Ghantasala Balaramayya was a producer, director and actor in Telugu cinema. He is known for introducing actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao to the Telugu film industry in the Prathiba Pictures production, Seetarama Jananam.[1][2][3]
Biography
Ghantasala Balaramayya was born in 1906 (Pottepalem, Nellore District) into a Brahmin family. He started his career as a stage singer and later started to produce and direct. He is the grandfather of the music director, S. Thaman.[4]
Filmography
Director
- Chinna Kodalu (1952)
- Sri Lakshmamma Katha (1950)
- Swapna Sundari (1950)
- Balaraju
- Mugguru Maratilu (1946)
- Garuda Garvabhangam (1943)
- Seeta Rama Jananam (1942)
- Parvati Kalyanam (1941)
Producer
- Swapna Sundari (1950)
- Garuda Garvabhangam (1943)
- Parvati Kalyanam (1941)
- Mahiravana (1940)
- Bhakta Markandeya (1938)
Actor
- Sati Tulasi (1936)
- Ramadasu (1933)
References
- ↑ Ghantasala Balaramaiah: The Legend who created Legends | 26lettersto24frames
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- ↑ Actor Padmanabham no more. The Hindu(21 February 2010).
- ↑ Lakshmamma (1950). The Hindu(8 December 2012).