Datla Venkata Suryanarayana Raju, better known as D. V. S. Raju (13 December 1928 – 13 November 2010) was an Indian film producer known for his works in

Telugu Cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hy ...

and

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

. He was instrumental in shifting the Telugu film industry from Chennai to Hyderabad. He was the recipient of the

Raghupathi Venkaiah Award The Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu Award is an award issued by the Indian state government of Andhra Pradesh, to recognise lifetime achievements in Telugu cinema. The award was introduced in 1981 in honour of Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu, a pioneer of t ...

, the Bhishma Award and the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

for his contributions to Indian cinema. He served as Jury Member at the 15th National Film Awards & Chairperson at 46th National Film Awards. He was the Chairman of

National Film Development Corporation of India The National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) based in Mumbai is the central agency established in 1975, to encourage high quality Indian cinema. It functions in areas of film financing, production and distribution and under Ministr ...

(NFDC) and President of the

Film Federation of India The Film Federation of India (FFI) is an apex body of the Indian film producers (around 18,000), distributors (around 20,000), exhibitors (around 12,000) and studio owners, headquartered in Mumbai.Shahid Alikhan, R. A. Mashelkar, "Intellectual pro ...

(1979–80). As NFDC Chairman, he was instrumental in co-funding the making of Richard Attenborough's Oscar-award winning film

Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

. He had also served as Chairman of the State Film Development Corporation. He died on 13 November 2010 (Saturday) at the age of 82 years after brief illness.

Early life and film craft

He was born on 13 December 1928 in

Allavaram Allavaram is a village in Allavaram Mandal, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is located in Allavaram mandal of Amalapuram revenue division of the district. References

Villages in Allavaram ...

, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh in a Telugu

Raju The Raju are a Telugu caste found mostly in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Varna Status The Raju caste, which A. Satyanarayana calls the "locally dominant landed gentry", claims Kshatriya status in the varna system despite there being ...

family. He went to Madras (now Chennai) in 1950 and established D. V. S. Productions banner. Before establishing DVS Productions Banner, He was a Managing Partner in National Art Theatres (NAT) along with Legendary N.T.Rama Rao and N.Trivikrama Rao. Made V.Venkatraman as Production executive in Film productions and made about 25 films including one award winning Hindi film ''

Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye ''Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye'' () is an Indian Hindi-language film directed by T. Rama Rao, produced by D. V. S. Raju released in 1983. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Rekha, Ranjeeta, Danny Denzongpa in pivotal roles. The film was ...

''. He had produced some popular films, starring

N. T. Rama Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh fo ...

like ''Pidugu Ramudu'', ''Chinnanaati Snehithulu'' etc. His few noted films are ''Jeevitha Nouka'', ''Jeevana Jyoti'', ''Chanakya Sapadham'', ''Picchi Pullaiah''. `Jeevana Jyoti' has won the Nandi award.

Filmography

Awards

* He won

Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu ''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, a ...

- Jeevana Jyothi in (1975). * He won Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Gold - Jeevana Jyothi in (1975).(in

Telugu 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 S ...

) * Andhra Pradesh Government honored him with

in 1988. * He was presented by

award in 2001 by Government of India. * He was awarded the Bhishma Award.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raju, D. V. S. 1928 births 2010 deaths Nandi Award winners Filmfare Awards South winners Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts Telugu film producers Tamil film producers 20th-century Indian businesspeople People from East Godavari district Film producers from Andhra Pradesh

Early life and film craft

Filmography

Awards

See also

References

External links