Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao is an Indian film editor who works primarily in Telugu cinema.
He hails from Nuzvid, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh.
His father died early leaving the family in a miserable condition.
He has become an editor under the eminent director Adurthi Subba Rao and 10 others.
K. Raghavendra Rao gave him the first chance to edit three songs in his film Adavi Ramudu in 1977.