# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kanta-rao
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:11:04.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kanta-rao"
name: "Kanta Rao"
slug: "kanta-rao"
description: "Tadepalli Lakshmi Kantha Rao was an Indian actor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. Regarded as one of the finest method actors, Rao appeared in more than 400 feature films, starring in many, in a variety of genres including mythological, social and folklore. After a success string in folklore and swashbuckling films, he became popularly referred to as Kattula Kantha Rao. He has also acted in a few Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, and Malayalam movies. He has produced about five films under the Hyma Films banner."
tagline: "Indian actor (1923–2009)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/75sR0b4eTPI1VLoHOeuRO5pPCDj.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1923-11-16"
deathDate: "2009-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.49
  momentum:             3.421098332818771
  historical:           6.451732
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710564/"
    handle:    "nm0710564"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A4"
    title: "کانتاراؤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "كانتا راو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantha_Rao"
    title: "Kantha Rao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantha_Rao"
    title: "Kantha Rao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadepalli_Lakshmi_Kanta_Rao"
    title: "Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "காந்தாராவ்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%81_(%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81)"
    title: "కాంతా రావు (నటుడు)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3765138"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1208884"
    title: "Kanta Rao"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump