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Thotakura Venkata Raju

Other names of Thotakura Venkata Raju: T. V. Raju
Telugu Music Composer Thotakura Venkata Raju
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Thotakura Venkata Raju is also known as T. V. Raju. He was born in 1921 and was an Indian music composer who primarily worked in Telugu cinema. He started his career as an assistant composer to P. Adinarayana Rao in the film Palletoori Pilla (1950) and also played a small role in the same film. His debut film as an independent music director was Tingu Ranga (1952), directed by B. A. Subba Rao.

His music in the films Panduranga Mahatyam Panduranga Mahatyam is a Telugu TV show which airs >> Read More... (1957), Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam (1966), and Sri Krishnavataram (1967) is memorable. Taxi Ramudu (1961) and other social drama films showcased T. V. Raju’s versatility as a music composer. His association with “NAT Combines” production house and N. T. Rama Rao films yielded many hits. He even forced Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi is a renowned Indian playback singer >> Read More... to perform a song for the Bhale Thammudu movie from 1969. Thotakura Somaraju Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , better known as Raj and one of the composers of the duo Raj-Koti, is his son.

BORN TODAY


Born: 5 May 1947

Age Now 77

Rama Prabha - (Movie Actress)

Born: 5 May 1946

Age Now 78

Akkineni Kutumba Rao - (Director)

Born: 5 May 1975

Age Now 49

Nutan Naidu - (Contestant)

Born: 5 May 1930

Lived For 65 Years

Pithapuram Nageswara Rao - (Singer)

Born: 5 May 1992

Age Now 32

Shashikanth Ramawat - (Director)

Born: 5 May 1998

Age Now 26

Abhiram Tripuraneni - (Director)

Born: 5 May 2001

Age Now 23

Rekha Nirosha - (Actress)