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Tapi Chanakya
Tapi Chanakya (1925–1973), professionally known as Chanakya, was an Indian film director and writer. He is son of the famous writer Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu. He has worked as Radio Telegraphist for the Indian Army. Filmography # Palletoori Pilla (Telugu) (1950) (assistant director) # Anta Manavalle (1954) # Rojulu Marayi (Telugu) (1955) (director and screen adaptation) # Peddarikalu (1957) # Ettuku Pai Ettu (1958) # Bhagya Devatha (1959) # Jalsarayudu (1960) # Kumkumarekha (1960) # Pudhiya Pathai (1960) # Kalasivunte Kaladu Sukham (1961) # Constable Koothuru (1963) # Ramudu Bheemudu in Telugu (1964) # Varasatwam (1964) # C.I.D. (1965) # Enga Veetu Penn (1965) # Enga Veettu Pillai (1965) # Adugu Jaadalu (1966) # Naan Aanaiyittal (1966) # Ram Aur Shyam (Hindi) (1967) # Oli Vilakku (1968) # Pudhiya Boomi (1968) # Madhavi (1969) # Vidhi Vilasam (1970) # Bangaru Talli (1971) # Bikhre Moti (Hindi) (1971) # Man Mandir (Hindi) (1971) # Bandhipotu Bhayankara (1972) # Jaanwar Aur Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapi Dharma Rao Naidu
Thapi Dharma Rao Naidu (1887–1973) was a Telugu writer, lyricist and social reformer. He wrote dialogues and lyrics for the films like ''Mala Pilla'', ''Drohi'', ''Thathaji'', ''Bhishma'', and ''Patni''. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Indian Literature. He had authored many books which were the eye openers for many in the field of social sciences in India, in particular South India. His books ''Vidhi Vilasam'', many more have found a place in the annals of Indian literature. Honours * Andhra Sahitya Akademi honored him with 'Visishta Sabhyathvam'. *The chief priest of Sringeri Sharada Peetham honored him by conferring the title Andhra Visharada for his extraordinary service to Telugu language. *He was senate member of Sri Venkateswara University. Family Thapi Dharma Rao Naidu had two daughters and three sons. Literary works * ''Devalayala Meeda Bhutu Bommalenduku?'' * Pelli- Dani Puttupurvotharalu', * ''Inupakatchadalu'', * ''Pathapali'', ''Kotha Pali'', * ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oli Vilakku
''Oli Vilakku'' () is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by Tapi Chanakya and produced by S. S. Vasan. It is a remake of the Hindi-language film ''Phool Aur Patthar'' (1966). The film stars M. G. Ramachandran (in his 100th film), Jayalalithaa and Sowcar Janaki, with S. A. Ashokan, Manohar, Cho and V. S. Raghavan in supporting roles. It was released on 20 September 1968, and was one of the most successful Tamil films of the year, and became a turning point in Ramachandran's career. Plot Muthu is a career criminal who works for Master Jambu along with his girlfriend Geetha. Who becomes friends with Kadri, another petty thief. Due to his repetitive crimes, the court orders him to stay in a small town for six months. But, two days before his release, he escapes. Master Jambu gives him another job to rob a safe full of gold from the rich. When a plague empties Maanggudi of its inhabitants; Muthu takes the opportunity to burgle a house. He finds nothing except Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Deaths
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1925 Births
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Telugu Film Directors
Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode See also * Telugu cinema * Telugu cuisine * Telugu culture (other) * Telugu states Telugu states are the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in southeastern India. An ethno-region of Telugu People, they as a collective are bordered by Maharashtra to the north, Karnataka to the west, Odisha, Chhattisgarh to the north ... * * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganga Manga
''Ganga Manga'' is a 1973 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film in which Vanisri played a dual role as Ganga and Manga. Krishna and Sobhan Babu played main roles. The film was a remake of the Hindi film ''Seeta Aur Geeta''. Plot Ganga, who lost her parents when she was a child, is the rightful heir to a huge property. She has grown up to be a shy and innocent girl who lives with her uncle and aunt. Every month their family lawyer comes to their home and hands over some money to Ganga. But Durga forcefully takes it from her and harasses her by burdening her with the household work. Durga's brother Bujji always has an eye on Ganga. Ganga's uncle tries to set up a marriage with Ravi, who returns from a foreign country after completing his medicine. Durga dresses up Ganga in modern clothes by force so that Ravi's family dislikes her. As a result, they return unhappy. Ganga's grandmother explains to them what had happened, but they do not listen. Manga is a happy-go-lucky girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964) and Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. It is written officially within Iran and Afghanistan in the Persian alphabet, a derivation of the Arabic script, and within Tajikistan in the Tajik alphabet, a der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subah-O-Shaam
''Subah-O-Sham'' ( fa, همای سعادت) is a 1972 Indo-Iranian film directed by Tapi Chanakya.The film was shot simultaneously in Hindi and Persian. The Iranian version was released as Homaye Saadet in 1971. Plot The film is based in Tehran, Iran. The lead character, Aarun (Mohammad Ali Fardin) falls in love with a beautiful dancer Shirin (Waheeda Rehman). Due to her dubious profession, Aarun and his brother Naseer (Sanjeev Kumar) decide to lie about her origins to their mother. Unfortunately, she finds out the truth and forbids Shirin from marrying her son. Aarun, believing Shirin has changed her mind and refused to marry him, is angered and marries another woman, Nazneen. Only Naseer knows the truth of why Shirin refused to marry Aarun. Years later, Aarun and Nazneen's son, Romil, becomes best friends with a fatherless boy, Razzaq, who invites Aarun to his home. When Aarun goes to his house, he finds out that Razzaq is his and Shirin's own son. Following the death of Nazneen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaanwar Aur Insaan
''Jaanwar aur Insaan'' ("Animal and Man") is a 1972 Hindi movie directed by Tapi Chanakya. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Sujit Kumar, Jagdeep, Nirupa Roy and Madan Puri. The music is by Kalyanji–Anandji. Plot Shekhar lives a wealthy lifestyle with in widowed mother, Gauri, his Jamuna Nagar, India and manages an estate. The region is being terrorized by a tiger which was wounded by him and has since become even more fearless and a man-eater. Shekhar's attempts to entrap and kill it are all in vain. Then Shekhar meets with Meena and both fall in love with each. Their marriage cannot take place as Meena's father, Gokuldas, had killed Shekhar's dad. But when Mohan kills Gokuldas, the past is forgiven and the couple are allowed to get married. The marriage ceremony is marred with the appearance of the tiger, which runs away after being chased by a rifle-toting Shekhar. After about a year Meena gives birth to Raju but the tiger continues to be at large. When the tiger brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Mandir
''Man Mandir'' is a 1971 Bollywood drama film directed by Tapi Chanakya. The film stars Waheeda Rehman and Sanjeev Kumar. This was the first film signed and shot by Rakesh Roshan Rakesh Roshan (born 6 September 1949) is an Indian film producer, director, screenwriter, and actor who works in Hindi films. He is the son of Indian music director Roshan and Indian Bengali singer Ira Roshan. He had appeared in 84 films thr ..., although 'Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani' signed after this film was released before 'Man Mandir'. The music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. Plot: Orphaned at a very young age, Deepak and his sister, Laxmi, live a poor lifestyle. Deepak is introduced to Krishna and soon both get married and live together with Krishna's brother, Ramu. Deepak drives a taxi and it is through his earnings that they all live on. Soon Krishna gets pregnant, much to the delight of the entire household. Ramu has fallen into bad company and steals Krishna's necklace to throw a party for his fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikhre Moti
''Bikhre Moti'' () is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced by Omi Arora under the Gita Shree Films banner and directed by Tapi Chanakya. It stars Jeetendra and Babita, and the music was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Plot Sulochana is a young mother who accepts forced widowhood and has to leave her home with her two sons. She gets involved in an accident while saving the life of a millionaire's only daughter Leela and ends up losing her two sons. The millionaire, by his will, names Sulochana as the guardian of Leela before his death. Fate ordains her sons Anand and Gopi to grow up in totally different environments. Anand gets rescued by Inspector Ram Prakash and grows up to be a police officer, while Gopi grows up to be a notorious criminal. Unaware of their relationship, Gopi and Anand become arch enemies when they both fall in love with Leela. On the wedding day of Anand and Leela, Ramprakash has killed chasing criminals Gopi and Jeevan a murderer released fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
