Kanta rao, also known Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao was an Indian actor and producer in Telugu film industry. He started his career as actor with a Telugu movie “Pratigna”. He won Rashtrapati Award in Best Actor category for the movie “Lava Kusha” in 1961. His famous movies include Bhatti Vikramarka, Sathi Sakkubai, Pandava Vanavasam, Nartanasala etc.He was also worked as chairman of Nandi Awards Selection committee in Andhra Pradesh. He passed away on March 22, 2009 at the age of 86 years.