Tikkavarapu Pattabhirama Reddy (19 February 1919 – 6 May 2006) was an

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, producer,

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, social activist, poet, and writer known for his pioneering works in

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, and

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. Reddy has received three

National Film Awards The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

for his works. In 1972 he produced and directed '' Samskara'' which garnered the

National Film Award for Best Feature Film The National Film Award for Best Feature Film is one of the categories in the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in I ...

and Bronze Leopard at the

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. Reddy has actively participated the Indian Emergency opposition movement, human rights movement, and child labor movements as founder member of

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. In 1977, he produced and directed the bilingual ''Chandamarutha'' in Kannada, and English. The film was banned during the Emergency, and was later released to critical appreciation.

Personal life

Pattabhirama Reddy was born in

Nellore Nellore, also spelt as Nelluru, is a city located on the banks of Penna River, in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, India.Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

into a Telugu speaking family. He studied at

Shantiniketan Shantiniketan (IPA: �antiniketɔn is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and ...

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and

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. He was married to Snehalata Reddy, and founded the organisation Concerned for Working Children. In 2003, he directed ''In the Hour of God'', a play based on

Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian Modern yoga gurus, yogi, maharishi, and Indian nationalist. He also edited the newspaper Bande Mataram (publication), ''Bande Mataram''. Aurobindo st ...

's classic '' Savitri'', inspired by the mythical woman who defied death for love, which he dedicated to his wife Snehalata Reddy. Pattabhirama Reddy died on 6 May 2006, at the age of 86.

Literature

*Fidelu Ragala Dozen (1939), (Telugu) *Kaitha Naa Dayita 1978, (Telugu) *Pattabhi Pun-changam (1980), (Telugu)

Selected filmography

;As producer *

Pellinaati Pramanalu ''Pellinaati Pramanalu'' () is a 1958 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film, produced and directed by K. V. Reddy. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jamuna, with music composed by Ghantasala. The film was simultaneously made in Tamil a ...

(executive producer) - Telugu (1958) * Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddhamu (executive producer) - Telugu (1963) * Bhagya Chakramu (executive producer) - Telugu (1965) *Chandamarutha - Kannada *Shrungaramasa - Kannada *Devarakadu - Kannada ;As producer and director * Samskara (1970) *Chanda Marutha (1977) *Devara Kaadu (1993) *Sringara Masa (1984)

Awards and honors

;

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu The National Film Award for Best Telugu Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kam ...

- Pellinati Pramanalu (Telugu) - 1958 (executive Producer) *

- Samskara (Kannada) - 1971 (Director and Producer) *

National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation The National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation was one of the categories in the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by the Ministry of Informati ...

- ''Devara Kadu'' - 1992 (Director and Producer) ;

Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ...

Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film The Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film is one of the Karnataka State Film Awards presented annually since the awards were instituted for films of 1966–67. The award is given to Kannada films produced in the year. Winners See als ...

- Samskara - 1971 (Director and Producer)

International honors

*Bronze Leopard at

(1972)

State honors

* Puttanna Kanagal Award from the

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*Honorary Doctorate from

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References

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