Tikkavarapu Pattabhirama Reddy


Tikkavarapu Pattabhirama Reddy 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 Visva-Bharati University, University of Calcutta 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 87.

Literature

  • Fidelu Ragala Dozen,
  • Kaitha Naa Dayita,
  • Pattabhi Pun-changam,

Selected filmography

;As producer and director
  • Note: all films are in Kannada.
  • Samskara
  • Chanda Marutha
  • Devara Kaadu
  • Sringara Masa
;As executive producer

Awards and honors

;National Film Awards
;Karnataka State Film Awards

International honors

State honors