Personal Life
His ancestors worked as Diwans in Zamindar. He hails from Nuzvid. He has three elder brothers and two elder sisters. The eldest of them is Kotagiri Gopalarao. His father died early leaving the family in a miserable condition. Gopalrao took control of the family and shifted to Madras. He has become an editor under the eminent director Adurthi Subba Rao and others.
Venkateswara Rao did not want to continue his studies after completing matriculation. He joined his brother in Madras and trained as an editor. K. Raghavendra Rao gave him the first chance to edit two songs in his Adavi Ramudu film in 1977.
He has worked for many films of B. Gopal, Bharatirajaa, N. T. Rama Rao and many more. Before becoming an eminent director, S. S. Rajamouli was trained under him in film editing for a year.
He was elected unanimously as President of the Andhra Pradesh Film Federation and served the members for 6 years.
He has married Sujatha? and has two daughters.
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