For the Telugu newspaper of the same name, see Saakshi (newspaper)
Saakshi (Telugu: సాక్షి) was a 1967 Telugu film. It was the first film made by the writer-director duo of Mullapudi Venkata Ramana and Bapu. The film won critical acclaim at the 'Tashkent film festival' in 1968.
The movie introduced Krishna in a leading role, who would go on to become a major player in Telugu. Vijaya Nirmala was cast beside him who would later marry Krishna. The movie was both a critical and financial success.
Also introduced in the movie was Saakshi Ranga Rao, whose name was preceded by the movie's in every other movie he acted subsequently. The movie tells the story of a naive and bucolic young man who is exploited by the society and turns into a hardhearted person. The movie was marked by great performances from Krishna, Vijaya Nirmala and 'Saakshi' Ranga Rao and would stand as a milestone in their long careers.
, 2h30 Réalisé parBapu GenresBiographie, Historique, Musical ActeursJayasudha Kapoor, Aamani Hazrath, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Rajendra Prasad, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Mikkilineni Note67% Srinatha was born to Bhimamba and Marayya in 1365.
Srinatha is respected as Kavi Sarvabhouma (King of poets) in and is being patronised by many kings including the Kondavidu Reddys, Velamas of Rachakonda and Deva Raya II of Vijayanagara Empire. Even though He is married, Srinatha is in awe of woman's beauty and dedicates his poems in praise of the beauty.
Réalisé parBapu ActeursKrishnam Raju, Prasad Babu, Allu Rama Lingiah, Shobha, Shubha, Geetha Note78% The film revolves around Krishna (played by Krishnam Raju) who brings together an unlikely group of 5 youngsters to help in creating awareness among their villagers to revolt against the cruel village head, Rambhoopal (Rao Gopal Rao) and his henchmen. Even though being a revolutionary theme, the movie was wonderfully made without the usual noise that accompanies the leftist movies and fashioned on the lines of the great epic Mahabharata. Amazing performances by all the actors (Krishnam Raju, Raogopal Rao, Allu Ramalingaiah etc.) and wonderful technical backup make this movie another classic from Bapu. The film also has Chiranjeevi as a very young actor (his second movie to be released) in the role of Parthu.
, 2h45 Réalisé parBapu GenresDrame, Comédie ActeursSreedhar Surapaneni, Sangeetha, Mukkamala Krishnamurthy, Allu Rama Lingiah, Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao, Nutan Prasad Note77% Raja Rao Bahadur (Kanta Rao) is the head of a wealthy and charitable landlord family who has a young son Sreedhar. At his son's request, Rao helps his college friend (Hari) with the costs of higher education abroad. Hari is grateful and invites Sreedhar to his sister Laxmi's (Sangeeta) wedding in the village. Due to unusual circumstances, Sreedhar ends up marrying Lakshmi. This enrages Mukkamala who is the Raja's brother-in-law, who was hopeful of getting his daughter (Jaya Malini) married to Sreedhar.
Réalisé parBapu GenresDrame, Historique ThèmesMythologie, Religion ActeursJayanthi, B. Saroja Devi, Rajasree, Dhulipala, Mukkamala Krishnamurthy, Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao Note74% This Hindu mythological movie is based on Lord Anjaneya's devotion towards Lord Rama who goes against Lord Rama without his knowledge. The movie begins with Lord Shiva explaining the devotion of Hanuma towards Lord SitaRama to Goddess Parvati. He also tells her that King Yayati is also one of the main devotees of Lord Rama. Goddess Parvati decides to test Yayati's devotion and sends out her messenger Maya to create problems in his kingdom. Yayati tries to overcome from these problems and circumstances make him reach sage Vishwamitra with whom