In 2009, the government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan for his contributions to Indian cinema. In a film career spanning five decades, he starred in more than 350 films in a variety of roles. Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna (born ), known mononymously as Krishna, is an Indian actor, director and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema.
Paintings sway the heart for generations.5, including Ramesh Babu, Mahesh Babu, Manjula Koonalamma Patalu ("Poems of the common folk") says the following in Was conferred with the prestigious Raja-Lakshmi Award in 1982 from Sri
He shared the award with his partner, Mullapudi Venkata Ramana. Of Andhra Pradesh for his "outstanding contribution to Telugu cinema" inġ986. Radha Gopalam (Radha and Gopalam), 2005.īapu was awarded the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award by the State Government Prem Pratigyaa (The Oath of Love), 1989Ĥ8. Pyaar Ka Sindoor (The Vermilon of Love), 1986Ĥ1. Seethamma Setha (The Doings of Seetha), 1984ģ8. Pelleedu Pillalu (The Marriageable Children), 1982ĭevan Mayangugiran (Even the God of Justice Is Confused), 1982Įdi Dharmam Edi Nyayam (What Is Truth? What Is Justice?), 1982ģ2. Krishnavatharam(The Incarnation of Krishna), 1982 Tyagayya (the life of Saint Tyagaraja), 1981Ģ6. Gorantha Deepam(The Flickering Lamp), 1978ġ9. Seetha Kalyanam (The Wedding of Sita),ġ1. Ramanjaneya Yuddham (The War between Rama and Hanuman), 1974ġ0. Sampoorna Ramayanam (The Complete Ramayana),ħ. Through his movies he brought to focus renowned artists such as Ravu Gopal Rao, Rajendra Prasad and Aamani.Ħ. Bapu collaborated with Ramana to give life to Ramana's character Budugu in the form of pictures. Ramana provided an able foil, providing script and dialogue to suit Bapu's visuals. Bapu is one-half of the Bapu-Ramana (Mullapudi Venkata Ramana) pair that made movies in Telugu cinema. He worked with Satyam Sankaramanchi and drew 101 pictures for each of the stories in Amaravati Kathalu. 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. The font is his own handwriting and reflects the same simplicity as his art. 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. Website : Blog : Bapu introduced a painting style of simple bright colors. Bapu worked as a political cartoonist for the newspaper Andhra Patrika in 1955.
In 1955, he graduated from the University of Madras with a degree in law. Bapu was born to a Telugu Brahmin family in Narsapur, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is also a popular artist, painter, cartoonist, and designer.
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