Template:More citations neededDavala Satyam is an Indian film director, producer and screenplay writer. He has worked predominantly in Telugu cinema since the early 1980s.
Satyam is known for his revolutionary movies known as Erra Cinema in Telugu. His film Yuvatharam Kadilindi won a Nandi Award for Best Feature Film from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and M. Prabhakar Reddy won the Nandi Award for Best Actor in 1980.[1][2]
He associated with film personalities such Dasari Narayana Rao, Madala Ranga Rao, Chiranjeevi, Murali Mohan and R. Narayana Murthy.
Satyam directed Chaitanya Ratham (1987), a controversial biopic on politician Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga and his brother Vangaveeti Radha despite the political pressures. Both Ranga and Radha were murdered by political opponents. The movie prints were destroyed.[3]
Filmography
- Lava Kusa: The Warrior Twins (2010) (animation film)[4][5]
- Nenu Saitham (2004)
- Chaitanya Ratham (1987) (controversial biopic on politician Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga and his brother Vangaveeti Radha)[6]
- Mundaithe Oora Habba (Kannada movie starring Jaggesh) (Directed and produced by Dhavala Satyam)
- Gudi Gantalu Mrogayi
- Erra Mallelu[7]
- Jathara (1980)
- Yuvatharam Kadilindi (1980)
- Bheemudu[8]
- Erramatti
- Subbaravuki Kopam Vachindi
References
- ↑ Nandi award best actors list since the beginning - telugu cinema, et. www.idlebrain.com.
- ↑ 1980 NANDI AWARDS.
- ↑ ధవళ సత్యం దర్శకత్వంలో 'వంగవీటి రంగా'... పవన్ నటిస్తారా...? వర్మ వంగవీటి ఏమౌతుంది...?.
- ↑ An animation film on Lava-Kusa(17 May 2010).
- ↑ Lava Kusa' in 2D animation. The Hindu(21 February 2010).
- ↑ Vangaveeti Film by Dhavala Sathyam(12 January 2016).
- ↑ వ్యవస్థని కుదిపేసిన 'ఎర్రమల్లెలు'(28 May 2011).
- ↑ Gudipoodi Srihari Review.