# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/h-m-reddy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:57:51.494Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/h-m-reddy"
name: "H. M. Reddy"
slug: "h-m-reddy"
description: "Hanumappa Muniappa Reddy, known as H. M. Reddy, was an Indian film director and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema. He directed the first Indian multilingual sound film Kalidas (1931), shot in Telugu and Tamil. He then produced and directed the first full length Telugu sound film, Bhakta Prahlada in 1932."
tagline: "Indian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/H._M._Reddy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1892-06-12"
deathDate: "1960-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.763033333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714760/"
    handle:    "nm0714760"
sources:
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    title: "హెచ్.ఎమ్.రెడ్డి"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اتش. ام. ريدى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._M._Reddy"
    title: "H. M. Reddy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._M._Reddy"
    title: "H. M. Reddy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._M._Reddy"
    title: "H. M. Reddy"
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  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D._%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D._%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF"
    title: "எச். எம். ரெட்டி"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13012198"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3468202"
    title: "H.M. Reddy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump