Raj Thota is an Indian Telugu-Language film cinematographer. He received praise for the film Arjun Reddy.
Raj's father Venkat Thota was a make up artist with Mohan Babu and Raj used to accompany his father to the sets during holidays. It was during those visits Raj thought that the director, the cinematographer and the lead actors are the only people who were busy and running hither and thither. So he decided to choose among these three crafts, and he chose to be a cinematographer. He expressed his desire to his father and Venkat Thota joined Raj with his colleague T. Surendra Reddy the cinematographer, where he worked for different genres of films for several years, including the Hindi films directed by Mani Shankar at Hyderabad.
Later, he worked with DOP Mohan Krishna and worked for Hindi films like Ishqiya, R... Rajkumar, Do Lafzon Ki Kahani and Force 2 and several commercials as a second unit cameraman. [4] Raj has done a lot of ‘clash work’ for films including Geethanjali, Ra Ra... Krishnayya, Cinema Choopistha Mava and Pellichoopulu.

Arjun Reddy (2017) Needi Naadi Oke Katha (2018)[5] Husharu (2018) ISmart Shankar (2019) Hulchul (2019) Entha Manchivaadavuraa(2020) Mahasamudram (2021)