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Tikkavarapu Pattabhirama Reddy (19 February 1919 – 6 May 2006) was an Indian film screenwriter, producer, director, social activist, poet, and writer known for his pioneering works in Telugu cinema, and Kannada cinema.
Reddy has received three National Film Awards for his works. In 1972 he produced and directed Samskara which garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and Bronze Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. Reddy has actively participated the Indian Emergency opposition movement, human rights movement, and child labor movements as founder member of People's Union for Civil Liberties. In 1977, he produced and directed the bilingual Chandamarutha in Kannada, and English. The film was banned during the Emergency, and was later released to critical appreciation.




Personal life


Pattabhirama Reddy was born in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh into a Telugu speaking family. He studied at Shantiniketan, Calcutta University and Columbia University. He was married to Snehalata Reddy, and founded the organisation Concerned for Working Children. In 2003, he directed In the Hour of God, a play based on Sri Aurobindo's classic Savitri, inspired by the mythical woman who defied death for love, which he dedicated to his wife Snehalata Reddy. Pattabhirama Reddy died on 6 May 2006, at the age of 86.




Literature


Fidelu Ragala Dozen (1939), (Telugu)
Kaitha Naa Dayita 1978, (Telugu)
Pattabhi Pun-changam (1980), (Telugu)




Selected filmography


As producer
Pellinaati Pramanalu (executive producer) - Telugu (1958)
Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddhamu (executive producer) - Telugu (1963)
Bhagya Chakramu (executive producer) - Telugu (1965)
Chandamarutha - Kannada
Shrungaramasa - Kannada
Devarakadu - Kannada
As producer and director
Samskara (1970)
Chanda Marutha (1977)
Devara Kaadu (1993)
Sringara Masa (1984)




Awards and honors


National Film Awards
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu - Pellinati Pramanalu (Telugu) - 1958 (executive Producer)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film - Samskara (Kannada) - 1971 (Director and Producer)
National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation - Devara Kadu - 1992 (Director and Producer)
Karnataka State Film Awards
Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film - Samskara - 1971 (Director and Producer)




International honors


Bronze Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival (1972)




State honors


Puttanna Kanagal Award from the Government of Karnataka
Honorary Doctorate from Andhra University




References

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• Perfilman Telugu
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• List of multilingual Indian films
• Kannada cinema
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• February 1919