Edida Nageswara Rao
Born
Edida Nageswara Rao

(1934-04-24)24 April 1934
Kothapeta, East Godavari
Died4 October 2015(2015-10-04) (aged 81)
Hyderabad, India
OccupationProducer

Edida Nageswara Rao (24 April 1934 – 4 October 2015) was an Indian film producer in Telugu cinema. He produced films with a classical and realistic touch under the banner, Poornodaya Movie Creations. Almost all of the films he produced went on to win National Film Awards. He won five state Nandi Awards.

Nageswara Rao produced Siri Siri Muvva (1976), Sankarabharanam (1980), Swati Mutyam (1986), and Swayam Krushi (1987) which were showcased at the Moscow Film Festival.[1][2][3] Swati Mutyam was India's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards.[4][5]

Career

Edida Nageswara Rao was born to Sattiraju Naidu in a Kapu family[6] in Kothapeta of former East Godavari district (in present-day Konaseema district).

Some of his most memorable films are his collaborations with K. Viswanath, Bharathiraja, and Vamsy. These were films that showed the artistic values of Telugu cinema, such as, Sankarabharanam (1980), Seethakoka Chilaka (1981), Sagara Sangamam (1983), Sitaara (1984), and Swathi Muthyam (1986). Most of the films he produced won big at the Nandi Awards, Filmfare Awards South, and National Film Awards. They were also screened at several International Film Festivals. These were also dubbed and released in the Russian language.

He started his career as a theatre actor, film actor, and dubbing artist and then ventured into film producing. After getting retired from the film production, he also worked as Telugu Film producer's Council Secretary, Nandi Awards Committee Chairman and National Film Award Committee member.[7]

Edida Nageswara Rao died on 4 October 2015, at the age of 81, at a private hospital, while undergoing treatment for old-age related ailments.[8]

Filmography

Actor
Producer
Year Title Language Notes
1976 Siri Siri Muvva Telugu Winner of 2 National Film Awards
1979 Tayaramma Bangarayya Telugu
1980 Sankarabharanam Telugu Winner of 4 National Film Awards
1981 Seethakoka Chiluka Telugu Winner of 1 National Film Award
1983 Sagara Sangamam Telugu Winner of 2 National Film Awards
1984 Sitaara Telugu Winner of 3 National Film Awards
1986 Swati Mutyam Telugu Winner of 1 National Film Award
1987 Swayamkrushi Telugu
1989 Swarnakamalam Telugu
1992 Aapadbandhavudu Telugu

Awards

Nandi Awards[10]

References

  1. ^ "Chiranjeevi felicitation on Padma Bhushan honor – Telugu Cinema actor". Idlebrain.com. 19 April 2006. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  2. ^ 30 Jun 2011 – Ranjana Dave (30 June 2011). "The meaning in movement". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Chit chat with Edida Nageswararao Parts(3):TV1 | Mirchi 9 – Telugu TV Shows | Telugu Movie Trailers | Telugu Movie Interviews | Telugu Game Shows | Telugu Serials Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "K Viswanath's film at the Oscars". The Times of India (Press release). 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Frame by frame". The Hindu. 8 August 2009. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. ^ M. L. Kantha Rao (July 1999), A Study of the Socio-Political Mobility of the Kapu Caste in Modern Andhra. University of Hyderabad. Chapter 6. p. 290. hdl:10603/25437
  7. ^ "CineGoer.com - Prabhu's Interviews - Interview With Edida Nageswara Rao". Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  8. ^ phoenixscoop.com - Producer Edida passes away
  9. ^ Purnodaya Banner Completes 30 Years
  10. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
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