Ramoji Rao

Ramoji Rao is the rare figure whose ambition reshaped an entire entertainment culture. Building Eenadu, the ETV network and the world's largest film studio in Ramoji Film City from a single vision is staggering, and it's why I think of him less as a businessman than as architect of an industry's infrastructure. What moves me is the permanence of it: he passed in 2024, but the studio he dreamed up keeps generating films daily. Founders who leave behind living institutions rather than just fortunes earn my quiet, lasting respect.

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Name (English)

Ramoji Rao

Name (Japanese)

ラモジ・ラオ

Reading

らもじ・らお

Born

November 16, 1936 – June 8, 2024

Origin

Pedaparupudi, Krishna district, India

Occupation

entrepreneur / publisher / film producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat

Awards & achievements

• Filmfare Awards South
• Padma Vibhushan in literature & education

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramoji%20Rao
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7289797

Tags

• Krishna district
• entrepreneur
• publisher
• film producer

Last updated

September 23, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.