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| birth_name = Chittajallu Pullayya<br />
| birth_date = 1898<br />
| birth_place = [[Kakinada]], India<br />
| death_date = {{death date|df=yes|1967|10|06}}<br />
| death_place = [[Madras]], India<br />
| occupation = [[Film director|Director]]<br />
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'''Chittajallu Pullayya''' (1898 – 6 October 1967), also known as '''C. Pullayya''', was an [[Indian film]] director, known for his works predominantly in [[Telugu cinema]]. He is regarded as the father of [[Telugu theatre]] movement.<br />
In 1933, he made his film directorial debut with [[East India Film Company]]'s first Indian film ''[[Savitri (1933 film)|Sati Savitri]]'' which has received honorary diploma at [[Venice Film Festival]].<br />
He then directed ''Sati Anasuya'', the first children's film and ''[[Lava Kusa]]'' (1934).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/article871376.ece|title=SATI SAVITRI (1933)|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=7 November 2010|last=Narasimham|first=M. L.|accessdate=8 July 2011}}</ref><ref name="SoManyCinemas">{{cite book |title=So many cinemas: the motion picture in India|author=Bhagawan Das Garg|publisher=Eminence Designs|year=1996|isbn=81-900602-1-X |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXRZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22East+India+Film+Company%22+-inpublisher:icon}}</ref><br />
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He continued to direct ''[[Pakkinti Ammayi]]'',<br />
''[[Vara Vikrayam]]'', and ''Maalati Madhavam'' under the [[East India Film Company]].<br />
He directed ''[[Bala Nagamma (1942 film)|Bala Nagamma]]'', ''Apoorva Sahodarargal'' and ''[[Vindhya Rani]]'' under Gemini Pictures after shifting base to [[Madras]].{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} <br />
He is well remembered for ''[[Lava Kusa]]'' (1963), the story of Lava and Kusa in Hindu epic [[Ramayana]], which won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]].<ref name="11thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx|title=11th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|accessdate=13 September 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170502124428/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
# Ramadasu (1933)<br />
# [[Savitri (1933 film)|Savitri]] (1933)<br />
# [[Lava Kusa]] (1934)<br />
# Sri Krishna Tulabhharam (1935)<br />
# Anasuya (1936)<br />
# Dhruva (1936)<br />
# Chal Mohana Ranga (1937)<br />
# Dasavataramulu (1937)<br />
# Kasula Peru (1937)<br />
# Mohini Bhasmasura (1938)<br />
# Satyanarayana Vratam (1938)<br />
# [[Vara Vikrayam]] (1939)<br />
# [[Malathi Madhavam]] (1940)<br />
# [[Bala Nagamma (1942 film)|Bala Nagamma]] (1942)<br />
# Narada Naradi (1946)<br />
# [[Gollabhama (1947 film)|Gollabhama]] (1947)<br />
# [[Vindhyarani]] (1948)<br />
# Apoorva Sahodaralu (1950)<br />
# Sankranti (1952)<br />
# [[Pakka Inti Ammayi]] (1953)<br />
# [[Devanthakudu (1960 film)|Devanthakudu]] (1960)<br />
# [[Naan Kanda Sorgam]] (1960)<br />
# [[Lava Kusa]] (1963)<br />
# [[Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha]] (1966)<br />
# Bhuvana Sundari Katha (1967)<br />
# [[Bhama Vijayam]] (1967)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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