Rama Rao Tatineni was born in 1938 in Kapileswaram, Andhra Pradesh, British India. He was a director and assistant director, known for Jeevana Tarangalu (1973), Lok Parlok (1979) and Inquilaab (1984). He was married to Tatineni Jayashree. He died on April 20, 2022 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Rao started his work in the film industry in the late 1950s as the assistant director of his cousin T. Prakash Rao and Kotayya Pratyagatma, before making his directorial debut with 1966 Telugu film Navarathri.
Rama Rao had helmed 70 films in Telugu and Hindi, besides bankrolling blockbusters in Tamil.
The man was synonymous with actor Jeetendra's blockbusters in the 1980s.
He was the father of successful film producer T. Ajay Kumar.