Sakshi Ranga Rao, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sakshi Ranga Rao

Indian actor

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1942

Place of Birth: Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh, India

Date of Death: 27-Jun-2005

Profession: actor

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sakshi Ranga Rao (Telugu: ?????? ????????) (15 September 1942 – 27 June 2005) was a character actor in theater arts and South Indian cinema.He was born to Lakshmi Narayana and Ranganayakamma as Rangavajhula Ranga Rao of Kondiparru village near Gudivada.
He began his career as a stenographer in Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
He showed passion for theater arts and performed poignant roles on stage.
He began his film career with Sakshi in 1967 directed by Bapu.
Then onwards, he became known as Sakshi Ranga Rai, also to differentiate himself from S.
V.
Ranga Rao.
He acted in about 450 films over about four decades.
The majority of them were comedies. He had the distinction of acting in most of the Telugu film directed by K.
Vishwanath, Bapu and Vamsi.
He has acted in successful films like Sirivennela, Swarna Kamalam, April 1st Vidudhala, Joker and Swarabhishekam. He died after a prolonged illness in 2005 in Chennai at the age of 63 years.
Incidentally, it was on stage that Rao collapsed on May 5, 2005 during a rehearsal for the Gurazada play, `Kanyasulkam'.
The apparent cause of his death was diabetes and associated renal failure.
Television actor Saakshi Siva is his youngest son.