Kona Prabhakara Rao (10 July 1916 – 20 October 1990) was an Indian politician.
At the age of 16, Rao conducted a boycott of schools when late Motilal Nehru died.
He had in his earlier days produced, acted and directed many Telugu films, notable among them being Mangalasutra, Niraparadhi (1951), Nirdoshi, Drohi and Soudamini.
Rao was appointed Governor of the union territory of Pondicherry on 2 September 1983 and he continued in that post until June 1984.
[citation needed] He died on 20 October 1990, at National Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad due to cardio-respiratory failure.