Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
| Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
September 21, 1931 Gudur, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Residence | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | University of Madras |
| Occupation |
Film director Producer Screenwriter Composer |
| Awards |
National Film Awards Filmfare Awards South Karnataka State Film Awards Nandi Awards |
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (born 21 September 1931) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, composer, singer, lyricist and actor, known for his works in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films, across multiple genres.[1] The octogenerain is widely regarded as one of the versatile directors of India.[2][3] He is credited with having revolutionised the South Indian cinema with experimental films.[4][5][6][7] He has garnered two National Film Awards, six state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, and three Karnataka State Film Awards.[8]
In 2010, Srinivasa Rao headed the Jury of the Indian Panorama at the 8th Chennai International Film Festival.[9] In 2011, Rao received the Life Achievement Award from the Film Federation of India at the 4th Global Film Festival.[10] Rao was also the Guest of honor alongside Barrie Osbourne at the Media and Entertainment Business Conclave 2012 hosted by FICCI and FFI.[11][12] In 2012, Rao served as one of the selection committee member for the Sundance Institute's screen writers lab.[13]
The 2003 animation film, Son of Aladdin had 1100 shots and 125 characters.[14] The film won Special Mention in the Competition section at the 2003 International Children’s Film Festival Hyderabad,[15][16][17] and was subsequently premiered at the 37th International Film Festival of India.[18] The 2008 animation film Ghatothkach, was premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in the Critics' Week section,[19][20] and was also premiered to special mention at the Grand Finale - Children's Film Festival 2014 of the 44th International Film Festival of India.[21]
Rao served as the executive director for the 1970 Kannada film, Samskara which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, and Bronze Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.[22] He made his Telugu directorial debut with Neethi Nijayithi (1972). He then directed social problem films like Dikkatra Parvathi (1974), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil, Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil for that year,[23] and Tharam Marindhi, which won Nandi Award for Best Feature Film, both of which were premiered at International Film Festival of India and the Moscow Film Festival.[24] The 1988 silent film, Pushpaka Vimana gained international acclaim, including 1988 Cannes Film Festival premiere in the International Critics' Week. The film has received the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, and Filmfare Award South for Best Film.[25][26][27]
Early life and career
He was born in Gudur, Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh into a Telugu speaking Madhwa Brahmin family of Ramachandra Rao, a headmaster and Sakunthala Bai a violinist. He studied college at V. R. College in Nellore, and graduated with a Physics Degree from University of Madras.[28] Rao worked as associate director and singer to Harindranath Chattopadhyay, K. V. Reddy, and Pingali Nagendrarao, for films like Mayabazar (1957), Pelli Naati Pramanalu (1958), Jagadeka Veeruni Katha (1961), Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddham (1963), Sathya Harischandra (1965) etc.[29] In 1970, subsequently Rao ventured into direction, and directed about sixty films in various languages including Hindi and English.
Kannada cinema
Rao directed Kannada blockbusters like Haalu Jenu (1982), Chalisuva Modagalu (1982), Eradu Nakshatragalu (1983), Shravana Banthu (1984), Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma (1985), Anand (1986), Devatha Manushya (1988), and Ksheera Sagara (1992), etc. to name a few. The Kannada film journalists association has honored Srinivasa Rao with a Special Biography. Rao received three Karnataka State Film Awards, including two for Best Screenplay.[30]
Lyricist and Composer
He composed lyrics for films like Bhairava Dweepam (1994), and sound tracks for few Kannada films. He edited many magazines in Telugu such as Bharati, and scripted plays like Brahma, Antya Ghattam, and Chitrārjuna. Chitrārjuna was also translated into English, and was telecasted in American Television.[31]
Film craft and Innovative cinema
The 1984 Telugu biographical dance film, Mayuri, which won the National Film Award – Special Mention (Feature Film), was premiered at the 1985 International Film Festival of India, has also received several state Awards, including the State Nandi Award for Best Feature Film, and Filmfare Award South for Best Direction.[32] The film was later remade into Hindi as Naache Mayuri.
In 1988, He produced, scripted and directed the first Indian silent film, Pushpak premiered at Cannes Film Festival, and has received the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, Filmfare Award South for Best Film, and several International honors, including special mention at Shanghai Film Festival.[33][34] The film was listed among CNN-IBN's hundred greatest Indian films of all time.[35] The comedy-drama blockbuster Apoorva Sagodharargal was one of the enduring works on dwarfism in popular media.[36] The film won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil, and was premiered at the International Film Festival of India.
The Telugu Crossover cinema like America Ammayi, and America Abbayi, were box office hits. The 1990 action comedy, Michael Madana Kama Rajan became an instant hit at the box office. The Science fantasy in Telugu Aditya 369 was the highest grossing Telugu film of 1991. The film grossed 
90 million (US$1.4 million) at the box office. Another science fantasy in Tamil, Chinna Vathiyar was also an instant hit. The 1994, folklore Bhairava Dweepam has garnered the state Nandi Award for Best Direction.
Awards
- Life Time Achievement Award
- 1974 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil - Dikkatra Parvathi
- 1988 - National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Pushpaka Vimana
- 1977 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Silver) - Tharam Marindhi
- 1984 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold) - Mayuri
- 1984 - Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer - Mayuri
- 1986 - Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer - Brundavanam
- 1994 - Nandi Award for Best Director - Bhairava Dweepam
- 1994 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze) - Bhairava Dweepam
- 1982 - Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film - Haalu Jenu
- 1985 - Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay - Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma
- 1986 - Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay - Anand
- 1974 - Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil - Dikkatra Parvathi[37]
- 1985 - Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu) - Mayuri
- 1987 - Filmfare Award South For Best Film - Pushpaka Vimana
Filmography
| Year | Film | Language | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Neethi Nijayithi | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Debut Telugu film |
| 1974 | Dikkatra Parvathi | Tamil | Yes | Yes | Yes | Debut Tamil Film National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Film - Tamil |
| 1975 | Zamindharugari Ammayi | Telugu | Yes | |||
| 1976 | Oka Deepam Veligindhi | Telugu | Yes | |||
| 1976 | America Ammayi | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1977 | Tharam Marindhi | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Nandi Award For Best Feature Film |
| 1977 | Andhame Anandham | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1977 | Pantulamma | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also actor |
| 1977 | Niraparayum Nilavilakkum | Malayalam | Yes | |||
| 1978 | Sommokadidi Sokokadidi | Telugu | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1978 | Raamachilaka | Telugu | Yes | |||
| 1978 | Gammathu Goodacharulu | Telugu | Yes | |||
| 1979 | Mangala Thoranalu | Telugu | Yes | |||
| 1980 | Thriloka Sundhari | Telugu | Yes | |||
| 1980 | Gandhara Golam | Telugu | Yes | |||
| 1981 | Raja Paarvai | Tamil | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1981 | Jai Gantalu | Telugu | Yes | |||
| 1982 | Thrilok Sundhari | Hindi | Yes | |||
| 1982 | Haalu Jenu | Kannada | Yes | Yes | Yes | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film |
| 1982 | Chalisuva Modagalu | Kannada | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1983 | Eradu Nakshatragalu | Kannada | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1984 | Shravana Banthu | Kannada | Yes | |||
| 1984 | Sangeetha Samrat | Telugu | Yes | |||
| 1984 | Mayuri | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Nandi Award for Best Feature Film Filmfare Award South For Best Direction Nandi Award for Best Screenplay | |
| 1985 | Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma | Kannada | Yes | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay Also Music director | ||
| 1985 | Jwaalamukhi | Kannada | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1986 | Anand | Kannada | Yes | Yes | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay | |
| 1986 | Naache Mayuri | Hindi | Yes | |||
| 1987 | America Abbayi | Telugu | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1988 | Pushpaka Vimana | Silent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Silent Film National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada |
| 1988 | Devatha Manushya | Kannada | Yes | |||
| 1988 | Chiranjeevi Sudhakara | Kannada | Yes | |||
| 1988 | Samyuktha | Kannada | Yes | Music director | ||
| 1989 | Apoorva Sagodharargal | Tamil | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1991 | Michael Madana Kama Rajan | Tamil | Yes | |||
| 1991 | Aditya 369 | Telugu | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1992 | Ksheera Sagara | Kannada | Yes | |||
| 1992 | Brundavanam | Telugu | Yes | Nandi Award for Best Screenplay | ||
| 1993 | Phool | Hindi | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1993 | Madam | Telugu | Yes | |||
| 1994 | Magalir Mattum | Tamil | Yes | Actor | ||
| 1994 | Bhairava Dweepam | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Nandi Award for Best Director Nandi Award for Best Feature Film Also Lyric writer for Virisinadhi Vasantha Gaanam | |
| 1995 | Chinna Vathiyar | Tamil | Yes | |||
| 1996 | Shri Krishnarjuna Vijayam | Telugu | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1998 | Kaathala Kaathala | Tamil | Yes | |||
| 1998 | Raja Hamsa | Telugu | Yes | |||
| 2001 | Akasa Veedhilo | Telugu | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2002 | Little John | Tamil | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2002 | Make-up | Kannada | Yes | |||
| 2003 | Vijayam | Telugu | Yes | |||
| 2003 | Son of Aladdin | English | Yes | Yes | Special Mention in the Competition section at the 2003 International Children’s Film Festival | |
| 2005 | Mumbai Express | Tamil | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2005 | Mumbai Xpress | Hindi | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2008 | Ghatothkach | Hindi | Yes | Yes | Animation Film | |
| 2010 | Varudu | Telugu | Actor | |||
| 2013 | Chinni Chinni Aasa | Telugu | Actor | |||
| 2013 | Welcome Obama | Telugu | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2015 | Aditya 999 | Telugu | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2015 | Prince of Peace[38][39][40] | Telugu | Yes | Yes | Pre-Production |
References
- ↑ "'My life is not drab'". The Hindu.
- ↑ "Spinning magic". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2005-05-20.
- ↑ "Robinhood is my hero: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao". The Hindu.
- ↑ "Profile: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao".
- ↑ "Bollywood epic to focus on the early life of Jesus". National Post. 1 September 2010.
- ↑ "Singeetam Srinivasa Rao's unique record". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Gems Before Christ". Rediff (Hyderabad, India). 2010.
- ↑ "Four decades later, a flashback". The Hindu.
- ↑ "Chennai International Film Festival opens". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Singeetam Srinivas Rao to be awarded Life-time Achievement by FFI".
- ↑ "Stalwarts to zoom in on creative, commercial secrets of celluloid". The Hindu.
- ↑ "FICCI to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema". IBNLive.
- ↑ "Eight Feature Film Projects Selected For First-Ever Mumbai Mantra - Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab".
- ↑ "Log in ...Tribune: IT supplement of The Tribune, Chandigarh, India. Feature page".
- ↑ "The Hindu Business Line : Children's film fest comes to a close".
- ↑ "Tintin a bonanza for children at film festival". The Times of India.
- ↑ "The Hindu : Lights, camera... chaos".
- ↑ http://www.iffigoa.org/iffi2006/alladin.php
- ↑ "Ghatothkach, Cannes-bound!". Rediff. 12 May 2008.
- ↑ "Animation film 'Ghatothkach' to premier at Cannes". Merinews. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
- ↑ http://www.iffigoa.org/iffi2013/childrens-film-festival-2014/
- ↑ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF).
- ↑ "Spinning magic". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2005-05-20.
- ↑ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF).
- ↑ "Need for a universal story". The Hindu.
- ↑ "'Pushpak' completes 25 years: Tinnu Anand, Amala go down memory lane". IBNLive.
- ↑ "Sakhya Indian Cinema Club: Pushpaka Vimana (The Love Chariot)". Graduate Union.
- ↑ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF).
- ↑ "Singeetam, legend, Gurthukosthunnayi". MAA Tv (Hyderabad, India). 2011-05-20.
- ↑ "Spinning magic". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2005-05-20.
- ↑ "Pawan Kalyan to star in Bollywood film of Christ's life". the Guardian.
- ↑ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF).
- ↑ Profile: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
- ↑ Sri Singeetam Srinivas Rao Profile
- ↑ 100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 land mark Indian films of all time|Movies News Photos-IBNLive
- ↑ "Singeetam reveals secret behind Kamal’s dwarf role". The Hindu.
- ↑ "Spinning magic". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2005-05-20.
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- ↑ cinemajaa.com: The Leading Cinema Jaa Site on the Net
- ↑ "desifox.com".
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