T. Subbarami Reddy (born 17 September 1943) is an Indian industrialist, politician,

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, and a philanthropist. In 1993 he produced the Sanskrit film '' Bhagavad Gita'', which garnered the

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at the

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. He is a member of the

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. He was Member of the

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representing

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in the

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, the upper house of the

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and

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, the lower house since 1996. He was elected to 11th and 12th

twice in 1996 and 1998 from

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constituency. He was elected as

member in 2002 and continued in the position for the third term. He was member of various parliamentary committees. He was also Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines between 2006 and 2008. On 15 June 2012, he lost the election for Nellore constituency to Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy.

Personal life

He was born to T. Babu Reddy and Rukmini Amma at

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. He did B.Sc. in physics from

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. His uncle is T. Ramana Reddy. He is also related to filmmaker T. Pattabhirama Reddy. His wife T. Indira Subbarami Reddy is the chairperson of Gayatri Projects Ltd, the company founded by him.

Industrialist

He received a gold medal by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, for his contribution in the construction of the then world's biggest dam

Nagarjuna Sagar Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the border between Nalgonda district in Telangana and Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh. The dam provides irrigation water to the Nalgonda, Sur ...

Project in

in 1967. Reddy was the

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contractor for this dam. He was Chairman of

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Board (T.T.D.) since 2004, National Panorama Festival Committee in 1992, National Film Award Jury in 1994 and 1997, Andhra Pradesh Cultural Federation in 1994 and Member of Central Film Censor Board, 1983–85.

Selected filmography

He has produced a handful of films in Bollywood, Telugu, Sanskrit and Tamil languages. ;Sanskrit * ''Bhagavad Gita'' (1993) ;Hindi *'' Dilwaala'' (1986) *'' Chandni'' (1989) *''

Lamhe ''Lamhe'' (lit. ''Moments'') is a 1991 Indian musical romantic drama film directed by Yash Chopra and written by Honey Irani and Rahi Masoom Raza. The film stars Sridevi and Anil Kapoor in lead roles, along with Waheeda Rehman and Anupam ...

'' (1991) *''

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'' (1998) ;Telugu *''

Jeevana Poratam ''Jeevana Poratam'' is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Rajachandra. It stars Sobhan Babu and Rajinikanth as brothers. Synopsis ''Jeevana Poratam'' is a story about the mismanagement and selfishness of the leaders of India. Many ...

'' (1986) *''

Trimurtulu ''Trimurtulu'' is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language masala film, produced by T. Subbarami Reddy and directed by K. Murali Mohana Rao. The film stars Venkatesh, Arjun, Rajendra Prasad, Shobana, Khushbu and Aswini, with music composed by Bappi Lahi ...

'' (1988) *''

State Rowdy ''State Rowdy'' is a 1989 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by B. Gopal. The film stars Chiranjeevi, while Radha, Bhanupriya, Sharada, Rao Gopal Rao, Thiagarajan and Nutan Prasad are among the cast. Plot Kalicharan is a rowdy who ...

'' (1989) *''

Surya IPS ''Surya IPS'' is a 1991 Telugu-language action crime film produced by T. Subbarami Reddy under the Maheswari Parameswari Productions banner and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. Venkatesh and Vijayashanti played the lead roles, and the music w ...

'' (1991) * ''Gangmaster'' (1994) *''

Vamshoddharakudu ''Vamsoddharakudu'' () is a 2000 Telugu-language drama film, produced by M. S. Reddy under the Gayatri Films banner and directed by Sarath. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Ramya Krishna, Sakshi Shivanand, Krishnam Raju with music composed by ...

'' (2000)

Awards

; National Film Awards *

(producer) - '' Bhagavad Gita'' (1993) ;Other honors *Kala Samrat by Maharashtra Government in 1988 *Kala Ratna by Lt. Governor, Delhi in 1989 *Kala tapaswi by Telugu Academy in 1993 *

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in recognition of social work *Life Time Achievement Award by ''American Telugu Association'' in 2002 ;Awards in his honor *T. Subbarami Reddy Award for contribution to

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