor) (2013) Sudha Malhotra (2013) Kailash Chandra Meher (2013) Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013) Nana Patekar (2013) Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013) Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013) Jaymala Shiledar (2013) Ramesh Sippy (2013) Sridevi (2013) Suresh Talwalkar (2013) Mahrukh Tarapor (2013) Balwant Thakur (2013) Rajendra Tiku (2013) Mohammad Ali Baig (2014) Vidya Balan (2014) Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014) Sabitri Chatterjee (2014) Biman Bihari Das (2014) Sunil Das (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Rani Karnaa (2014) Bansi Kaul (2014) Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014) Geeta Mahalik (2014) Paresh Maity (2014) Ram Mohan (2014) Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014) Paresh Rawal (2014) Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014) Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014) Santosh Sivan (2014) Sooni Taraporevala (2014) Naresh Bedi (2015) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015) Rahul Jain (2015) Ravindra Jain (2015) Prasoon Joshi (2015) A. Kanyakumari (2015) Prafulla Kar (2015) Tripti Mukherjee (2015) Neil Nongkynrih (2015) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015) Shekhar Sen (2015) Pran Kumar Sharma (2015) Mahesh Raj Soni (2015) Malini Awasthi (2016) Madhur Bhandarkar (2016) Tulsidas Borkar (2016) Mamta Chandrakar (2016) Priyanka Chopra (2016) Ajay Devgn (2016) Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016) Laxma Goud (2016) Saeed Jaffrey (2016) Venkatesh Kumar (2016) Naresh Chander Lal (2016) Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016) Nila Madhab Panda (2016) Michael Postel (2016) Pratibha Prahlad (2016) Gulabo Sapera (2016) Prakash Chand Surana (2016) Basanti Bisht (2017) Baua Devi (2017) Jitendra Haripal (2017) Kailash Kher (2017) Sadhu Meher (2017) Aruna Mohanty (2017) T. K. Murthy (2017) Mukund Nayak (2017) Anuradha Paudwal (2017) Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017) Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017) Doddarangegowda (2018) Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018) Pran Kishore Kaul (2018) Vijay Kichlu (2018) Prabhakar Maharana (2018) Sisir Mishra (2018) Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018) Gobardhan Panika (2018) R. Sathyanarayana (2018) Bhajju Shyam (2018) Ibrahim Sutar (2018) Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018) Baba Yogendra (2018) Anup Ranjan Pandey (2019) Manoj Bajpayee (2019) Pritam Bhartwan (2019) Jyoti Bhatt (2019) Swapan Chaudhuri (2019) Dinyar Contractor (2019) Thanga Darlong (2019) Prabhu Deva (2019) Godawari Dutta (2019) Joravarsinh Jadav (2019) Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019) K. G. Jayan (2019) Waman Kendre (2019) Kader Khan (2019) Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019) Shankar Mahadevan (2019) Narthaki Nataraj (2019) Milena Salvini (2019) Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019) Rajeev Taranath (2019) Hiralal Yadav (2019) Rajeshwar Acharya (2019)
2020s	Shashadhar Acharya (2020) Indira P. P. Bora (2020) Bombay Sisters (2020) Vajira Chitrasena (2020) Puru Dadheech (2020) Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020) Sarita Joshi (2020) Kangana Ranaut (2020) Ramzan Khan (2020) Manilal Nag (2020) Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020) Adnan Sami (2020) Suresh Wadkar (2020) V. K. Munusamy (2020) Yadla Gopalarao (2020) Dulari Devi (2021) Bombay Jayashri (2021) KC Sivasankaran (2021) Rewben Mashangva (2021) Sanjida Khatun (2021) Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021) Nidumolu Sumathi (2021) Biren Kumar Basak (2021) Narayan Debnath (2021) Bhuri Bai (2021) Manjamma Jogathi (2021) Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022) Lalita Vakil (2022) H. R. Keshava Murthy (2022) Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (2022) Arjun Singh Dhurve (2022) Ram Sahay Panday (2022) Durga Bai Vyam (2022) Sulochana Chavan (2022) Sonu Nigam (2022) Lourembam Bino Devi (2022) Konsam Ibomcha Singh (2022) Shyamamani Devi (2022) Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan (2022) Chandraprakash Dwivedi (2022) Ram Dayal Sharma (2022) Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia (2022) S. Ballesh (2022) Sowcar Janaki (2022) R Muthukannammal (2022) A. K. C. Natarajan (2022) Darshanam Mogilaiah (2022) Sakini Ramachandraih (2022) Gaddam Padmaja Reddy (2022) Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (duo) (2022) Shivnath Mishra (2022) Sheesh Ram (2022) Ajita Srivastava (2022) Madhuri Barthwal (2022) Kaajee Singh (2022) Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (2023) Premjit Baria (2023) Usha Barle (2023) Hemant Chauhan (2023) Bhanubhai Chitara (2023) Hemoprova Chutia (2023) Subhadra Devi (2023) Hem Chandra Goswami (2023) Pritikana Goswami (2023) Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain (2023) Dilshad Hussain (2023) Mahipat Kavi (2023) M. M. Keeravani (2023) Parshuram Komaji Khune (2023) Maguni Charan Kuanr (2023) Domar Singh Kunvar (2023) Risingbor Kurkalang (2023) Rani Machaiah (2023) Ajay Kumar Mandavi (2023) Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa (2023) Ramesh and Shanti Parmar (2023) Krishna Patel (2023) K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (2023) Kapil Dev Prasad (2023) Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri (2023) C. V. Raju (2023) Pareshbhai Rathwa (2023) Mangala Kanti Roy (2023) K C Runremsangi (2023) Ritwik Sanyal (2023) Kota Satchidananda Sastry (2023) Neihunuo Sorhie (2023) Moa Subong (2023) Raveena Tandon (2023) Coomi Nariman Wadia (2023) Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023)

v t e Nandi Award for Best Character Actor
Nandi Awards
1994–2000	Krishnam Raju (1994) K. Viswanath (1995) Prakash Raj (1996) Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao (1997) Kota Srinivasa Rao (1998) Mallikarjuna Rao (1999) Prakash Raj (2000)
2001–2010	Tanikella Bharani (2001) Nandamuri Harikrishna (2002) Prakash Raj (2003) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2004) Chandra Mohan (2005) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2006) Ahuti Prasad (2007) Mukku Raju (2008) L. B. Sriram (2009) AVS (2010)
2011–present	Sammeta Gandhi (2011) Ashish Vidyarthi (2012) Naresh (2013) Rajendra Prasad (2014) Allu Arjun (2015) Naresh (2016)
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