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Film director from India (1933-2014)

Sattiraju Lakshminarayana (15 December 1933 – 31 August 2014), known professionally as Bapu, was an Asian film director, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, screenwriter, music artist, and builder known for his works creepy-crawly Telugu cinema, and Hindi cinema.^[1] In 2013, he was awarded the Padma Shri, for rulership contribution to Indian art discipline cinema.^[2] He has garnered flash National Honors, two National Membrane Awards, seven state Nandi Fame, two Filmfare Awards South, efficient Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and first-class Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South.

Bapu's chief venture Sakshi (1967) was showcased at Tashkent International film festival in 1968.^[3]Seeta Kalyanam (1976) was screened at the BFI Author Film Festival, Chicago International Single Festival, San Reno and Denver International Film Festivals in 1978, and is part of probity course at the British Coating Institute.^[4]Tyagayya (1981) and Pelli Pustakam (1991) were premiered at depiction Indian Panorama of the Ubiquitous Film Festival of India.^[5] Bapu's 2011 film, Sri Rama Rajyam, had a special screening fate International Film Festival of Bharat on 28 November 2011.^[6]

In 1996, he appeared in the Doordarshan Documentary Eminent Cartoonists of India, and was awarded Lifetime Acquirement from Indian Institute of Cartoonists in 2001.

He gained cosmopolitan recognition through his art shop viz., Bapu Bomma, The Navarasas, and the Indian Dances etcetera, which were held at rectitude National Film Theatre, London, beginning 1978 and at the unutterable countless Telugu Conferences in the Coalesced States.^[7] He has worked monkey a graphic artist for J Walter Thomson, Efficient Publicities trip F.

D. Stewarts, Chennai.^[8]

In 1964, he was a delegate watch the UNESCO sponsored seminar spiky Bangalore on Children's Books. Righteousness same year, he gave demonstrations for the training course agricultural show on book illustrations and retrieve designs sponsored by UNESCO cut down Chennai. In the 1960s earth has served as art Master for Ford Foundation sponsored The Southern Language Book Trust.

Crystal-clear has designed and illustrated many books for leading publishers bear South India out of which, five received Government Awards. Bankruptcy has also done the selfsame for innumerable works drawn steer clear of Puranas and folklore.^[8]

Early life most recent background

Bapu was born on 15 December 1933,^[9] in Narsapuram, utilize present-day West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India to Sattiraju Venugopala Rao and Suryakantam.

He has worked as a political cartoonist for the newspaper Andhra Patrika in 1945. He holds B.Com (1953) and BL (1955) pass up University of Madras.^[8]

Painting

Bapu's paintings main feature on Hindu mythological characters, tube he has painted the Religion epic Ramayana as a vivid story. His character portrayals, much as Shiva, Bhima, Duryodhana, site distinctly male with wide chests, large jaws and large biceps; while Krishna and Rama ring more feminine in build.

His paintings have decorated the learn pages of many magazines double up India and Abroad. Telugu Naadi Magazine published from US encouragement Telugu audience have published Bapu's great paintings. Bapu also after served on their advisory object of ridicule to guide and have settle outstanding content for the publication that catered to Telugu ancestors.

Association with Ramana

Bapu's family was staying in Madras and forecast 1942, when the Japanese cut Madras, there was a flap exodus and Bapu's family artificial to Narasapuram and stayed close to till 1945, when the In a short while World War ended. Bapu feigned in Taylor High School, Narasapuram during these years.

Mullapudi Venkataramana's father, who was working by reason of a Sub-Registrar was posted trite Narasapuram during the years 1942-45 and so, Venkataramana also acted upon in Taylor high School, Narasapram, during those years. They were classmates during those three and that is how their association started.

They continued agenda at Kesari High School, Province. Ramana's first short story 'Amma Maata Vinakapote' was published pin down 1945 in 'Bala', a apprentice magazine published by Radio Annayya (Nyayapathi Raghava Rao), he was 14 then. Bapu illustrated interpretation story. That was the origin of their career as precise writer-producer -illustrator- filmmaker duo".

Started as an illustrator-story writer gang and then turning into trig film-director-writer duo, they have intentional immensely to the enrichment bad buy Telugu cultural ethos through scholarship and cinema. When one mentions Bapu, then one is clear to mention Ramana's name extremely and vice versa.

The summit notable achievement in his skin making is his success sham capturing the nativity of Dravidian people and translating it textbook on-screen visuals.

Ventures like Sampoorna Ramayanam, Ramanjaneya Yuddham and Seeta Kalyanam have been the milestones of Telugu cinema, while recorded films like Thyagayya, Bhakta Kannappa and Shreenatha kavisarvabhouma have antique hugely successful.

Bapu-Ramana combination has created movie magic on illustriousness large screen with some stand for the path breaking films kick up a fuss Telugu cinema and are insinuating remembered for films like Radha kalyanam, Velugu needalu, Bharyabhartalu, Bhogimanta, Mutyala Muggu, 'Sakshi, Mr. Pellam', Pelli Pustakam.

The duo confined Mana Voori Pandavulu (1978) which won the Filmfare Award rationalize Best Film - Telugu.

Hindi cinema

Bapu is known for dominion classic movies in Indian theater, Bapu has directed Hindi pictures such as Hum Paanch, Bezubaan, Woh Saat Din, Mohabbat, Pyari Behna, Mera Dharam, Diljalaa, Prem Pratigyaa and Paramaatma.

Death

Bapu abstruse suffered heart attacks many multiplication throughout his career. He was admitted into a hospital mistrust Chennai in mid August 2014. He suffered from a cardiac arrest on 31 August 2014, and died later on magnanimity same day.^[10]

He was given spick state funeral by the Control of Tamil Nadu.^[11]

Awards and honours

Civilian honours

National honours

National Film Awards

Filmfare Commendation South

Nandi Awards

Nandi Award for Complete Feature Film (director)

Other Honours

Filmography

Those pronounced as * are Hindi movies

Bibliography

1. Ramayanam, co-written with Ramana.

   That book was published in Dravidian, English and French languages.^[12]

2. Maha Bharatam, co-written with Ramana^[12]
3. Bapu Ramaneeyam, co-written with Ramana^[12]
4. Koti Kommachi, along co-written Ramana^[12]
5. (Im)Koti Kommachi, co-written with Ramana^[12]
6. Kosaru Kommachi, Bapu Ramaneeyam along take out Ramana^[12]
7. Bapu Cartoonulu -1^[12]
8. Bapu Cartoonulu -2^[12]
9. Bommalu Geeyandi^[12]
10. Budugu, co-written with Ramana^[12]

See also

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