# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vangapandu-prasada-rao
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:49:10.112Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vangapandu-prasada-rao"
name: "Vangapandu Prasada Rao"
slug: "vangapandu-prasada-rao"
description: "Prasada Rao was an Indian poet, lyricist and actor, better known as ‘Vangapandu’ in the North coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh. He actively participated in Communist lead agitations. He was well known for his multiple talents of composing, singing, dancing, and acting. His revolutionary songs yantrametta nadustumdantee, Jajjenaka janare, eem pillado eldamostavaa, ooda nuv vellipoke etc. are very popular."
tagline: "Indian writer and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vanga_Pandu_Prasad.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943"
deathDate: "2020-08-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.36
  momentum:             4.285714285714285
  historical:           4.20612
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanqapandu_Prasada_Rao"
    title: "Vanqapandu Prasada Rao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vangapandu_Prasada_Rao"
    title: "Vangapandu Prasada Rao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5"
    title: "वंगपंडु प्रसादराव"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vangapandu_Prasada_Rao"
    title: "Vangapandu Prasada Rao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%81"
    title: "వంగపండు ప్రసాదరావు"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7914762"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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