What was the speciality of G. K. Venkatesh, who worked on films including Ananda Bashpa in 1963?
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Ananda Bashpa Ananda Bashpa (Kannada: ಆನಂದ ಭಾಷ್ಪ) is a 1963 Indian Kannada film, directed and produced by R. Nagendra Rao. The film stars R. N. Sudarshan, K. S. Ashwath, Harini and Rajani in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. K. Venkatesh.
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G. K. Venkatesh Gurajada Krishnadas Venkatesh (GKV) (21 September 1927 – 13 November 1993) was a prominent composer of film music in Kannada cinema during the 1960s, 1970s and until the late-1980s. He also composed music for Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu movies. He produced numerous master pieces of Kannada film music. He also brought in Western background score into Kannada films and scored music for all Bond movies of Dr.Raj in the 1960s to 1970s.
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Kanuri Ranjith Kumar Kanuri Ranjith Kumar ( 24 March 1938- 11 June 1984) was an Indian Film Producer. born into a wealthy agricultural family to Kanuri Ramananda Chowdary and VimalaDevi in a rural village Kowtharam in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh. He founded “Ranjith Movies” banner with the help of his uncle K.L.N.Prasad who is a well known Industrialist & Politician. Ranjith Kumar entered the film world as a producer in 1973 with his first Telugu film venture “Chikati Velugulu“ directed by K.S.Prakash Rao followed by a successful movie “Mana Voori Katha” starring Krishna and Jaya Pradha in 1976. Ranjith Kumar has won various laurels for his films. He produced entertainers with not only commercial interests but also social concern. It would be right to say that his films reflect human values. In 1977, he went on to produce the super hit film “Maa Iddari kadha” with the Legend N.T.Rama Rao who played dual role.
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Subhash Ghai Subhash Ghai (born 24 January 1945) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter, known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema. His most notable works include "Kalicharan" (1976), "Karz" (1980), "Hero" (1983), "Meri Jung" (1985), "Karma" (1986), "Ram Lakhan" (1989), "Saudagar" (1991), "Khalnayak" (1993), "Pardes" (1997), "Taal" (1999), and Black & White (2008). In 1982, He started Mukta Arts Private Limited which, in 2000, became a public company, with Subhash Ghai as its executive chairman. In 2006, he received the National Film Award, for producing the social problem film "Iqbal", in the same year he founded the Whistling Woods International film and media institution in Mumbai. In 2015, He received the IIFA Award for outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema.
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Bharosa Bharosa is a Hindi film released in 1963.
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Kongunattu Thangam Kongunattu Thangam (or Konku Nattu Thangam) (English: Thangam of Kongu country ) is a 1961 Indian, Tamil-language film directed by M. A. Thirumugam and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar. The film featured M. R. Radha, C. L. Anandan and Pushpalatha in the lead roles.
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G. P. Sippy Gopaldas Parmanand Sippy (14 September 1914 British India – 25 December 2007 India) was a Bollywood movie producer and director. He was of Sindhi Hindu descent, with an original last name of Sipahimalani. He is known for producing several popular Bollywood blockbusters such as "Seeta Aur Geeta" (1972), "Shaan" (1980), "Saagar" (1985), "Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman" and his magnum opus, "Sholay" (along with his son Ramesh Sippy).
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Kulavadhu Kulavadhu (Kannada: ಕುಲವಧು) is a 1963 Indian Kannada film, directed by T. V. Singh Takur and produced by A C Narasimha Murthy & Friends. The film stars Rajkumar, Balakrishna, Narasimharaju and K. S. Ashwath in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. K. Venkatesh famous song "Yuga yugadi kaledaru" is a still hit song from this movie.
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Needhikkuppin Paasam Needhikkuppin Paasam (English: "After Justice, there is Love") is a 1963 Tamil language drama film directed by M. A. Thirumugam. The film features M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi and M. R. Radha in lead roles. The film, produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar, had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan and was released on 15 August 1963. The film was super hit at box-office and ran more than 100 days.
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Ghoshayaathra Ghoshayaathra is a 1993 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by G. S. Vijayan for Sreelakshmi Creations starring Saikumar in lead role, supported by Devan, Parvathy and Thilakan playing other important roles. The first title of this film was Khalaasi.
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Raasukutti Rasukutty (Tamil: ராசுக்குட்டி) is a 1992 Indian Tamil action drama film, written and directed by K. Bhagyaraj and produced by Meena Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars Bhagyaraj, Aishwarya, Manorama and Kalyan Kumar in lead roles. The film was a super hit at the box office. It was remade in Hindi as "Raja Babu" with Govinda, in Telugu as Abbayigari Pelli with Suman and in Kannada as Patela with Jaggesh.
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Anbe Vaa Anbe Vaa (English: "Come, My Love" ) is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film features M. G. Ramachandran and B. Saroja Devi in the lead roles, while S. A. Ashokan, Nagesh, Manorama, T. R. Ramachandran, and P. D. Sambandam play supporting roles. Partly based on the 1961 American film "Come September" directed by Robert Mulligan, "Anbe Vaa" was produced and distributed by AVM Productions. The soundtrack and background music were composed by M. S. Viswanathan while the lyrics for the songs were written by Vaali.
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P. Venu P. Venu (Malayalam: പി. വേണു , 8 November 1940 – 25 May 2011) was an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter with over 20 films to his credit. His directorial venture "Udhyogastha" in 1967 was the first ever multi-starrer film of South India. His work in Malayalam cinema was significant and most influential, covering all themes and genres over a career spanning 40 years. One of his most recognized film "C.I.D. Nazir" in 1971, revolutionized movie-making in the investigative genre in Malayalam cinema. Following the commercial and critical success of this film, he came up with two more in the series - "Taxi Car" in 1972 and Prethangalude Thazhvara in 1973, which were recognized as the first investigative sequels in the history of Malayalam cinema. From the late 60s to the 90s he continued to make films and then decided to take a break to devote more time to his family. His last film "Parinamam (The Change)" in 2003 won an honour for Malayalam cinema, winning the Best Screenplay Award at Ashdod International Film Festival held in Israel. In 2005 he was bestowed with the "Kala Prathiba" (Icon of Creative Arts) Award by the Kerala Film Critics Association for his immense contributions to Malayalam cinema. He was also an active member of "MACTA" (Malayalam Cine Technicians Association). He published his book titled "Udyogastha Muthal" (meaning ‘From Udyogastha Onwards’) in 2010 reminiscing his life as a filmmaker and his experiences in the film industry.
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Pelli Kanuka (1960 film) Pelli Kanuka (English: Wedding Gift) is a 1960 Telugu drama film, produced by on banner and directed by C. V. Sridhar. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna Kumari, B. Saroja Devi in the lead roles and music was composed by A. M. Rajah. The film is a remake of Tamil film "Kalyana Parisu" (1959). The story line also gives shadows to Telugu movie "Devata" (1982) which was also remade as Hindi "Tohfa" (1984).
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Navketan Films Navketan Films is a film production house based in Mumbai, India. Started in 1949 by actor-director and producer Dev Anand and his elder brother Chetan Anand, whose debut film, "Neecha Nagar", received the Palme d'Or (Best Film) award, at the first ever Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Younger brother Vijay Anand, also directed numerous films for the company, like "Guide" (1965), "Jewel Thief" (1967) and "Johny Mera Naam" (1970). Chetan and Vijay parted ways with company later and today Dev's son Suneil Anand is currently heading the production house.
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History of VFX in Indian Films The History of VFX in Indian Films dates back to the silent era. At the same time as hollywood films were experimenting and executing VFX, India had also closely followed and caught on. Dada Saheb Phalke's silent movie Kaliamardhan in the year 1919 is one such example with amazing work. Later came Telugu cinema like Pathala Bhairavi and Maya Bazaar which took VFX to greater heights. With the advent of Computer Graphics in hollywood in the 1970s Indian films yearned to similar work and in the 1980s India's first Computer graphics facilities came up led by Prasad Video Digital which later gave birth to Prasad EFX who imported the first film scanners and recorders to India and thus pioneered the digital image revolution in India.The first complete computer graphic film was a Telugu movie AMMORU in which the graphics were by hollywood technician christopher stanley holmes.
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Kaiwara Mahathme Kaiwara Mahathme (Kannada: ಕೈವಾರ ಮಹಾತ್ಮೆ) is a 1961 Indian Kannada film, directed by T V Singh Takur and produced by Kaiwara Films (Pvt) Ltd.. The film stars Rajkumar, Narasimharaju, Balakrishna and G V Iyer in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. K. Venkatesh.
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Santha Thukaram Santha Thukaram is a 1963 Indian Kannada film, directed by Sundar Rao Nadkarni and produced by B. Radhakrishna. The film stars Rajkumar, Udaykumar, K. S. Ashwath and T. N. Balakrishna in lead roles. The film had musical score by Vijaya Bhaskar. It was named the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada at the 11th National Film Awards.
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Anand (1986 film) Anand is a 1986 Indian Kannada film directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao. The film starred Shivrajkumar and Sudha Rani in lead roles with both making their debuts. The film went on to be a huge success running for 38 weeks. Shivarajkumar was introduced as a dancer in this film. This was his first of the three consecutive hits at the box-office on debut which gave him the title "Hat-trick Hero". He once said, "I can never forget "Anand", my first film which made me an actor. Singeetam was just explaining the scene to us and was telling this is what the work I expect from you people. He was bringing out such better performance from all of us."
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Sreenivas G. Kappanna Sreenivas G. Kappanna is an Indian specialist in theatrical and video productions.
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Bama Vijayam Bama Vijayam (English: "Bama's Visit" ) is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by K. Balachander. The film features an ensemble cast including Sowcar Janaki, Rajasree, Kanchana, Jayanthi, Sachu, R. Muthuraman, Nagesh, Major Sundarrajan, Srikanth and T. S. Balaiah. Music is by M. S. Viswanathan.
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S. S. Balan S. S. Balan (or S. Balasubramanian) (28 December 1935 19 December 2014) was an Indian journalist, filmmaker, political analyst, and media personality as well as internationally famous aviculturalist and agriculturalist. He was a dominant force in Indian media over six decades having been at the helm of "Ananda Vikatan" magazine as editor and managing director as well as managing director of the erstwhile Gemini Studios since the 1950s. He was the son of media baron S. S. Vasan. He was chairman emeritus of the Vikatan Group having retired from active involvement at the helm of the media conglomerate.