S.V.Ranga Rao - The King of Telugu Cinema

S.V.R......ee peru vinte oka aajanubaahudu mana kallamundu kadalaadutuntaadu. Kodalaadadamekaadu Sanskrit lo kastamaina dialogues chala suluvuga cheppestuntaadu. Ayyane "Viswanata Chakravarthy" SAMARLA VENKATA RANGA RAO.

NTR,ANR lu telugu cinemaani heroluga elutunna samayamlo Teluge parisramane kaadu, Tamila industryni saitham character artist ga, Villian ga elina natudu SVR.

SVR Nizividu lo 1918 July 3 na Koteswara Rao Naidu ,Laksmi Narasayammalaku janmincharu. Vallamma gaaru Venkateswaruni bhakturaalayinanduna aayanaki aa peru pettukunnaru.

Aayana chinna vayasulone naatakalante enaleni aasakthi kanabarichevaru. Oka pakka B.Sc. chaduvutunna manasantha naatakala meede undedi.

B.Sc. ayina tarvatha ayayanaki Fire Serive lo officer ga job vachindi. Appudu SVR ki rendu vishayalu spastam ayyayi. Okati M.Sc. chadavakkarledu. Inkokati naatakaalaki taginantha samayam untundi.

Inthalo aayana bhanduvaina B.V.Raamanadam nundi pilupu vachindi.... "Virodhini" ane cinemaalo Hero ga avakasam. Appudaayana job ki raajeenaama chesesi Madras velli aa cinemalo natincharu. Kaani cinema Box office daggara ghoramga boltaa kottindi. Tarvatha SVR ki avakaasaallevu. Aayana Madras ki selavu cheppesi Jamshedpur lo TATA ki chendina oka office lo udyogiga cheraru. Inthalo malli pilupu Madras nunchi - "Palleturi Pilla" cinema lo villian character kosam. Kaani ade samayaaniki aayana tandri gaaru mruthi chendadamtho, aa kaaryakramaalannitini muginchukuni velletappatiki aa patra verokariki vellipoindi.

Kaani vidhi vichitramainadi. Vijaya vaaru K.V.Raddy directionlo nirmistunna "Pathala Bhairavi" cinemaalo "Nepala Manntrikudu" character vachindi. Aa character na bhooto na bhavishyath. Aa character ki vachina spandana anthaa inthaa kaadu. Cinema release ayyi akhnada vijayam saadhinchindi. Anthe ika SVR venu tirigi chudaledu. Aa nata prasthanam ala 25 samvatsaraalu konasaagataaniki aa cinemaane punaadi ayyindi.
Aa ventane vachina "Pelli chesi choodu" cinema itu Telugu atu Tamil lo roopondi S.V.R. ki Tamil lo kooda manchi peru teesukuvachindi.

1957 lo vachina "Mayabazar" lo hero evarante..........
NTR,ANR undagaa kooda aa cinemaa ki Hero S.V.R. ante athisayokthi kaadu. Endukante ippudu kooda Maayabazr ante gurthochedi "Ghatothkacha" charactere kada.Daanini atyadbhutamga pandinchina S.V.R. ventaney gurthukostharu.

Aayana cheppe dialogues lo nirlakhsyam, durusuthanam kanabadathayi. "Maayabazar" lo aayana cheppina "evaroo puttinchakapothe matalela pudatayi , asmadeeyulu tasmadeeyulu" dialogues evaroo marchipoleru.

Poorthiga samskruthamlo unde maatalu,padyalu aayana cheppinantha suluvuga marevaroo ucharinchaleru - chivariki ituvanti dialogues cheppadamlo ditta ayina NTR kooda.

"Jagath Jettilu" cinemalo aayana cheppina "orey dongrey" dialogue appatlo Andhra desaanni oka oopu oopindi. Adi oka vaaduka padam ayipoindi andhra pradesh lo.

"Nartanasaala" lo Keechakudiga aayana natinchina natanaku 1963 lo Idonesian Film Festival lo Best Actor Award vachindi.
Chaalamandiki teliyani vishayam entantey - Oka bharateeyudu International Film Festival lo award pondadam ade modatisaari.
Adi mana telugu natudu kaavatam manamdariki garvakaaranam.

Inkaa aayana natinchina "Missamma,Gundamma Katha,Laxmi Nivasam,Bhaktha Prahlada,Sampurna Raamayanam",.... ila cheppukuntoo pothe enno marupuraani paatralu aayana cine prasthanamlo unnayi.

S.V.R. Spain Film Festival ki "Raju-Peda" cinema kosam Gummadi tho kalisi vellaru. Akkada hollywood actor,Director ayina Richard Atenbarough ni kalisaaru. Appudu aayana "Meeru Peda character kaadu veyyalsindi. Raju character ayithene meeku correct" annaru S.V.R. mukha varchassu chusi.
Avunu mari migathaa natulu make-up untene Rajuga kanapadagalaru. Kaani S.V.R. sahajamagaane aayana aaharyam,sareerakruthi ala untundi.

Oka saari S.V.R. tana talent ni itara desalu gurtinchinaa sontha desam matram gurtinchaledani bhadapaddaru. Inkoka sandhrbhamulo Gummadi ila annaru - "S.V.R. ikkada puttadam mana adrustam...kaani adi aayana duradrustham...vere e paschima desamlono pudithe prapanchamlo unna modati ayiduguru goppa natulalo okariga undevaru" ani.

Aayana sonthamga moodu cinemaalu nirmincharu...vatilo rendimtiki Darsakatvam kooda chesaru. Aa rendu chitraalakigaanu raastra prabhutvam iche nandi pursakaralanu pondaaru.

Gunde sambhanditha vyaditho 1974 July 18 na 56 ella vayasulo aayana swargastulayyaru. Bhoutikamgaa aayana mana madya lekunna aayana natinchina paatralu mana kalla mundu ippatikii sajeevamgaane unnayi...untayi.

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Savitri was born in Chirravur near Tenali in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India to Guraviah and Subhadramma. She learned music and Indian classical dance under Sista Purnayya Sasthri. She performed stage shows during her childhood. She acted in 318 films in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages, with ten to twenty movies released per year.

She later directed some films. One day she went to meet the Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and donated all her jewelry she was wearing for the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. She also built a high school in Andhra. Her favorite sports were cricket and chess. She used to play chess at home. She claimed that her favorite sports person was Gary Sobers. She participated in many celebrity cricket matches.


Career
Early career
She gave some public performances as a child in Vijayawada. She worked in a theater company run by Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao. She also started her own company, the Navabharata Natya Mandali. Her best stage role was in Atma Vanchana written by Bucchi Babu.


Telugu career
Her first offer ‘Agni Pariksha’ at age twelve in 1949. However she looked too young after screen tests and was soon dropped. She was selected for main role in the film ‘Samsaram’ by the banner ‘Sadhana Chitra’ in 1950. However she was replaced by Pushpalatha and she was given small role, as she was nervous to act with popular actor Nageswara Rao. She performed a dance in Pathala Bhairavi in 1951. Her first main roles was as a second heroine Pelli Chesi Choodu by L. V. Prasad in 1952. Her early popular roles are in Ardhangi and Missamma.

She later acted in memorable Telugu films like Chandra Haram (1953), Devadasu (1953), Ardhangi (1955), Missamma(1955), Donga Ramudu (1955), Amara Deepam (1956), Todikodallu(1957), Mayabazaar (1957), Abhimanam(1958), Mangalya Balam(1958), Appu Chesi Pappu Kodu (1959), Muripinche muvvalu(1960), Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam (1960), Manchi Manasulu(1961), Aradhana (1962), Gundamma Katha (1962), Rakta Tilakam (1963), Mooga Manasulu (1963), Doctor Chakravarthi(1964), Poojaphalam (1964), Devatha(1965), Pandava Vanavasam (1965), Kanya Sulkam, Naadi Aada Janme, Prana Mitrulu (1967), Varakatnam (1968), Maro Prapancham (1970), Manase Mandiram(1971) and Jagan Mohini (1978). These movies are testimony to her versatile action skills. She got national award for the magnum opus movie Chivarakumigiledi.


Tamil career
Savitri was a legendary actress in Telugu and tamil film industries. She has paired opposite leading actors like Sivaji Ganesan, M.G.R in many films. She married Gemini Ganesh, while acting in ‘Manam Pola Mangalyam’(1953) with him. Savithri's 100th film ‘Konjum Salangai’ (‘Muripinche Muvvalu’ in Telugu) also happened to be paired with Gemini Ganeshan. She was fondly called 'Nadigaiyar Thilagam' in tamil film industry.

Kalathur Kannamma, Kai Kodutha Deivam, Thiruvilaiyadal, Navarathiri, Pasa Malar, Yaar Paiyyan, Paarthal pasi theerum, Padithal Mattum Podhuma, Karpagam, Karnan, Paava Mannippu and Saraswathi Sabatham are some of her memorable classics in tamil.


Bollywood career
She acted in few Hindi films like Bahut Din Huwe, Ghar Basake Dekho, Balaram Sri Krishna and Ganga Ki Lahren.


Director and Producer
She had directed films like ‘Chinnari Papalu’, ‘Chiranjeevi’, ‘Maathru Devatha’ and ‘Vintha Samsaram’ in Telugu. 'Kuzhanthai Ullam' and 'Praptham' in Tamil.


Personal life
Savitri married Gemini Ganesan in 1953 and was blessed with two children Vijaya Chamundeswari and Sathish Kumar. Savitri was a strict, disciplined and compassionate mother. Since there was no availability of televisions at that time, she arranged a 16mm projector to show her films to kids. She would watch all the Hollywood movies and analyze them in an amazing manner. She loved Sophia Loren and Shirley MacLaine.

Gemini Ganesan and Savitri made a hit pair on-screen. She married Gemini Ganesan, though he was already married to Alamelu Ganesan. fondly known as Kadhal Mannan (King of Romance), Gemini Ganesan also did marry Pushpavalli Ganesan, who mothered famous actress Rekha. Being groomed in strict family, Savitri is said to have been deeply affected due to Ganesan being attached to more than one woman. The two were secretly married in 1953 and she declared it publicly a good three years after the wedding happened. Her wedding was revealed when she signed in a photo for a Lux advertisement as Savithri Ganesh.


Awards
She got National Award for Best Actress in 1960 for her performance in the movie Chivaraku Migiledi.[citation needed] The movie was the Telugu remake of Deep Jele Jai (1959), a Bengali classic starring Suchitra Sen. The movie also got remade in Hindi later in 1969 as Khamoshi with Waheeda Rehman enacting the lead role.

She was crowned with title Nadigayar Thilakam (Greatest Actress) for her fine performances in tamil.

She was awarded with the title Kalaimamani by the Tamil Nadu State Government, Nati Siromani by the Andhra Yuvathi Mandali and with an apt title as Mahanati.

Biography of Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Akkineni Nageswara Rao (born September 20, 1924 at Venkataraghavapuram, Dist. Krishna, Andhra Pradesh), also known as ANR, is a film actor from Gudivada Andhra Pradesh. He is one of the first fully commercial Telugu Cinema heroes. His films include a diverse range of genres which include mythological, folk tale, social, adventure and drama. He acted with NTR who is one of the greatest actors of India for almost 40 years.They both called each other as brother .
Nageswara Rao was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1990 for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. He is also a recipient of the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
He is the first person to cause the shift of Telugu film industry to Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh from Chennai, Tamilnadu in an attempt to bring together the mother tongue of industry and industry itself. Soon after the move to Hyderabad, Nageswara Rao founded his own production house, Annapoorna Studios located in Banjara Hill.
He is noted for his class roles in the mid 60's. His younger son Nagarjuna is also an actor in Telugu.
Even at the age of 85+, Dr Akkineni Nageswara Rao still acts. He is specifically remembered in Andhra Pradesh for his biographical roles like Dr.Chakravarthy, Devadasu, Vipranarayana, Chakradhari, Tukaram, Kalidasu, Jayadeva, Tenali Ramakrishna, Kshethrayya etc. Moreover he is popular as hero of popular fiction (Novels) which were made into films e.g. Doctor Chakravarthi, Prema Nagar, Secretary etc.
Akkineni's Premabhishekam movie is one of the biggest Industry Hit movies in Tollywood. Premabhishekam has an amazing 533 days run in Hyderabad City which is still highest run in a city for telugu movies. Premabhishekam is the only film in telugu that went for 365+ days run directly.

About Legend N.T.Rama Rao

NTR was a actor in telugu film industry.He started his career, playing a Police Inspector in the movie Mana Desam.He was encouraged and given opportunities by Raghupathi Surya Prakash Naidu son of Raghupathi Venkaiah Though widely recognized for playing mythological characters, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao is considered as one of the two greatest actors in Telugu film industry the other being Akkineni Nageswara Rao. His portrayal of Lord Krishna in Maya Bazaar produced by B. Nagi Reddy, Vijaya Productions, was the turning point in his life. His portrayal of Ravana and avatars of Vishnu, especially Rama and Krishna; mesmerized an entire generation who saw the face of Dr.Rao when these gods were mentioned.

Dr. Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao had a major contribution to Telugu film making, between 1950 and 1965. Analysts believe that the Telugu film industry produced some of the best mythological movies from India, while the Tamil and malayalam movie industry produced socially-oriented films.

An important factor that made him a great actor was his ability to deliver extremely lengthy dialogues that were original verses from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata with a fervor and command unmatched by most of his contemporaries. Generally, he played multiple roles in the same movie, which increased the number of dialogues and hence required preparation time.

Dr. Rama Rao was versatile in Dialog Delivery and Mannerisms. His ability to deliver lengthy dialogues without mistakes. In Tamil Nadu, Sivaji Ganesan who was much better known for striking a balance between various kinds of cinema namely commercial,Mythological and Social oriented movies . NTR like his contemparies namely Sivaji Ganesan and RajKumar the kannada film legend struck a balance between both kinds of cinema . He used to perform roles in mythological movies and even do commercial Janapadham (where the adventurous prince saves the damsel in distress) films like Sivaji Ganesan and RajKumar . It was not a surprise, that he established as Numero-Uno Actor of Telugu Filmdom.

Shri Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao played the role of Lord Krishna not only in Telugu movies, but also in Tamil and Kannada movies. While the megastars—Ramachandran, Shivaji Ganesan,Prem Naseer and Rajkumar vied for the roles of other Mahabharata heroes like Karna, Arjuna and Bhima, there was no denying that he would be the only one to play Lord Krishna.

One of his greatest janapadams was "Jagadekaveeruni katha" (the story of the universal hero) where he plays the role of Pratap, the prince of Ujjain. He dreams of celestial damsels as his wives, but on revealing the dream to his father, he is banished from the kingdom. The heroic prince then does the impossible — passing the various tests put to him, winning the celestial damsels and bringing them home to his kingdom. Another one of his janapadams was "Gulebakavali katha" (the story of Gulebakavali) where he plays the role of a prince who sets out to the heavens to bring the flower named "Gulebakavali" in order to cure his poisoned father, even winning Indra's daughter in the process.

Shri Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao stopped playing the role of the prince in films, and Instead played the roles of a poor yet heroic young man against the system in his kingdom. To the millions of the denizens in Andhra Pradesh, he became 'one of us'—one who assures the poor that he is there to rescue them from the wicked traitors in the kingdom.

The most notable movies acted by Rao in mythological characters are Maya Bazaar (Sri Krishna), Lava Kusa (Lord Rama), Sri Krishnaarjuna Yuddham (Sri Krishna), Bheeshma (Bheeshma), Bhookailasa(Raavana), Nartanasala (Arjuna also as Bruhannala), Panadava-vanavsam (Bheema), Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam (Lord Venkateswara), Maha Mantri Thimmarusu (Sri Krishna Devarayalu) and Dana Veera Sura Karna (Duryodhana, Sri Krishna, Karna)which created a record in telugu film industry,Apart from these he played a variety of roles in folklore characters like Jagadeka Veeruni Katha, Pathala Bhairavi etc. On the social front he played roles in the movies Malliswari, Kanyasulkam, Gundamma Katha, Missamma, Raktha Sambandham, Ramudu Bheemudu, Devudu Chesina Manushulu, Adavi Ramudu, Vetagadu, Gajadonga, Driver Ramudu, Sardar Paparayudu, Kondaveeti Simham, Justice Chowdary, Bobbili Puli etc. He acted in over 280 movies in the lead role.

He also donned the roles of an elderly teacher (Badi Pantulu) becoming a model to his pupils, as a prince and a pauper (Raju-Peda), as down-to-earth servant dedicated to his master (Aatma Bhanduvu).

In addition to his purely artistic contributions to the Telugu movies, he built the Rama Krishna Film studios, and was very active in shifting the Telugu film industry from Madras to Hyderabad. This created the first sophisticated service industry in the agrarian state. He actively campaigned for the construction of a large number of movie theaters in rural locations and was influential in designing and implementing a financial system that funded the production and distribution of movies.

Later in his career, starting 1970's, he took to social dramas in a big way. Though aged now, he took to modern fashion. Bell-Bottom pants, Cowboy hats got added to his trade mark cigar moustache. Producers lined up a series of new-age actresses. Konda Veeti Simham, Vetagadu, Bobbili Puli, Justice Chowdhary saw the young and talented Sridevi with him. Adavi Ramudu, Yugandhar (Remake of Amitabh Bachchan's Don (1978 film),) saw Jayasudha, while Jayaprada paired with him in Adavi Ramudu.


with well wishers MGR, Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Director Sridhar in a meeting in chennaiNTR's mind was always craving for better roles and he kept satisfying his fans with regal performances in Sardar Paparayudu, Srimad Virata parvam.

When his son Nandamuri Balakrishna came of age, he took to direction delivering a classic Saleem Anarkali. He did pursue direction, however owing to lack of time or so, he could not direct as many movies, as he wanted to.