Bapu
Film director from India (1933-2014) · India · On the map · Directors · Died at 80
Sattiraju Lakshminarayana, known professionally as Bapu, was an Indian film director, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, screenwriter, music artist, and designer known for his works in Telugu cinema, and Hindi cinema. In 2013, he was awarded the Padma Shri, for his contribution to Indian art and cinema.
Bapu is read about 116 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 24 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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People around Bapu
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Mithun Chakraborty Bapu directed Prem Pratigyaa and Paramaatma
Allu Rama Lingaiah Bapu directed Balaraju Katha and Mutyala Muggu- K. V. Mahadevan Bapu directed Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddham (1975)
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao Bapu directed Seeta Kalyanam and Buddhimantudu
Kaikala Satyanarayana Bapu directed Seeta Kalyanam (1976)
Anil Kapoor Bapu directed Woh Saat Din and Mohabbat
Amrish Puri Bapu directed Mohabbat and Paramaatma
Akkineni Nageswara Rao Bapu directed Sri Rama Rajyam and Buddhimantudu
Mukkamala Bapu directed Mutyala Muggu and Bhakta Kannappa
Nutan Prasad Bapu directed Mutyala Muggu and Andala Ramudu
Suryakantham Bapu directed Balaraju Katha and Mutyala Muggu
Rao Gopal Rao Bapu directed Mutyala Muggu and Bhakta Kannappa
Jackie Shroff Bapu directed Diljalaa and Mera Dharam
Naseeruddin Shah Bapu directed Woh Saat Din and Hum Paanch
Jaya Prada Bapu directed Seeta Kalyanam and Sita Swayamvar
N. T. Rama Rao Bapu directed Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddham (1975)
M. M. Keeravani Bapu directed Mister Pellam and Rambantu
Jayasudha Bapu directed Sri Rama Rajyam (2011)
Kota Srinivasa Rao Bapu directed Rambantu and Sundarakanda
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam Bapu directed Pelli Pustakam and Mister Pellam
Srikanth Bapu directed Sri Rama Rajyam and Radha Gopalam
Kanta Rao Bapu directed Mutyala Muggu and Radha Kalyanam
Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy Bapu directed Seeta Kalyanam (1976)
Raja Babu Bapu directed Saakshi and Andala Ramudu
Media & music
Awards
About this person
He has garnered two National Honors, two National Film Awards, seven state Nandi Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, a Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award - South.
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The same award as Bapu
Singeetam Srinivasa RaoBoth received Filmfare Award for Best Director - TeluguVikram KumarBoth received Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu
Radhakrishna JagarlamudiBoth received National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
Kasinathuni ViswanathBoth received Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu
Sandeep RajBoth received National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
SukumarBoth received Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu