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Nationality
  
Indian

Name
  
Ramoji Rao

Role
  
Businessman


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Full Name
  
Cherukuri Ramoji Rao

Born
  
November 16, 1936 (age 87) (
1936-11-16
)

Residence
  
Ramoji Film City, Anajpur, Telangana, India

Occupation
  
Businessman, Media Entrepreneur

Children
  
Kiran Prabhakr, Suman Prabhakr, Sailaja, vijayeswari

Organizations founded
  
Awards
  
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu

Movies
  
Mayuri, Nuvve Kavali, Chitram, Anandam, Pratighatana

Similar People
  

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Cherukuri Ramoji Rao (Telugu: ; born 16 November 1936), better known as Ramoji Rao (Telugu: రామోజీరావు), is an Indian businessman, film producer, educationist, journalist and media entrepreneur. He is head of the Ramoji Group which owns, among other things, the world's largest film production facility, Ramoji Film City and film production company Ushakiran Movies, established in 1983. He has garnered four Filmfare Awards South, and the National Film Award for his works in Telugu cinema. In 2016, he was selected to be honored with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honor, for his contributions in journalism, literature and education.

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Personal life

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Rao was born in Pedaparupudi, Madras Presidency, British Raj, into an agricultural family. Companies owned by the Ramoji group include Margadarsi Chit Fund, Eenadu newspaper, ETV, Priya Foods, Ushakiran Movies and as mentioned above, the Ramoji Film City near Hyderabad. He is also the chairman of Dolphin group of hotels in Andhra Pradesh. Rao's younger son, Cherukuri Suman, died of cancer on 7 September 2012.

Awards and honours

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Civilian honours
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  • Padma Vibhushan (2016) - Government of India
  • National Film Awards
  • National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu (producer) - Nuvve Kavali (2000)
  • Filmfare Awards
  • Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) - Pratighatana (1985)
  • Filmfare Special Award - South for outstanding contributions towards Indian cinema (1998)
  • Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) - Nuvve Kavali (2000)
  • Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award - South (2004)
  • Honorary PhD

  • Honorary PhD from Sri Sri University, India
  • References

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