K. Raghavendra Rao（1942 年 5 月 23 日出生于 Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao）是一位印度电影导演、制片人、编剧和编舞家，主要以泰卢固语电影和一些印地语和卡纳达语电影而闻名。他获得了八项州南迪奖、IIFA奖、SIIMA奖、五项南方电影节奖和两项CineMAA奖。在五十多年的电影生涯中，饶执导了一百多部故事片，其中约九十部票房大卖，涵盖浪漫喜剧、奇幻、情节剧、动作惊悚片、传记片和爱情片等多种类型。

K. Raghavendra Rao (born Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao on 23 May 1942) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and choreographer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Hindi and Kannada films. He has garnered eight state Nandi Awards, the IIFA Award, the SIIMA Award, five Filmfare Awards South and two CineMAA Awards. In a film career spanning more than five decades, Rao has directed more than a hundred feature films, of which around ninety were box office hits, across multiple genres such as romantic comedy, fantasy, melodrama, action thriller, biographical and romance films.