V. Madhusudhan Rao

Veeramachineni Madhusudhan Rao was an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for his great work in Telugu cinema. The story of his movies was loved by the audience just like the music of his movies. Veeramachineni Madhusudhan Rao was born in Peyyeru, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh on 14 June 1923. He began as an assistant director to Adurthi Subba Rao Telugu film industry has tasted the direction of v >> Read More... for the movie ‘Todi Kodallu’ in 1957. He was given his first directorial opportunity with ‘Sati Tulasi’ (1959), a black and white film which didn’t go well.

But he was not discouraged by this and directed another movie ‘ Annapurna Annapurna is a Bengali serial that was formerly br >> Read More... ’ (1960), a melodrama. It was the first hit for the director. Encouraged by this success, the director made a few more movies. The year 1962 was very generous for Rao as his four films released in the year; out of which ‘ Raktha Sambandham Raktha Sambandham is an Indian- Telugu language te >> Read More... ’ was a big hit and is still remembered by the people. Rao also tried his hand in writing with ‘Adrushtavanthalu’ (1969). On the personal front, Rao married Saroja Rao. In 1970, Rao directed his first Bollywood movie, ‘ Devi Click to look into! >> Read More... ’.

He then directed a few more Bollywood movies such as ‘Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’, ‘Samaj Ko Badal Daalo’, and ‘ Luv Kush ‘Luv Kush’ (formerly called Uttar Ramayan) is a Hi >> Read More... ’. ‘Sneha Sedu’ (1978) was his first Kannada film. In 1980, Rao got his biggest hit, ‘Superman’, which was not only directed by him but also written by him. Rao has directed more than 45 films, which includes musical hits such as ‘Annapurna’, ‘Zamindar’, ‘Antastulu’, ‘Aradhna’, ‘Aathma Balam’, ‘Aatmiyulu’, and ‘ Krishnaveni Krishnaveni is an Indian-Telugu television serial >> Read More... ’. The first and only film produced by him was ‘Swati Kiranam’ (1992).

He has got several awards for his work including national award which he got at a very early stage of his career (in 1967). He got regional awards for several movies such as Antastulu, Aatmiyulu, Kanchana Ganga Kanchanaganga is a Telugu daily serial which was b >> Read More... , Gudi Gantalu, ‘Aastiparulu’ and Praja Nayakudu. In 1997, he was awarded Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for lifetime achievement. He died at the age of 88 on 11 January 2012 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.