LEGENDARY TELUGU FILMMAKER BAPU!

Seven years are over..legendary South-Indian Filmmaker..Sattiraju Lakshmi Narayana aka Bapu left this world!

Raju Shrestha, Padmini Kolhapure, Anil Kapoor in 'Woh saat din' (1983)

In his career over 40 years..Bapu directed 51 films..predominantly in Telugu & few in Hindi!

 

He introduced famous actor Anil Kapoor in 1980 with films 'Vamsa Vruksham' (Telugu) & 'Hum Panch ('Hindi). Then he made Hindi films 'Woh saat din' & 'Mohobbat' with him.

Bapu's 'Saakshi' was showcased in the 'Takshkent Film - Festival' in 1968!

He won 2 national,

5 state & 2 Filmfare (south) awards with Lifetime achievement award! He was also honored with the 'Padma Shree'!

Homage to him!!

- Manoj Kulkarni