Born into an agricultural family of village Karamchedu, Prakasham District on 06-06-1936 for D.Venkateshwarulu and Lakshmidevamma.

   Had basic education in Karamchedu and higher education in chirala.

   College education in Presidency College,Chennai.

AS A FILMMAKER:

  Shifted to chennai in 1960, film production center of the south.His filmmaking experience began with "ANURAGAM" as its co-producer.

  Established his own banner SURESH PRODUCTIONS, names after his eldest son suresh and produced "RAMUDU-BHIMUDU" with N.T.Ramarao popular hero who played dual roles for the first time .Later this was remade in hindi with the title Ram Aur Shyam with Dilip kumar in lead and also in tamil with M.G.Ramachandran.

  Premnagar, Another superb hit with A.Nageshwara rao and Vanisri in the lead .This was remade in hindi with the same titled and as "VASANTHAMALIGAI" in tamil with Sivaji Ganeshan and vanisri in lead.

  With hindi "PREMNAGAR"(Rajesh Khanna and Hemamalini ), Ramanaidu set foot in hindi film production , in 1974.

  Since then he made record number of films -124 till now-under one banner ,of which 75 films in telugu, 19 films were in hindi , 24 in tamil, two in bengali, two in kannada, one in oriya, one in assamee & one hollywood film is under production.

  Introduced 21 new directors to telugu cinema , 6 heros,12 heroines and 7 music composers, besides a number of character artistes and some technicians.

  Established his own distribution network with Ten branches of Suresh Movies Film distributors functioning allover the state.

  Four decades of film career as film maker.

AWARDS

  His latest film "PREMINCHU" made on the life of a born-blind women who fought back to stay on top in society , won A.P. State Government's 2001,s Five Nandi  awards -for D.Ramanaidu as best film maker , "PREMINCHU" as best film , winning Golden Nandi , Laya as best actress who played blind girls role, Murali mohan as best character actor for playing responsible role of the father of this physically disadvantaged girl , Srilakshmi as comediene and Dr.C.Narayana Reddy as best lyric writer for the song "Ammante.."

  Ramanaidu donated Rs.10 Lakhs from the box office income of this film to various institutions for the blind and handicapped. The cheques were giving away by union minister for information and Broadcasting , Smt.Sushma Swaraj at a function in hyderabad.

  Film SURIGADU was selected for Indian ponarama 1993.

  A.P.State Government's Nandi Jury's special award for AHA NAA PELLANTA

  A.P.State Government's Nandi awards to ANDHRA VAIBHAVAM, a documentry on history of Andhra culture.

  Won Best film(Bengali) award for AASHUK in 16th National film festival of india.

  L.V.Prasad Gold medal for 1996.

  N.T.R.MELLENIUM LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT-2000, given by cultural organization led by Vamsee Art Theaters international.

  And many more awards presented by various cultural bodies and Non-governmental bodies.

Darsakendra K. Raghavendra Rao (born May 23, 1942) is a renowned Telugu film director. He is one of the most commercially successful directors of Telugu Cinema, and many believe that his contribution to Telugu Cinema has been instrumental to the success of Tollywood. He was born in Mori, Sakhinetipalli Mandal, East Godavari district of the state Andhra Pradesh, India.

As of 2006, Raghavendra Rao has directed 103 films. His most recent Sri Ramadasu was a major success, not only in India, but U.S. and UK for the Telugus living abroad.

Akkineni Lakshmi Vara Prasada Rao (17 January 1908 – 22 June 1994), more popularly known as L. V. Prasad was a famous Indian film actor, producer and director. He was a recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime contribution to cinema from the Government of India for the year 1982.

Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao was born on 17th January in the year 1908 as the second son to Akkineni Sriramulu and Basavamma in a remote village, Somavarapadu, in Eluru Taluk in the State of Andhra Pradesh in India. Born into an agricultural family Prasad was a pampered child, very intelligent but never interested in studies.

Prasad was drawn by the drums of the touring theatres and drama troupes. Old and worn out film prints used to be shown in ramshackle tents and Prasad used to regularly rush to watch them. He also used to do small roles in the local dramas regularly. This was the passion that drove his life – the passion for acting and the moving image.

At the age of 17, in the year 1924, he got married to his maternal uncle’s daughter Soundarya Manoharamma in a truly cinematic style and atmosphere. Soon they had a baby girl. Prasad’s father was finding the going tough due to mounting debts and was forced to declare insolvency plunging the family into a deep state of depression and humiliation. This was the time when Prasad thought about his acting prowess to make a career and Prasad left his village, without telling anyone, one day with 100 rupees in his pocket!

Prasad had heard of a studio called Kohinoor in Dadar where cinemas are made and artists congregate. On the cold winter morning on the new year’s day of the year 1930 Prasad alighted at Dadar. As he set up his lodging in Ramakrishna Lodge he realized that his dream of being in films is not going to be easy to achieve. To top it he spoke neither Hindi nor English. He tried to convey his ambition to many using his sketchy English vocabulary to no avail. He was unable to gain entry into the studios and looked at another option – peering through the holes in the zinc sheets that made the fencing for the Kohinoor Studios. He used to watch for hours together with his eyes glued to these holes. Opposite the Kohinoor studios there was a tailor’s shop frequented by the stars and Prasad used to stand and watch them come and go. The tailor had been noticing Prasad’s dedication in peering through the holes in the fence and understood his passion for films. But the visiting stars found Prasad’s ambitions funny and merely laughed and made fun. Undaunted, Prasad continued to frequent the tailor shop for he was with cinema people here and he was enjoying it. A few days later he returned to his room to find his trunk broken open and whatever little money that was left was stolen. But the kind hearted thief had left a little money and a note suggesting him to go back to his village with the money. He left the hotel with his trunk and returned to pursue his interest to enter the studio. The tailor was now quite intrigued to see him with his trunk and inquired. After listening to Prasad's story he suggested Prasad to stay in his shop, clean the place daily, set up his hookah and start looking for a job later.

Though Prasad’s ambitions seemed to be going farther every day he somehow landed a errand boy’s job in Venus Film Company and here he met a Punjabi youth called Dharilal. Venus neither made any films nor did Prasad get his wages. Dharilal got Prasad a job in a carnival to do a little bit of acting- basically talking and enticing people to visit the games. He then joined India Pictures as an errand boy where Akthar Nawaz cast him in a bit role in the silent film ‘Star of the East’. The film was never released. Dharilal’s sister Moti was working in Imperial Film Company and she got Prasad a bit role in Ardeshir Irani’s ‘Alam Ara’ the first India Talkie Cinema released in 1931. Prasad was paid a monthly wage of Rs.30/- for his role in Alam Ara and also to do bit roles wherever required as a pandit, chowkidhar and so on. In Imperial he met H.M.Reddy who had left his police inspector job to try his luck in films. H.M.Reddy gave Prasad a small role in Kalidas, the first Tamil Talkie and subsequently in Baktha Prahalada, the first Telugu Talkie. An excited Prasad dispatched a telegram home, where by now everyone had given him up for dead. He took a train to his native village to tell about his success where he was given the bad news of his little daughter’s death. He returned to Bombay with his wife where his first son Anand and later Ramesh were born.

Prasad by chance got a role as an assistant director in Kamar – Al – Zaman directed by Ali Shah. This was also the time Prasad saw his name being shortened from Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasad Rao to L.V.Prasad by a clerk taking attendance who found the name too long to utter. This name stuck with him forever. Imperial had to retrench people and Prasad was left jobless. Things had not improved for him in the past 8 years, but for some acting, a little bit of assistance in directing and some odd roles. He decided to leave Bombay with his family to his native place with an intention of raising some funds from known people and start his own production company. This did not work. One day when he was desperate, a telegram came from H.M.Reddy to act in Rohini Pictures Grihalakshmi. He left for Madras and life changed. He made impact in H.M.Reddy’s Tenali Ramakrishna and Gharana Dhonga. World War II was at its peak and the Japanese bombed Madras forcing many to migrate. H.M.Reddy left for Pune with his family and Prasad had to return to his native place. He was deeply depressed now since he found himself a misfit for any job other than cinema.

Tantra Subrahmanyam assigned him a job of a production supervisor and assistant director for the film ‘Kashta Jeevi’ which took him to Bombay again. The film was abandoned after shooting three reels. Prasad was in no mood to leave now and he got a job as assistant director in a few other films. During this time using his connections with Prithviraj Kapoor he joined Prithvi Theatres and satisfied his acting passion. It was during this time that he met Raj Kapoor, the hero of his first Hindi production 'Sharada'. Though L.V.Prasad was now comfortable the yearning to achieve greater heights made him restless.

In 1943 he got the opportunity to take on the responsibility of assistant director for Gruha Pravesham. Due to circumstances he became the director of the film and then he was also chosen as the hero of the film! Gruha Pravesham, released in 1946 was one of the finest films of the forties and went on to become a classic of the period. After this K.S.Prakasha Rao offered Prasad an important role in ‘Drohi’. During this time Ramabrahmam was facing difficulty in finishing his film ‘Palnatti Yudhdham’ due to ill health and he chose Prasad to do justice to this film. After this in 1949, Prasad directed Mana Desam and introduced N.T.Rama Rao, later to become a legend in telugu cinema, in a minor role.

In 1950 Vijaya Pictures released their first film ‘ S h a v u k k a r u ’ e s t a b l i s h i n g L.V.Prasad as a great director. N.T.Rama Rao became a hero in Shavukkaru and Janaki the heroine, climbed to fame to become known as ‘Shavukkar Janaki’. Samsaram released in the same year brought together the two legends of the telugu film industry as brothers – N.T.Rama Rao and A.Nageswara Rao in a social drama which created records wherever it was released. The film provided a model for later film makers, a model and theme relevant and popular amongst film makers even today. After this success chased him. He directed some memorable films in the fifties all of them known for their drama and fine humour. ‘Rani’ a hindi film took him to Bombay again and after that Jupiter Films engaged L.V.Prasad to direct their Magnum Opus Manohara starring the legendary Shivaji Ganesan in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. This film elevated Shivaji Ganesan to the greatest heights ofstardom. In the mid fifties the industrialist in L.V.Prasad came into being and he purchased a plot offered by Ranganadhadas to start building his own studio. The combined pressure of building the studio and directing films started telling on his health and in 1955 he suffered from a bout of sciatica. Though he recovered sufficiently, his decision to return immediately to his duties, against the doctor’s advice, resulted in prolonged treatment and diet restrictions till the end.

But L.V.Prasad had more goals to achieve. In 1955 he assigned D.Yoganand to direct his first production ‘Ilavelpu’ in Telugu under the banner Lakshmi Productions. L.V.Prasad established Prasad Productions soon after this in 1956. His second son Ramesh returned from the US after obtaining his B.E.M.S degree and established Prasad Film Labs in Chennai in 1974. Prasad Productions made many memorable box office hits including Milan, Khilona, Sasural and Ek Duuje Ke Liye. L.V.Prasad contributed generously towards the establishment of L.V.Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad, which is today, one the foremost eye research institutes in the world. The efforts started by him in 1956 is today one of the largest infrastructure for feature film post production in India with facilities and offices in India, Singapore, Dubai and Hollywood.

During his lifetime L.V.Prasad held many posts and won many awards. In 1982 came the crowning glory of his lifetime – the Dada Saheb Phalke award from the Government of India, the highest recognition in Filmdom in India

  In the entire 400 years of history of Hyderabad, every since Mohd. Quli Qutab Shahi built the landmark Charminar in 1591, Chandra Babu naidu since then, is the only personality to bring techno-fame to Hyderabad by establishing the Hi-Tech city which has put our city among the most sought after investor destination of India - a feat quite remarkable of politician in Indian today's pathetic batch of politicians. No wonder this model Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh was cited as one of the top 50 stars of Asia by the Business week magazine and his efforts in promoting Information Technology in Hyderabad has been commended by several international magazines, including Time.The counrty's youngest Chief Minister, at 48, son of a farmer from Naravarapally District, an M.A. and Ph.D in Economics, Mr. Naidu is already a global name.In fact no other state is being marketed to investors the way A.P. is Multimedia presentations, information on CD-ROMs, personal interaction with Industrialists, and industry associations have become a part of Naidu's weekly schedule.Naidu's biggest coup is the decision of Microsoft to come to Hyderabad, thanks to the presentation he made to Bill Gates. Thereafter it has been very easy to convince other computer majors like IBM and Oracle.

 N.T. Ramarao, founder of Telugu Desam party, created a lasting impression over Telugu people especially poor. People affectionately called him –N.T.R. Nandamuri Taraka ramarao was born on 28th-may-1923, in ‘’Nimmakuru’’ village in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. At the time of his birth, the population of that village was 500 only.

Peda Ramaswamy, the grandfather of NTR, Was a land lord and had 80 acres of land. The Land was divided among his four sons and the family was reduced to a middle class family. Ramaswamy’s eldest son’s name was Ramaiah. The second son’s name was Lakshmaiah Chowdary, who was the father of NTR. His mother’s name was Venkataravamma. As Ramaiah had no children, he adopted NTR as his son. NTR’s younger brother’s name is Trivikrama Rao

2. Education:

NTR studied up to 5th class in his native place and his teacher’s name was Valluru Subba Rao. NTR acted in dramas since his childhood. NTR left his native place to Vijayawada, for high-school studies and joined in Gandhi municipal high school of 1 town.

After passing the school –final examination, he joined in S.R.R and C.V.R. College to study intermediate course. At that time his family’s condition was not good and they sold out 10 acres of land to clear the debts. So NTR’s parents came to Vijayawada to look after him and his studies.

His father Laxmaiah set up the dairy farm for selling the milk. NTR also used to supply the milk to hotels, by riding on his Hercules bicycle. At the time of studying the intermediate course, two things happened in the life of NTR.

1. He began to take active part to act in the dramas (since his 20th year). He acted in a drama portraying a female role viz;’’ Nagamma’’.

2. He married “Basavatarakam’’ a nearest relative to him in 1942.

Whatever the cause may be NTR failed in the intermediate examination two times. He never got disappointed in spite of the relatives’ remarks against him and his education. The great thing about NTR was, he never accepted the defeat since his childhood. Leadership qualities were more in him. He is a born leader.

With the consent of his father, he had been to Bombay (Mumbai), to get training in sound recording system. He discarded the training as the conditions were not favorable. While he was in Bombay, he set up a meals hotel viz; ‘’Andhra Mess’’, there also he used to tell the customers about the greatness of the Telugu people. He returned to Vijayawada, at the call of his father. He did also tobacco business. At this time his foster father Ramaiah died due to ill health. Anyhow with the stint of hard work, he passed the intermediate examination.

Now he joined in BA course in AC College Guntur. At this time he got cinema offers but he refused to act in films. He passed BA in 1947 (in the same year India got independence). At this a son was born and his name was Ramakrishna.

In May 1947, NTR had been to Madras (Chennai) to act in cinemas but returned without acting. In the mean time he got a job in the military but his father did not permit him to join in that field.

3. Job opportunities: NTR appeared for the service commission exam. Out of thousands of candidates who appeared for the exam, only 12 members passed. NTR was one among them. He joined the post of sub- registrar in Guntur. The salary was Rs 190/ month.

Again he received offers from Madras to act in films. NTR was not in a firm position to take any decision. His younger brother ,Trivikrama Rao and another person viz; Chalapathi Rao (joint-registrar) encouraged NTR to go to Madras to act in films, as there is no sufficient income in government job to make both the ends meet. Moreover the circumstances in this job are not conducive to his mentality. He got bad experiences while discharging the duties, like bribes etc.
So NTR left for Madras to act in the films. NTR never worked against his consciousness. NTR continued in the job for 11 days only.

4. Cinema life:

In Madras, NTR met L.V. Prasad (actor and producer), who advised him to meet B.A. Subbarao who astonished after seeing NTR’S Personality. He was 5 feet 10 inches in height and 75 -80 kg in weight.

Immediately Subbarao obtained an agreement from NTR to act in his film and paid 1000 rupees as remuneration (at that time it was a big amount). One time meals cost ½ rupee only.
Then he returned to Guntur and resigned the job. He left for Madras alone, for good, to act in films.

He stayed in a lodge namely ‘’Poornam’s lucky lodge’’ along with three friends, whatever the cause may be, luckily all of them settled in cinema field.

NTR’s first movie: Mana Desam (our country).
His role: Sub-inspector.

Later he became legend in movies and politics. He founded Telugu Desam party which came to power just within 9 months.

Everyone knew the movie and political history of Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao. We may never a person like N.T. Rama Rao in our life time. We are lucky in that aspect. Telugu Desam leaders and cadre should work hard to keep the spirit and values of our “Anna”.