The most notable achievement in his movie making is his success in capturing the nativity of Telugu people and translating it great on-screen visuals. When one mentions Bapu, then one is bound to mention Ramana's name too and vice versa. Started as an illustrator-story writer team and then turning into a film-director-writer duo, they have contributed immensely to the enrichment of Telugu cultural ethos through literature and cinema. That was the beginning of their career as a writer-producer -illustrator- filmmaker duo”. They studied there in standards V and VI and then continued schooling at Kesari High School.Ramana’s first short story 'Amma Maata Vinakapothe' was published in 1945 in 'Bala', a children's magazine published by Radio Annayya (Nyayapathi Raghava Rao),he was 14 then. Association with Ramanaīapu met Mullapudi Venkataramana in 1942 in P.S. His penchant for preserving the Telugu nativity in his movies can be seen in the choice of artists, especially the dusky female leads and weak villains. Most of his movies have a female protagonist a breakaway style from the formulaic movies that relegate female lead characters to song and dance numbers. His movies center on realistic family issues and relationships, however his recurring theme is magic realism, with vignettes of mythological characters aiding in the narration. The most notable achievement in Bapu's movie making is his success in capturing the nativity of the Telugu people and translating it into visuals. Bapu also later served on their advisory board to guide and have an outstanding content for the magazine that catered to Telugu people. Telugu Naadi Magazine published from USA for Telugu audience have published Bapu's great paintings. The font is his own handwriting and reflects the same simplicity as his art.īapu paintings also decorated the cover pages of many magazines in India and Abroad. Another character called Rendu Jadala Seetha ("Seetha with two plaits") became a synonym for any girl wearing her hair in two plaits.īapu has also introduced a new style of cursive writing in Telugu. The phrase Bapu Bomma ("Bapu's painting") has become synonymous with a beautiful Telugu girl. All his female characters have doe eyes, a waist-hip ratio of 0.7, voluptuous breasts, long hair and a sharp nose. His character portrayals, such as Shiva, Bhima, Duryodhana, look distinctly male with wide chests, large jaws and large biceps while Krishna and Rama are more feminine in build. His paintings focus on Hindu mythological characters, and he has painted the Hindu epic Ramayana as a pictorial story. His unique style consisted of economy of strokes, freehand drawing and a lack of background clutter. Career Paintingīapu introduced a painting style of simple bright colors. He worked as a political cartoonist for the newspaper Andhra Patrika in 1945. He graduated with a degree in Law from the University of Madras in 1955. īapu was born in Narsapur, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India in a Niyogi family.
He has also directed a Tamil film Neeti Devan Mayagugiran. He has also directed Bollywood films like Hum Paanch, Seeta Swayamvar, Anokha Bhakt, Bezubaan, Woh Saat Din, Pyari Behna, Mohobbat, Mera Dharam, Diljala and Prem Pratigya. He won 3 Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu). Tyagayya (1981 film) was showcased at the Indian Panorama of International Film Festival of India in 1982 Bapu's 2011 film Sri Rama Rajyam had a special screening at International Film Festival of India on November 28, 2011. Seetha Kalyanam was screened at the BFI London Film Festival and Chicago International Film Festival in 1978. He is a music artist, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, and designer.īapu's directorial venture saakshi was showcased at 'Tashkent film festival' in 1968. Bapu (born Sattiraju LakshmiNarayana ( Telugu: సత్తిరాజు లక్ష్మీనారాయణ) on December 15, 1933) is an Indian film director, known for his works in Telugu cinema and Hindi Cinema.