Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Gollapudi Maruti Rao

Indian actor

Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1939

Place of Birth: Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

Profession: screenwriter, actor, writer, news presenter, author, journalist, television director

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Gollapudi Maruti Rao

  • Gollapudi Maruti Rao (14 April 1939 – 12 December 2019) was an Indian film actor, screenwriter, dramatist, playwright, and dialogue writer known for his works in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu Literature.
  • Rao acted in over 250 Telugu films in a variety of roles. His noted literary works and plays, like Rendu Rellu Aaru, Patita, Karuninchani Devatalu, Mahanatudu, Kaalam Venakku Tirigindi, Aasayaalaku Sankellu, won numerous State Awards.He was a member of the Script Scrutiny Committee of National Film Development Corporation and served as a Jury Member at International Film Festival of India for Indian Panorama section in 1996.
  • He was known for scripting landmark films like Doctor Chakravarthy, Tharangini, Samsaram Chadharangam, Kallu etc.
  • He garnered six Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards.
  • In 1997, he established the Gollapudi Srinivas Memorial Foundation, which presents the Gollapudi National Award, for the best first film of a director in Indian cinema.Rao was also known for his works in All India Radio and Journalism, for over two decades.
  • His play was included in the Master of Arts (Telugu literature) curriculum of Osmania University.
  • This work was translated into all Indian languages by the National Book Trust, under the Aadaan Pradaan programme.
  • The work was remade into a Telugu film in 1988 which won the Nandi Award for the Best Story in 1989.
  • His 1975 play Kallu, was also remade into a Telugu film Kallu, which also garnered Nandi Award for Best Feature Film.
  • His play Oka Chettu – Rende Puvvulu was purchased by the Song and Drama Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for popular exhibition.A volume of essays on theatre, Telugu Nataka Rangam, was prescribed as a textbook for the Department of Theatre Arts, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam (1967).
  • He published two research articles appearing in Andhra Vignana Sarvaswam (Telugu Encyclopedia) 11th volume: "History of the development in 'Thought' and 'Technique' of Telugu Play-writing" and "Amateur Theatre – its origin and growth in relation to the World Amateur Theatre movement.
  • His Telugu play Vandemaataram, the first one in Telugu about the Sino-Indian War, was published by Andhra Pradesh State Information & Public Relations Department, (1963).

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