Starring Vijaya Shanthi in the lead, Kota Srinivasa Rao debuted to Telugu cinema with the movie ‘Prathighatana’. The character he portrayed was loved by the audience and became an instant hit for the way he delivered dialogues. Following the hit movie, he continued to enact in innumerable films portraying versatile roles, and bagged many state government awards. Audience reaped accolades on the star for his neat performance.

In the path of his dad, his son Kota Prasad debuts as an actor with the JD Chakravarthy’s ‘Siddham’ starring Jagapathi Babu in the lead. Even though, his first film is for 'Vadu Veedu Inkokadu', directed by writer Divakar Reddy’s son, Srikar Babu, it got shelved for unsaid reasons.

After a long break, Kota Prasad forays into silver screen with ‘Siddham’.