Kota Srinivasa Rao is a popular character actor who is known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Kota Srinivasa Rao has served as the MLA from Vijayawada East in Andhra Pradesh, India from 1999 to 2004. He made his debut with the Telugu film Pranam Khareedu in 1978 and starred in over 750 feature movies. Kota Srinivasa Rao has expressed his grief that some people are spreading on social media that he is dead. He asked not to believe the rumors and revealed that he is healthy. He has also released a video. Kota Srinivasa Rao urged people not to play with people’s lives.
Kota Srinivasa said: As tomorrow is Ugadi, I am talking to the family members about how to organize the festival. Same phone calls since morning. Someone posted on social media that Kota Srinivasa Rao has passed away. The worst part was that a vehicle with ten policemen came to my house.
He also said: The police were surprised to see me. He asked what is this. I am also in shock. I said that the police should take action against spreading such type of false news. I am very healthy. There are many ways to make money in the world. Don’t waste your time with such false propaganda. Happy Ugadi to all.”