Rajanikanta Rao is the 1st man who put AIR in the international award scene with his feature kondanunchi kadali daka. He has received Hosabunka award, Megha Sandesam musical feature Akashvani Annual Award and composed orchestral compositions, He was awarded Sahitya academy and Sangeetha Natak Academy Tagore Puraskar, and state of Andhrapradesh Hamsa Puraskar. He has composed music for films, and composed more than 150 songs, He has created a genre of Telugu light music, written and composed Hala Sathavahana, and other Kuchipudi Yaksha Ganams. He is the legend of broadcasting of music, contemporary of Ravisankar, Anil Biswas,
