# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-ranga-rao
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:00:30.151Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-ranga-rao"
name: "M. Ranga Rao"
slug: "m-ranga-rao"
description: "M. Ranga Rao was a prominent Indian composer who predominantly worked in Kannada cinema. Rao was known for his mellifluous scores and lilting tunes backed with strong classical nuances. Rao composed tunes for approximately 100 films in Kannada cinema."
tagline: "Indian composer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/M.RangaRaoImg.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1932-10-15"
deathDate: "1991"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.1
  momentum:             23.0046403712297
  historical:           5.561269333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5208765/"
    handle:    "nm5208765"
sources:
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    title: "ایم رنگا راؤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ام. رانجا راو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Ranga_Rao"
    title: "M. Ranga Rao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%82.%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%8D"
    title: "ಎಂ.ರಂಗರಾವ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%82._%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%81"
    title: "എം. രംഗറാവു"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D._%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "எம். ரங்கா ராவ்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6713062"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1041998"
    title: "M. Ranga Rao"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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