# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kovelamudi-surya-prakash-rao
# Generated: 2026-08-20T19:14:48.888Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kovelamudi-surya-prakash-rao"
name: "Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao"
slug: "kovelamudi-surya-prakash-rao"
description: "Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao (1914–1996) was an Indian film director, producer, actor and cinematographer known for his works in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi films. In 1977 he won the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada for Ganda Hendthi. In 1995, Rao received the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for his contributions to Telugu cinema. He is the father of noted Telugu director K. Raghavendra Rao and is the uncle of another noted director K. Bapayya."
tagline: "Indian film director and producer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1914"
deathDate: "1996"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.27956
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0433892/"
    handle:    "nm0433892"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B4_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "كوڤيلامودى سوريا پراكاش راو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._S._Prakash_Rao"
    title: "K. S. Prakash Rao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "கோ. சூ. பிரகாஷ் ராவ்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%81"
    title: "కోవెలమూడి సూర్యప్రకాశరావు"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%92_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A4"
    title: "کے ایس پرکاش راؤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15696137"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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