SIVARAO KASTHURI

In general common people were very intrest to see the cine stars in general life.For cine people some craze in audions.That craze and image to aquire by Kasturi Siva rao.Kasturi career starts in mookie days.He gave voice commentry to mookie pictures.He played so many characters in stage dramas,mainly commedy roles.He debt cine feild in 1939 by varavikrayam.He recognised by barbar character in chudamani,1941.He become a star by swarga seema,1945 and balaraju,1948.After that gunasundari katha ,laila majnu,raksha rekha,sri lakshmamma katha,swapna sundari films were super hit films.By all this pictures he became a super commedian.gunasundari katha "gidi gidi"was very popular on that days.In that days he shined by splendour.But in ending days he went to tenali for playing roles for existance and deid at tenali.In ending days he had not stardum so the body came to madras in car dicky.No body were con't gone for funerals also.

Trivia:
First comedian to attain star status in Telugu movies.

Filmography
Jump to filmography as: Actor, Music Department, Director, Producer
Actor:

1. Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam (1961)
2. Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu (1958) .... Takku
3. Panduranga Mahatyam (1957)
4. Prema (1952)
5. Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha (1950)
6. Shri Lakshmamma Katha (1950)
7. Swapna Sundari (1950)
8. Laila Majnu (1949/I)
9. Raksharekha (1949)
10. Gunasundari Katha (1949)
11. Balaraju (1948)
12. Drohi (1948)
13. Grihapravesham (1946)
14. Swargaseema (1945) .... Drama Director
15. Choodamani (1941) .... Mangali Sastri
16. Vara Vikrayam (1939) .... Bridegroom

Music Department:

1. Shri Lakshmamma Katha (1950) (playback singer)
2. Gunasundari Katha (1949) (playback singer)
3. Balaraju (1948) (playback singer)

Director:

1. Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha (1950) (as K. Siva Rao)

Producer:

1. Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha (1950) (producer)