Kallu(film)
Appearance
Kallu | |
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Directed by | M. V. Raghu |
Written by | Sirivennela Sitaramasastri(lyrics) |
Screenplay by | M. V. Raghu |
Story by | Gollapudi Maruti Rao |
Produced by | D. Vijaya Kumar A. L. Ananda Rao |
Starring | Sivaji Raja Chidambaram Gundu Hanumantha Rao N. J Bhikshu Rajeswari |
Cinematography | M. V. Raghu |
Edited by | M. V. Raghu |
Music by | SP Balasubramanyam |
Production company | Mahashakthi Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 132 min |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Kallu(transl. Eyes) is a 1988 Indian Telugu-Language ethnographicdrama filmbased on the lives of five blind people directed byM. V. Raghu,based onGollapudi Maruti Rao's play with the same name.[1][2]In 2018, the film celebrated its 30th anniversary by "Mukhi Media" in Hyderabad.[3]
The film won four stateNandi Awards,and theFilmfare Award for Best Direction.It was screened in Indian panorama section of theInternational Film Festival of India,and theHyderabad Film Festival.[4]The film won thirty awards including special mention from theCBFCJury.[5][6][7]
Cast
[edit]- Sivaji Rajaas Rangadu
- Chidambaram
- Gundu Hanumantha Rao
- N. J Bhikshu
- Rajeswari
- SP Balasubramanyam (cameo)
- Bhaskar Rao
- Sripada Somayajulu
Awards
[edit]- Nandi Awards- 1988[8]
- Third Best Feature Film - Bronze- D. Vijaya Kumar & A. L. Ananda Rao
- Best First Film of a Director-M. V. Raghu
- Best Story Writer-Gollapudi Maruthi Rao
- Special Jury Award-Kallu Chidambaram
References
[edit]- ^"Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Raghu M.V. in city today".29 December 2017 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^"Picture 270868 | Dasari Narayana Rao, MV Raghu at Kallu Movie 25 years Celebrations | New Movie Posters".
- ^"Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Raghu M.V. in city today".29 December 2017 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^"Film Festival 2007"(PDF).Hyderabad Film Club.Retrieved4 May2023.
- ^"The saga of a lensman".The Hindu.Chennai, India. 9 June 2003. Archived fromthe originalon 23 October 2003.
- ^Sarma, G. V. Prasada (19 October 2015)."Tollywood comedian Kallu Chidambaram dead"– via www.thehindu.com.
- ^"Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Raghu M.V. in city today".29 December 2017 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^"నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)"[A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)](PDF).Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh.Retrieved21 August2020.(inTelugu)
Categories:
- 1988 films
- Fiction about disability
- 1980s Telugu-language films
- 1980s Indian films
- Films about social issues in India
- Indian avant-garde and experimental films
- Films about labour
- Films scored by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Indian nonlinear narrative films
- Films about disability in India
- Telugu-language literature
- Fictional characters with disabilities
- Films about social realism
- Films about poverty in India
- Indian drama films
- Films about blind people in India