[4][2] He worked as a writer for notable films like Brundavanam (1992), Bhairava Dweepam (1994), Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam (1996).

[3] Besides films, he worked as an editor, writer and columnist for English and Telugu newspapers and magazines.

[3] Raavi Kondala Rao was born on 11 February 1932 in Srikakulam of present-day Andhra Pradesh.

He participated in Satyagraha in 1948 in Rajahmundry against the ban on RSS and Hindu Mahasammelan and was put in jail for three months.

He also worked as an assistant director for B. N. Reddy, Kamalakara Kameswara Rao, D. V. Narasa Raju.

Raavi Kondala Rao died of heart attack at a private hospital in Hyderabad, aged 88, on 28 July 2020.