Bhakta Kannappa

Bhakta Kannappa
Directed by Bapu
Produced by U. Suryanarayana Raju
Written by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
Starring Krishnam Raju
Vanisree
M. Balaiah
Rao Gopal Rao
Sarathi
Allu Ramalingaiah
Sreedhar Surapaneni
Mukkamala
M. Prabhakar Reddy
Music by Chellapilla Satyam
Cinematography V. S. R. Swamy
M. V. Raghu
Edited by Mandapati Ramachandraiah
Release date
 1976
Country India
Language Telugu

Bhakta Kannappa (English title: Devotee Kannappa) is a 1976 Telugu film directed by Bapu. The movie is a remake of 1954 Kannada movie Bedara Kannappa starring Rajkumar which was based on the life of Shaiva devotee, Kannappa Nayanar.[1]

Credits

Cast

Crew

Production

Krishnam Raju was inspired by Ben-Hur (1959) and wanted to produce a film just like it. As such, this film was influenced by the film Ben-Hur. For songs recording, the unit went to tribal areas and composed their tunes and rhythms as songs for the film. In fact, the song Enniyallo was based on the research they had done.[2]

Songs

  • "Aakasham Dinchala Nelavanka Tunchala" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singers: V. Ramakrishna and P. Susheela; Cast: Krishnam Raju and Vanisree)
  • "Kanda Gelichindi Kanne Dorikindi" (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singers: V. Ramakrishna and P. Susheela; Cast: Krishnam Raju, Vanisree and Others)
  • "Om Namassivaya Srikantalokesha" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: V. Ramakrishna; Cast: Krishnam Raju and M. Balayya)
  • "Paravasamuna Sivudu" (Kiratarjuneeyam) (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam; Cast: Krishnam Raju and M. Balayya)
  • "Siva Siva Ananelara" (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: S. Janaki)
  • "Siva Siva Sankara Bhaktava Sankara" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: V. Ramakrishna; Cast: Krishnam Raju)
  • "Thalli Thandri" (Singer: P. Susheela)
  • "Thinavayya"
  • "Thakita Thakita" (Singer: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam)
  • "Yenniyallo Yenniyallo Chandamama" (Lyrics: Arudra; Singers: V. Ramakrishna and P. Susheela; Cast: Krishnam Raju and Vanisree)

Box-office

The film is a blockbuster and ran for 1 year.[3]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ http://www.telugucinema.com/Bhakta-Kannappa-1976-Retrospective
  2. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/did-you-know-/Bhakta-Kannappas-interesting-move/articleshow/36660454.cms
  3. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/did-you-know-/Krishnam-Rajus-unique-feat/articleshow/36661232.cms


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.