The legend in telugu music, Ghantasala was born in 1922. His father Surayya was also a famous singer. During his...
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao is a member of Music Department

Does Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao Dead or Alive?

As per our current Database, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao has been died on 11 February, 1974 at Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.

🎂 Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao die, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao was 52 years old.

Popular As	Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao
Occupation	Music Department
Age	52 years old
Zodiac Sign	Sagittarius
Born	December 4, 1922 (Choutuppal, Krishna Distirct, Andhra Pradesh, India)
Birthday	December 4
Town/City	Choutuppal, Krishna Distirct, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality	India

🌙 Zodiac

Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius. According to astrologers, Sagittarius is curious and energetic, it is one of the biggest travelers among all zodiac signs. Their open mind and philosophical view motivates them to wander around the world in search of the meaning of life. Sagittarius is extrovert, optimistic and enthusiastic, and likes changes. Sagittarius-born are able to transform their thoughts into concrete actions and they will do anything to achieve their goals.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.

The legend in telugu music, Ghantasala was born in 1922. His father Surayya was also a famous singer. During his childhood, Ghantasala used to dance to his father's Tarangams. After his father's death, his maternal Uncle Ryali Pitchi Ramaiah brought up Ghantasala.

As he wished to learn classical music, he went to the only Music College in Vijayanagaram, without telling his family. He went through a number of hardships to learn music and went on to become a "Sangeeta Vidhwan".

Ghantasala participated in the 'Quit India Movement' of 1942, for which he was arrested and imprisoned for 18 months. After coming out of jail, he met "Senior Samudrala", who advised him to try his luck in the film industry as a singer.

All India Radio gave him his first break as a singer when HMV rejected him. Later on, Peketi Siva Ram from HMV recorded his private songs. He joined Pratibha films and sang for chorus and acted as an 'extra' in A.

N.R's film 'Seetha Rama Jananam'. Later Ghantasala worked with famous music directors like Gali Penchala, C.R. Subbaraman. His first movie as a music director was "Laxmamma". He composed the music for NTR's first film "Mana Desam".

He became a famous playback singer with super hit songs for films like " Keelu Gurram" and "Laila Majnu". He sang more than 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malyalam and worked as a music director for over 100 films.

He gave his voice for all the popular heroes of Telugu film industry. His private songs were equally popular and his devotional songs are popular even today. He has given performances in America, England, Germany etc and had the distinction of performing in the United Nations Organisation.

Andhra pradesh Government felicitated him on the occasion of 25 years of his film career. His last gift to the people was his rendition of the Bhagavad Geeta, which is the most popular version even till today.

His illustrious career came to an end on 11 February 1974.