Chakrapani (filmmaker)

Chakrapani was born in Ithanagar village near Tenali, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, in a middle class agricultural family.

He learnt Hindi under the tutelage of the well-known author Vraj Nandan Sharma.^[1] Later, he taught himself Tamil, Sanskrit, and English and soon mastered all three languages.^[2]

Literary career

Bengali literature

Chakrapani contracted

• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada – Maduve Madinodu (1965)
• Maya Bazaar
  (1957)
• Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) - Gundamma Katha (1962)

Selected filmography

• Dharmapatni
  (Telugu, 1941) (dialogue) (debut)
• Dharmapatni
  (Tamil, 1941) (dialogue)
• Swargaseema
  (1945) (dialogue) (story)
• Shavukaru (1950) (writer)
• Pelli Chesi Choodu (1952) (writer)
• Chandraharam (1954) (writer)
• Guna Sundari (1955) (Producer)
• Missamma (1955) (writer)
• Missiamma (1955) (writer)
• Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu (1958) (adaptation)
• Rechukka Pagatichukka (1959) (screen adaptation)
• Gundamma Katha (1962) (story)
• Manithan Maravillai (1962) (screen adaptation)
• Julie (1975) (screen adaptation)
• Sri Rajeswari Vilas Coffee Club (1976) (writer)
• Swayamvar (1980) (story)

Producer

• Sri Rajeswari Vilas Coffee Club (1976)
• Julie (1975) (Nagi Reddi-Chakrapani)
• Ganga Manga (1973)
• Ram Aur Shyam (1967)
• Maduve Madinodu (Kannada) (1965)(Nagi Reddi-Chakrapani)
• Gundamma Katha (1962)
• Manithan Maravillai (1962)
• Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu (1958)
• Maya Bazaar
  (1957)
• Missamma (1955)
• Chandraharam (1954)
• Pelli Chesi Choodu (1952)
• Patala Bhairavi
  (1951)
• Shavukaru (1950)

Director

• Sri Rajeswari Vilas Coffee Club (1976)
• Manithan Maravillai (1962)

Chandamama

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