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| Tatineni Rama Rao |
Tottempudi Krishna better know as T. Krishna (died 8 May 1987) was a
director of Tollywood movies famous for having directed well known
revolutionary films like Pratighatana, Repati Pourulu, Neti Bharatham
and many more. He was also the founder of Eetaram Films. He has also
directed few films in Malayalam.
His last film Repati Pourulu was
released in 1988, after his death. |
He studied in PSR College, Ongole. Poluri Babu Rao was his colleague. He
used to be active in the dramatic club as president.His debut as
director was with the film Monagaadu (1976) starring Jayasudha (Vijaya
Nirmala's Niece) and Anjali Devi. He directed Neti Bharatam (1983)
starred by Vijayshanti; Vande Maataram (1985) starred by Dr. Rajasekhar,
Rajendra Prasad and Vijayshanti; Devaalayam (1985) starred by Late
Sobhan Babu and many more.
His film Pratighatana (1986) was the
story of a woman's (Vijayshanti) fight against corruption and
criminalization of politics in India. This film was later remade in
Hindi as Pratighaat starred by Sujata Mehta and Nana Patekar.
His
last film Repati Pourulu (1986) starred by Vijayashanti and Dr.
Rajasekhar was released after his death. He was the co-founder of the
banner Eetharam Films with his parnter Babu Rao Pokuri.He was married
and had two sons and a daughter. One of his sons, Premchand, was an
aspiring director but died in a car accident in 2000 while directing his
first film. His only surviving son T. Gopichand is now a well known
Tollywood actor. Gopichand started his career playing the role of
villain but in later films, played the hero.
Filmography
as
director
1. Chaduvukunna Ammayilu (1963) (editor)
2. Mooga
Manasulu (1963) (editor)
3. Kanne Manasulu (1966) (editor)
4.
Sudigundaalu (1967) (editor)
5. Milan (editor and associate
director)
6. Mastana (1970) (editor)
7. Rakhwala (1971) (editor)
8.
Monagadu (1976) (director)
9. Manchi Babai (1978) (director)
10.
Srilakshmi Nilayam (1982) (director)
11. Neti Bharatam (1983)
(story and director)
12. Desam Lo Dongalu Paddaru (1985) (story and
director)
13. Andarikante Monagadu (1985) (director)
14.
Devalayam (1985) (story, screenplay and director)
15. Vande Mataram
(1985) (story, screenplay and director)
16. Pratighatana (1985)
(story, screenplay and director)
17. Pakarathinu Pakaram (1986)
(director) [Malayalam Film]
18. Pratighaat (1987) (story and
screenplay)
19. Repati Pourulu (1988) (writer and director) Released
in 1988.
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