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Film Director
 
RECALLING Legendary Film Director T. Prakash Rao, THE GREAT FILMMAKER

100 Years Birth Anniversary on 16th November 2024

T. Prakash Rao

Born

 Tatineni Prakash Rao

 24 November 1924

 Kapileswarapuram, Krishna district (now in Andhra PradeshIndia)

Died

 1 July 1992 (aged 67)

 Chennai, India

Occupation

 Film Director

Children

 T. L. V. Prasad - Film Director

Relatives

 Tatineni Satya (grandson)
 T. Rama Rao (cousin)

 

 

T. Prakash Rao (16th November 1924 – 1 July 1992) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. In a career spanning nearly four decades, he directed over 40 films. He started his career as an assistant director 1947. He debuted as a director with the Telugu at 1952 and later directed Hindi film Amar Deep (Dev Anand)1958. 

Early life T. Prakash Rao was born in Krishna district in present-day Andhra Pradesh. He was a member of the CPI before Indian Independence and was associated with Praja Natya Mandali, a radical theatre movement.

Personal life Prakash Rao's wife Annapurna and his son TLV.Prasad is famous film director while his daughter Leela settled in Andhra Pradesh. Prakash Rao's grandson T.Satyaprakash is also a film director who debuted with “Bheemli Kabadi Jattu” Telugu (2010). Noted director T.Rama Rao is a cousin brother of Prakash Rao. Rama Rao worked as an assistant director to Prakash Rao in the beginning of his career.

Prakash Rao was called Jubilee Director namely films like, Amar Deep and Duniya (Devanand) College Girl ( Shami Kapoor ) Sasural, Humrahi, Suraj (Rajendra Kumar) Vaasana (Raj Kumar), Bahu Rani and Bahu Beti ( Guru Dath), Izzat (Dharmendra) and Hamara Sansar (Mithun Chakravarthy), Rivaj ( Sanjeev Kumar) Kub Thak Chup ( Aditya Pancholi) and films like Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani, Nanna Faristha, He made a Film for Children’s Film Corporation ‘Ganga Bhavani” which had won Best National award for Children’s film Category.

 

Filmography

As a director

Year

Film

Language

Banner

Music Director

Notes

1952

Palletooru

Telugu

People's Art Productions

Ghantasala

Debut as a director

1953

Pichi Pullayya

Telugu

National Art Theaters

T. V. Raju

Adaptation and Story

1954

Parivartana

Telugu

Janata Pictures

T. Chalapathi Rao

 

1954

Nirupedalu

Telugu

Gokul Pictures

T. V. Raju

 

1956

Amara Deepam

Tamil

Venus Pictures

T. Chalapathi Rao & G. Ramanathan

 

1956

Charana Daasi

Telugu

Lalitha Films

S. Rajeswara Rao

 

1956

Jayam Manade

Telugu

Rajasri Productions

Ghantasala

 

1956

Mathar Kula Manickam

Tamil

Vauhini Studios

S. Rajeswara Rao

 

1958

Amar Deep

Hindi

 

C. Ramchandra

 

1958

Uthama Puthiran

Tamil

Venus Pictures

G. Ramanathan

 

1958

Sitamgar

Hindi

 

G. Ramanathan, B.N. Bali

Dubbed from Tamil Uttama Puthiran

1959

Illarikam

Telugu

Prasad Art Pictures

T. Chalapathi Rao

 

1959

Kanniraindha Kanavan

Tamil

     

1959

Nalla Theerpu

Tamil

Sri Productions

S. M. Subbaiah Naidu

 

1960

College Girl

Hindi

Rawal Films

Shankar Jaikishan

 

1960

Ellorum Innaattu Mannar

Tamil

Jupiter Pictures

T. G. Lingappa

 

1960

Maa Babu

Telugu

Pragathi Art Productions

T. Chalapathi Rao

 

1961

Anbu Magan

Tamil

Pragathi Art Productions

T. Chalapathi Rao

 

1961

Sasural

Hindi

Prasad Art Pictures

Shankar Jaikishan

 

1962

Kaathiruntha Kangal

Tamil

Vasumathi Pictures

Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy

 

1963

Bahurani

Hindi

 

C. Ramchandra

 

1964

Padagotti

Tamil

Saravana Films

Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy

 

1965

Bahu Beti

Hindi

 

Ravi

Scenario

1966

Suraj

Hindi

Rajshri Productions

Shankar Jaikishan

 

1968

Duniya

Hindi

 

Shankar Jaikishan

 

1968

Izzat

Hindi

 

Laxmikant Pyarelal

 

1968

Vaasna

Hindi

 

Chitragupta

 

1969

Nannha Farishta

Hindi

 

Kalyanji Anandji

 

1970

Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani

Hindi

 

Kalyanji Anandji

 

1972

Rivaaj

Hindi

 

Shankar Jaikishan

 

1973

Minaru Babu

Hindi

     

1974

Gali Patalu

Telugu

     

1975

Samsaram

Telugu

Anil Productions

T. Chalapathi Rao

 

1976

Pogarubothu

Telugu

     

1977

Chiranjeevi Rambabu

Telugu

     

1978

Hamara Sansar

Hindi

 

Chitragupta

 

1979

Ganga Bhavani

Hindi

     

1982

Engalalum Mudiyum

Tamil

     

1988

Kab Tak Chup Rahungi

Hindi

 

Bappi Lahiri

 
 
 

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