Name	Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao
Height
Naionality	Indian
Date of Birth	December 4, 1922
Place of Birth	Choutapalli, Gudivada, Krishna dt, Andhra Pradesh, India
Famous for	Singing

Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao was a famous & popular Indian Playback Singer and music composer of Telugu films and many other languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi. He is the recipient of the Padmashree award, India's fourth highest civilian award.

For nearly a quarter of a century, he was the voice of Telugu films. He was one of Telugu cinema's first playback singers. He sang in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi films. He composed music for more than 100 movies. He sang the Bhagavad Gita just before his death in 1974, a rendition which became highly acclaimed and popular. On February 11, 2003, a stamp was released in honor of Ghantasala at Telugu Lalita Kala Toranam, Public Gardens, Hyderabad.

"Gifted with what V. A. K. Ranga Rao called "the most majestic voice", Ghantasala helped Telugu film music develop its own distinct character which remains unparalleled".