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{{short description|Kannada film director}}
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'''A. V. Seshagiri Rao''' (1926 – 17 June 2007)<ref name="Obit">{{cite web | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kannada-director-seshagiri-rao-dead/43011-8.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614033715/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kannada-director-seshagiri-rao-dead/43011-8.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 June 2012 | title=Kannada director Seshagiri Rao dead | publisher=CNN | work=IBN Live | date=20 June 2007 | accessdate=11 January 2015}}</ref> was a [[Kannada language|Kannada]] film director.

==Film career==
He started his film career at a young age and directed about 50 films including in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil. He made his directorial debut in Telugu film ''[[Pendli Pilipu]]'' starring [[N. T. Rama Rao]] and [[Devika]] in 1962. He gave blockbusters like Rajkumar-starrer ''Sampath Ge Sawal'', ''Bahadur Gandu'' and ''Bettadha Huli'' to the Kannada film industry. His last film was ''Bahadura Hennu'' in which actress [[Roopa Ganguly]] had played the lead role.

== Filmography ==

=== Kannada ===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! No. !! Year !! Film
|-
| 1 || 1965 || [[Bettada Huli]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bharatmovies.rave-staging.com/kannada/info/bettada-huli.htm |title=Bettada Huli cast & crew |access-date=3 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035755/http://www.bharatmovies.rave-staging.com/kannada/info/bettada-huli.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2 || 1968 || [[Hoovu Mullu]]
|-
| 3 || 1969 || [[Makkale Manege Manikya]]
|-
| 4 || 1973 || [[Jaya Vijaya]]
|-
| 5 || 1974 || [[Sampathige Savaal]]
|-
| 6 || 1975 || [[Hennu Samsarada Kannu]]
|-
| 7 || 1976 || [[Baduku Bangaravaythu]]
|-
| 8 || 1976 || [[Bahaddur Gandu]]
|-
| 9 || 1976 || [[Raja Nanna Raja]]
|-
| 10 || 1977 || [[Sose Tanda Soubhagya]]
|-
| 11 || 1977 || [[Shrimanthana Magalu]]
|-
| 12 || 1978 || [[Vasantha Lakshmi]]
|-
| 13 || 1979 || [[Naniruvude Ninagagi]]
|-
| 14 || 1979 || [[Nentaro Gantu Kallaro]]
|-
| 15 || 1980 || [[Ravi Chandra]]
|-
| 16 || 1980 || [[Haddina Kannu]]
|-
| 17 || 1980 || [[Pattanakke Banda Pathniyaru]]
|-
| 18 || 1981 || [[Avali Javali]]
|-
| 19 || 1982 || [[Guna Nodi Hennu Kodu]]
|-
| 20 || 1983 || [[Keralida Hennu]]
|-
| 21 || 1984 || [[Maryade Mahal]]
|-
| 22 || 1984 || [[Premave Balina Belaku]]
|-
| 23 || 1984 || [[Pavithra Prema]]
|-
| 24 || 1985 || [[Kunkuma Tanda Soubhagya]]
|-
| 25 || 1989 || [[Thaligagi]]
|-
| 26 || 1993 || [[Bahaddur Hennu]]
|-
| 27 || 1961 || [[Pendli Pilupu (Telugu)]]
|−28 || 1971 || [[Andam Kosam Pandem (Telugu)]]
|}

==Death==
He died following a fall at his house in [[Chennai]], India, where died of brain haemorrhage.<ref name="Obit"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|nm1032623}}

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[[Category:Telugu film directors]]
[[Category:1926 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Film directors from Chennai]]

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