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T. Rama Rao
Tatineni Rama Rao (1938 – 20 April 2022) was an Indian filmmaker. He directed 75 Hindi and Telugu feature films between 1966 and 2000. Career Rao started his work in the film industry in the late 1950s as the assistant director of his cousin T. Prakash Rao and Kotayya Pratyagatma, before making his directorial debut with 1966 Telugu film ''Navarathri''. According to ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', Rao was "the man who established the 'Madras movie', or Hindi films funded primarily by southern capital, as a viable commercial option in the all-India market..." He was the father of successful film producer T. Ajay Kumar. Filmography Director Producer Hindi * ''Aakhree Raasta'' *''Andhaa Kaanoon'' *''Ek Hi Bhool'' *''John Jani Janardhan'' *''Sansar'' Tamil *''Naan Sigappu Manithan'' *''Adhisaya Piravi'' *''Naattai Thirudathe'' * ''Dhill'' * ''Youth'' * '' Arul'' * ''Unakkum Enakkum ''Unakkum Enakkum'' (), also known by its formal title ''Unakkum Enakkum ... Something S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapileswarapuram, Krishna District
Kapileswarapuram is a village in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Pamidimukkala mandal of Nuzvid revenue division Nuzvid revenue division is an administrative division in the Eluru district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 3 revenue divisions in the district with 6 mandals under its administration. Nuzvid serves as the headquarters .... References {{reflist Villages in Krishna district Villages in Andhra Pradesh Capital Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeevana Tarangalu
''Jeevana Tarangalu'' () is a 1973 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by T. Rama Rao. The film stars Sobhan Babu, Krishnam Raju, Vanisri, Chandramohan, and Lakshmi. It is based on a novel by Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani, and won three Filmfare Awards South. It was remade in Tamil as '' Thirumangalyam'' (1974), in Hindi in as '' Dil Aur Deewaar'' (1978), and in Kannada as '' Mangalya'' (1991). Plot Venu Gopala Rao (Gummadi) and Savitri (Sriranjani) are a couple with two children, Roja ( Vanisri) and Chandu (Krishnam Raju). But unfortunately, Venu Gopala Rao has an affair with another woman and leaves his family and children to marry her. He has two children from the second wife, namely Lavanya (Lakshmi) and a polio-affected younger daughter. Savitri faces a lot of insults from her brother and sister-in-law (Raavi Kondala Rao, Suryakantham) and lives with them because she has no shelter. Roja teaches music and Chandu is a spoiled brat who joins a theft group with an alia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sattam En Kaiyil
''Sattam En Kaiyil'' () is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by T. N. Balu starring Kamal Haasan and Sripriya. It was remade in Hindi as ''Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya'' (1982), with Haasan returning. Plot The film revolves around twin brothers, who were separated and got different family in their childhood. One becomes an educated and a good person, while the other one becomes local city-thief and a petty criminal remaining uneducated. Problems arrive when their girlfriends think the other as their own boyfriend as they look alike. The story ends reuniting the twin brothers. Cast *Kamal Haasan as Babu / Rathnam *Sripriya as Priya *Miss. Elizabeth as Kathrine * Srikanth as Senthil *S. A. Ashokan as Mayandi *Thengai Srinivasan as Lawyer Nagarajan *Suruli Rajan as Rathnam's Friend * V. Gopalakrishnan as Priya's Father *Pushpalatha as Lakshmi *Ganthimathi as Sivakolunthu *Sathyaraj as Vicky *Loose Mohan *Usilai Mani Production ''Sattam En Kaiyil'' is the debut fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya
''Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya'' () is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language film directed by T. Rama Rao. It stars Kamal Haasan in a double role, with Poonam Dhillon in the lead roles and is a remake of his own acted Tamil film '' Sattam En Kaiyil'' (1978). Plot Rasik Bihari Saxena (Om Shivpuri) a corrupt lawyer sends the child of thief Shankar Chander (Satyen Kappu) to juvenile-jail for doing murder. Shankar abducts one of Rasik's twin children from hospital after their birth. Shankar keeps this boy with him and names him Ratan (Kamal Haasan), Shankar's wife Shanta ( Kumud Bole) nurtures Ratan. Shankar teaches Ratan how to steal money, good things etc. from people. On the other hand, Rasik's child is now adult and his name is Ajay Saxena (also Kamal Haasan), he has studied in abroad and married a foreigner girl. Rasik don't like the foreigner girl, seeing this by anger Ajay leaves home. Ajay is arrested for being guilty of killing a girl named Ruby Gupta. Knowing this, Shankar tells Ratan to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Intequam Loonga
''Main Intaquam Loonga '' () is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language action sports film starring Dharmendra, Reena Roy, Nirupa Roy, Amrish Puri. Dharmendra plays a boxer in the film. Footage from this film was used in the 2007 film ''Apne'', also starring Dharmendra as a retired boxer. It is a remake of the 1978 Kannada film ''Thayige Thakka Maga''. Dharmendra's son Sunny Deol was used as a stand-in for his father where he is shown doing one hand push-ups at the very beginning of the title song. This was before he made his debut as a leading actor in '' Betaab'' (1983). Plot Kumar is interested in boxing, but his mother Janki does not want him to become a boxer. He falls in love with his neighbour, Mala, a detective by profession. They are soon to be married. The story moves forward by Mala finding out that G.D., who runs a gym where he trains boxers and only wants his trainee to win the boxing championship, he commits many crimes and she seeks evidence, so he can be jailed. The sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aval Oru Thodar Kathai
''Aval Oru Thodar Kathai'' () is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Balachander. The story revolves around a working middle-class woman, who sacrifices her desires to support her large family. The lead role was played by Sujatha in her first Tamil film, which was also her first starring role. Kamal Haasan, Vijayakumar, Jai Ganesh, M. G. Soman and Sripriya played key roles. The film was shot in black-and white. The film is considered to be one of Balachander's as well as Sujatha's best films. It ran for 25 weeks, and was remade in four other Indian languages. This film catapulted Sujatha into superstardom. Plot Kavitha is the sole breadwinner of her family comprising her mother, widowed sister Bharati, an unmarried younger sister, a blind younger brother, a drunkard elder brother Murthy, his wife and children. Her father had abandoned the family and become a sadhu. Conscious of her family responsibilities, Kavitha keeps postponing her marriage indefinite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeevan Dhaara
''Jeevan Dhaara'' is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language film directed by T. Rama Rao. The film is a remake of the 1974 Tamil film ''Aval Oru Thodar Kathai''. The film stars Rekha, Raj Babbar, Rakesh Roshan, Amol Palekar, Kanwaljit Singh and Simple Kapadia. The movie bridges the mainstream genre with Parallel Cinema. Rekha received a nomination for Filmfare Best Actress Award, the only nomination for the film. She is credited with the film's box office success. Plot Sangeeta () is a young, strong and idealistic girl. She is 25 years old, but unlike her contemporaries, she is still not married. The reason for this is her being a mem ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouna Geethangal
''Mouna Geethangal'' () is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by K. Bhagyaraj. The film stars Bhagyaraj himself alongside Saritha, with S. Krishnamoorthy and Master Suresh in supporting roles. It revolves around a man attempting to reconcile with his estranged ex-wife after five years. The inspiration for the story came to Bhagyaraj from Jayakanthan's short story ''Unmai Sudum'', and his own personal life. The film was produced by K. Gobinathan under Bhagavathi Creations, photographed by B. S. Basaviraj and edited by T. Rajasekhar, with music composed by Gangai Amaran. When the film was still under production, Bhagyaraj published the story as a serial in the magazine ''Kumudam''. ''Mouna Geethangal'' was released on 23 January 1981, and became a commercial success, running for over 25 weeks in theatres. In the same year it was remade in Hindi as ''Ek Hi Bhool'' and in Telugu as ''Sathyabhama''. In 1991 it was remade in Malayalam as ''Chanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ek Hi Bhool
''Ek Hi Bhool'' () is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced by A. Purnachandra Rao under the Lakshmi Productions banner and directed by T. Rama Rao. The film stars Jeetendra and Rekha, with music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''Mouna Geethangal'' (1981). Plot Ram Kumar Shrivastava & Sadhana work in a firm that loves and marries. They live happily, but in a short time, Sadhana makes Ram acquainted with her widowed friend Urvashi. Accidentally, they both spend a night and out of contrition confess his sin before Sadhana. Therefore, she divorces him, despite being pregnant. After 5 years, they encounter at the office and neighborhood but Sadhana is still reckoning on Ram. Here, Ram is delighted to see his son Raju and they befriend which Sadhana denies. Later, Raju grasps the truth and tries to unite his parents. Now, Sadhana altercates with Ram to discard when he too rebukes and gives her 30 days to return. Meanwhile, Teg Bahadur th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthika Deepam (film)
''Karthika Deepam'' is a 1979 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Laxmi Deepak and starring Sobhan Babu, Sridevi and Sharada. The music score by Chellapilla Satyam are memorable. Sobhan Babu won Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu). The film was declared a blockbuster at the box office. The film was remade as '' Maang Bharo Sajana'' (1980) in Hindi directed by T. Rama Rao, in Tamil as '' Karpoora Deepam'' (1985) and in Kannada as '' Sowbhagya Lakshmi'' (1987). Cast * Sobhan Babu ... Sridhara Rao and Raja * Sharada * Sridevi ... Radha * Geetha ... Geetha * Gummadi * Leelavathi * M. Prabhakar Reddy ... Dhananjaya Rao * Rajababu * Allu Ramalingaiah * K. V. Chalam ... Driver * Suryakantham * Ramaprabha * Potti Prasad * Mada * YG Mahendra Soundtrack * "Aaraneekuma Ee Deepam Karthika Deepam" (Lyricist: Devulapalli Krishna Sastry; Singers: P. Susheela, S. Janaki; Cast: Sridevi and Sharada) * "Chilakamma Palikindhi Chiguraaku Kulikindi" (Lyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maang Bharo Sajana
''Maang Bharo Sajana'' () is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced by A. Purnachandra Rao under the Lakshmi Productions banner, and directed by T. Rama Rao. The film stars Jeetendra, Rekha, Moushumi Chatterjee, Kajal Kiran and music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The film is a remake of the Telugu film '' Karthika Deepam'' (1979). This was one of the four films T. Rama Rao directed with Jeetendra and Rekha that explored married relationships. The film did well commercially. Rekha was applauded for her performance as the other woman. Plot Chandru, a college student, is the son of Ram and Sita. Chandru is in a relationship with Geeta Sinha, the daughter of Doctor Sinha and they want to marry. One day, Dr. Sinha finds Geeta and Chandru on the road while Chandru's car has a puncture and they are asking for a lift. On recognizing Chandru he forbids Geeta from seeing him any further and after bringing Geeta home forbids her to leave home. Then he calls Ram (who is known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judaai (1980 Film)
''Judaai'' () is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced by A.V. Subba Rao under the Prasad Art Pictures banner and directed by T. Rama Rao. The film stars Jeetendra and Rekha, with music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. It is remake of the Telugu film ''Aalu Magalu'' (1977). Plot The film begins with Dr. Shashikanth Verma (Jeetendra) a happy-go-lucky with bountiful girlfriends, the son of wealthy Retired judge Umakanth Verma (Ashok Kumar). Gauri (Rekha) a self-esteem woman, resides at Shashi's outhouse and administrates Umakanth's house with her amiable and authoritative behavior. Since childhood, Shashi & Gauri squabble but have untold love. Meanwhile, Shashi moves abroad for higher studies when Umakanth passes away making a testament that Shashi must marry Gauri. Knowing it, Shashi accuses Gauri when she renounces the wealth and is about to quit. At that juncture, forlorn Shashikanth bars and marries her. Soon they are blessed with a baby boy Ravikanth. Thereafter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |