K. Bapayya

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{{short description|Indian film director}}
{{distinguish|Bapu (director)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kovelamudi Bapaiah
| image =
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| caption = Director
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad, India]]
| death_date =
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| occupation = [[Film director]]
| relatives = [[K. S. Prakash Rao]] (uncle)<br />[[G. Varalakshmi]] (aunt)<br/>[[K. Raghavendra Rao]] (first-cousin)
| spouse = K. Bharathi
| children = Padma, Chamundeshwari

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'''Kovelamudi Bapaiah''' is an Indian film director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/stars/interview_kbapayya_2009.php |title=Stars : Star Interviews : Interview with director K. Bapaiah |publisher=Telugucinema.com |date=January 7, 2009 |access-date=2012-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302193539/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/stars/interview_kbapayya_2009.php|archive-date=March 2, 2009}}</ref> He has directed about 80 films in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Hindi]] languages. He is the cousin of noted director [[K. Raghavendra Rao]].

== Early life ==
Kovelamudi Bapaiah was born in Hyderabad. He is also known as K. Bapaiah. Bapaiah lost both his parents at a very young age. He was raised by his paternal uncle [[K. S. Prakash Rao]], who was a popular filmmaker. He is a first cousin of [[K. Raghavendra Rao]], also a filmmaker. He also has two daughters, Padma and Chamundeshwari. Bapaiah studied in Vijaywada and Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tollywood Director Kovelamudi Bapaiah Biography, News, Photos, Videos|url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/telugu/director/kovelamudi-bapayya|access-date=2021-08-09|website=nettv4u|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Bapaiah began his film career by working under K. B. Tilak as an apprentice for the films Muddu Bidda, M. L. A. and Attaa Okinti. He then worked for Suresh Productions with Tipu Chanakya for the production's debut film Ramudu Bheemudu in 1964.

Bapaiah made his directorial debut in the Tollywood film industry with the feature film Drohi in 1970. He was given the offer to direct the film by producer D. Rama Naidu. The flick had Vanisri and Kongara Jaggaya playing the lead characters. The film that truly earned Bapaiah name and fame in the Tollywood film industry was the drama feature film Soggadu. The Telugu flick hit the silver screens on 19 December 1975 and was released again on 1 January 1976. It starred Sobhan Babu, Jayachtra and Jaya Sudha In the lead roles. The movie won two Filmfare awards. The drama flick ran in 17 cinema halls in the then united Andhra Pradesh for one hundred days.

Bapaiah made his directorial debut in the Bollywood film industry with the Hindi movie Dildaar. Dildaar was a remake of Bapaiah's Soggadu. The Bollywood flick hit the big screens on 13 April 1977. It starred Jeetendra, Rekha and Nazneen in lead roles. Bapaiah remained active in the film industry till the mid 1990s. Towards the end of his career, Bapaiah started focusing on making Bollywood films. One of his blockbusters from the 1990s was Pyar Hua Chori Chori. The romance flick hit the theatre halls on 7 June 1991. The Hindi feature film starred Mithun Chakraborty, Gouthami, Shikha Swaroop, Shafi Inamdaari, Shakti Kapoor and Anupam Kher. It was Gouthami's Hindi debut and a remake of the Malayalam flick Chithram.

He also directed Parda Hai Parda which is remembered as Chunkey Pandey's solo hit and South Indian actress Meena's debut in the Bollywood film industry. The movie hit the screens on 10 July 1992. Bapaiah was known to collaborate with Jeetendra and Mithun Chakraborty in the Bollywood industry.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Film performances
|-
! Year
! Title
! Language
! class="unsortable" | Cast
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | 1970
| ''Drohi''
| Telugu
| [[Krishnam Raju]], [[Jaggayya]], [[Vanisree]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1973
| ''Memu Manushulame''
| Telugu
| [[Krishnam Raju]], [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1974
| ''Urvasi''
| Telugu
| [[Sanjeev Kumar]], Sarada
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1975
| ''Eduruleni Manishi''
| Telugu
| [[N.T. Rama Rao]], [[Vanisree]]
| Remake of ''[[Johny Mera Naam]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1975
| ''[[Soggadu (1975 film)|Soggadu]]''
| Telugu
| [[Sobhan Babu]], [[Jayachitra]], [[Jayasudha]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1975
| ''Vykunthapaali''
| Telugu
| Ranganath, Sharada
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1977
| ''Charitraheenulu''
| Telugu
|
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1977
| ''[[Dildaar]]''
| Hindi
| [[Jeetendra]], [[Rekha]]
| Remake of ''[[Soggadu (1975 film)|Soggadu]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1977
| ''Gadasu Pillodu''
| Telugu
| [[Sobhan Babu]], [[Jayasudha]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1977
| ''Indradhanusu''
| Telugu
| [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], Sharada
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1978
| ''[[Dil Aur Deewaar]]''
| Hindi
| [[Jeetendra]], [[Moushumi Chatterjee]], [[Rakesh Roshan]]
| Remake of ''[[Jeevana Tarangalu]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1978
| ''Sahasavantudu''
| Telugu
| [[N.T. Rama Rao]], [[Vanisree]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1978
| ''[[Yuga Purushudu]]''
| Telugu
| [[N.T. Rama Rao]], [[Jayaprada]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1979
| ''Mande Gundelu''
| Telugu
| [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], [[Sobhan Babu]], [[Jayaprada]], [[Jayasudha]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1980
| ''[[Takkar (1980 film)|Takkar]]''
| Hindi
| [[Sanjeev Kumar]], [[Jeetendra]], [[Vinod Mehra]], [[Zeenat Aman]], [[Jaya Prada]], [[Bindiya Goswami]]
| Remake of ''[[Devudu Chesina Manushulu (1973 film)|Devudu Chesina Manushulu]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1980
| ''[[Bandish (1980 Indian film)|Bandish]]''
| Hindi
| [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Hema Malini]]
| Remake of ''Chilipikrishnudu''
|-
! scope="row" | 1981
| ''Aggi Ravva''
| Telugu
| [[N.T. Rama Rao]], [[Sridevi]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1981
| ''[[Agni Poolu (film)|Agni Poolu]]''
| Telugu
| [[Krishnam Raju]], [[Jayaprada]], [[Jayasudha]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1981
| ''[[Guru Sishyulu (1981 film)|Guru Sishyulu]]''
| Telugu
| ANR, Krishna, [[Sridevi]], Sujatha
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1982
| ''[[Kaliyuga Ramudu]]''
| Telugu
| [[N.T. Rama Rao]], [[Rati Agnihotri]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1982
| ''[[Naa Desam]]''
| Telugu
| [[N.T. Rama Rao]], [[Jayasudha]]
| Remake of ''[[Laawaris (1981 film)|Laawaris]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1982
| ''[[Nivuru Gappina Nippu]]''
| Telugu
| Krishna, [[Jayaprada]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1982
| ''Sindoor Bane Jwala''
| Hindi
| [[Sanjeev Kumar]], Sharada
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1983
| ''[[Mawaali]]''
| Hindi
| [[Jeetendra]], [[Sridevi]], [[Jaya Prada]]
| Remake of ''Chuthallunarru Jagartha''
|-
! scope="row" | 1983
| ''[[Mundadugu]]''
| Telugu
| [[Sobhan Babu]], Krishna, [[Jayaprada]], [[Sridevi]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1984
| ''Daanavudu''
| Telugu
| [[Sobhan Babu]], [[Jayasudha]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1984
| ''Dandayatra''
| Telugu
| [[Sobhan Babu]], [[Jayasudha]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1984
| ''[[Ghar Ek Mandir (1984 film)|Ghar Ek Mandir]]''
| Hindi
| [[Mithun Chakraborty]], Ranjeeta
| Remake of ''Bommarillu''
|-
! scope="row" | 1984
| ''[[Maqsad]]''
| Hindi
| [[Jeetendra]], [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Sridevi]], [[Jaya Prada]]
| Remake of ''[[Mundadugu]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1984
| ''[[Intiguttu (1984 film)|Inti Guttu]]''
| Telugu
| [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1984
|''[[Seethamma Pelli]]''
| Telugu
| [[Mohan Babu]]
| Remake of ''[[Mullum Malarum]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1985
| ''[[Aaj Ka Daur]]''
| Hindi
| [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Padmini Kolhapure]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1985
| ''[[Pataal Bhairavi]]''
| Hindi
| [[Jeetendra]], [[Jaya Prada]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1985
| ''[[Chattamtho Poratam]]''
| Telugu
| [[Chiranjeevi]], Madhavi, Sumalatha
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1986
| ''[[Jayam Manade]]''
| Telugu
| Krishna, [[Sridevi]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1986
| ''[[Aag Aur Shola]]''
| Hindi
| [[Jeetendra]], [[Sridevi]], [[Mandakini (actress)|Mandakini]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1986
| ''[[Ghar Sansar]]''
| Hindi
| [[Jeetendra]], [[Sridevi]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1986
| ''[[Muddat]]''
| Hindi
| [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Jaya Prada]], [[Padmini Kolhapure]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1986
| ''[[Swarag Se Sunder]]''
| Hindi
| [[Jeetendra]], [[Jaya Prada]], [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Padmini Kolhapure]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1987
| ''[[Majaal]]''
| Hindi
| [[Jeetendra]], [[Sridevi]], [[Jaya Prada]],
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1987
| ''[[Himmat Aur Mehanat]]''
| Hindi
| [[Jeetendra]], [[Sridevi]], [[Poonam Dhillon]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1987
| ''[[Mard Ki Zabaan]]''
| Hindi
| [[Dharmendra]], [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Poonam Dhillon]], [[Kimi Katkar]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1987
| ''[[Makutamleni Maharaju]]''
| Telugu
| Krishna, [[Sridevi]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1987
| ''[[Maa Voori Magadu]]''
| Telugu
| Krishna, [[Sridevi]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1988
| ''[[Pyar Ka Mandir]]''
| Hindi
| [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1988
| ''[[Charnon Ki Saugandh]]''
| Hindi
| [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Amrita Singh]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1988
| ''[[Waqt Ki Awaz]]''
| Hindi
| [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Sridevi]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1988
| ''[[Sone Pe Suhaaga]]''
| Hindi
| [[Dharmendra]], [[Jeetendra]], [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Poonam Dhillon]], [[Sridevi]], [[Kimi Katkar]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1988
| ''Kanoon Ki Hathkadee''
| Hindi
| Krishna, [[Jayaprada]], [[Sridevi]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1989
| ''[[Sikka (film)|Sikka]]''
| Hindi
| [[Dharmendra]], [[Moushumi Chatterjee]], [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Dimple Kapadia]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1990
| ''[[Izzatdaar]]''
| Hindi
| [[Dilip Kumar]], [[Govinda]], [[Madhuri Dixit]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1990
| ''[[Pyar Ka Karz]]''
| Hindi
| [[Mithun Chakraborty]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1991
| ''[[Pyar Hua Chori Chori]]''
| Hindi
| [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Gouthami]]
| Remake of Malayalam film ''[[Chithram]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1991
| ''[[Pyar Ka Devta]]''
| Hindi
| [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Madhuri Dixit]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1992
| ''[[Kasak (1992 film)|Kasak]]''
| Hindi
| [[Rishi Kapoor]], [[Chunky Pandey]], [[Neelam Kothari|Neelam]]
| Remake of ''[[Mouna Ragam]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1992
| ''[[Parda Hai Parda (1992 film)|Parda Hai Parda]]''
| Hindi
| [[Chunky Pandey]]
| Remake of Malayalam film ''[[In Harihar Nagar]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 1994
| ''Aulaad''
| Hindi
| [[Shah Rukh Khan]], [[Juhi Chawla]], [[Kader Khan]], [[Prem Chopra]], [[Shakti Kapoor]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1995
| ''[[Diya Aur Toofan (1995 film)|Diya Aur Toofan]]''
| Hindi
| [[Mithun Chakraborty]]
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0052630}}

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