TAMMAREDDY BHARADWAJA

Afer Darsaka Ratna Dasari Narayana Rao, it is Tammareddy Bharadwaja is known for striving for the cause of the film industry, those work in the industry. He earned a good name as a director and producer and had several hits to his credits. He was able to maintain good relations both the managements as well as the working community. This great director, for the first time in his film career, had bagged Nandi award for his film ''Pothe Ponee'' as Best Feature Film.

About him in his words:
I entered the film industry as the son of a noted producer Tammareddy Krishnamurthy. My father is a senior producer and made several films with many senior artistes. After completing the engineering course, I joined the Irrigation Department. As I have relationship with the film industry right from my childhood, I too thought of entering the film industry. But my father did not like it. Almost all the children belonging to the people from film industry used to settle in the US. But my activity was totally different from the routine.

As the son of Tammareddy Krishnamurthy, everyone in the film industry used to shower affection on me. Especially, Kesava Rao of Saikrishna Films, who is a distributor and producer, used to encourage me well. I turned a producer and made a film 'Kotala Rayudu' with Chiranjeevi. It has become a big hit and ran for 100 days. Later, I remade a Bollywood film 'Mann Chalee' in Telugu as 'Mogudu Kaavali' under the direction of Katta Subba Rao again with Chiranjeevi. It ran for 175 days. My third film is 'Maro Kurukshetram' with Madala Ranga Rao under the direction of my brother Lenin Babu. Next came 'Iddaru Kiladeelu' in the combination of Suman and Bhanuchander under the direction of Relangi Narasimha Rao. These two films have become flops. But these failures did not stop me from making films.

After my failure as producer, I joined the job again. Again I remade a Hindi film 'O Mein Naheen' in Telugu as 'Manmadha Samrajyam' and this film also turned a failure. At this juncture Rajesh, brother of artiste Sri Lakshmi, asked me for a good story and produced 'Alajadi' in my direction. That film was proved a big hit and gave me a good break as a director. My next films like 'Dourjanyam, Kadapa Reddamma, Shiva Shakti and Nagajyothi' were proved failures again. This made me remain vacant for quite a long time. Next, I returned with a big bang with successive hits like 'Pachani Samsaram and One by Two'. Then I made 'Vetagadu' which took me to 15 years back.

Filmography
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Director:

1. Pothe Poni (2006)
2. Pachani Samsaram (1992)
3. Siva Shakthi (1991)
4. Alajadi (1990)

Producer:

1. Mogudu Kaavali (1980) (producer)
2. Kothala Raayudu (1979) (producer)