# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rajanala-kaleswara-rao
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:18:12.348Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rajanala-kaleswara-rao"
name: "Rajanala Kaleswara Rao"
slug: "rajanala-kaleswara-rao"
description: "Rajanala Kaleswara Rao, known mononymously by his surname as Rajanala, was an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre, and a few Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi films. In a film career spanning more than four decades, Rajanala acted in more than 1400 feature films in a variety of characters. Regarded as one of the finest method actors, Rajanala was known for his gruesome portrayals of lead antagonist roles during the Golden age of Telugu cinema. The Government of Andhra Pradesh and the film industry felicitated him for his achievements and contribution to Indian Film Industry. He won several Filmfare Awards South and Nandi Award."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raja_.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1925-01-03"
deathDate: "1998-05-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.37
  momentum:             1.642553191489362
  historical:           4.915914666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707351/"
    handle:    "nm0707351"
sources:
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    title: "ராஜனாலா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "راچانالا كاليسوارا راو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajanala_(actor)"
    title: "Rajanala (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2_%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B3%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%81"
    title: "రాజనాల కాళేశ్వరరావు"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "راجنالا (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7285728"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1611382"
    title: "Rajanala Kaleswara Rao"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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