Kota Srinivasa Rao was an actor and politician who primarily worked in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam films. He made his acting debut in the 1978 Telugu movie Pranam Khareedu and later appeared in popular films such as Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997), Ganesh (1998), Chinna (2000), Prudhvi Narayana (2002), Idiot (2002), Aa Naluguru (2004), Malliswari (2004), Chatrapathi (2005), Athadu (2005), Pellaina Kothalo (2006), Ready (2008), Attarintiki Daredi (2013) and S/O Satyamurthy (2015). He also appeared in Hindi films including Pratighaat (1987), Sarkar (2005), Darwaza Bandh Rakho (2006), Luck (2009), Rakhta Charitra (2010) and Baaghi (2016). He passed away on 13 July 2025 at his residence in Hyderabad.