Tikkavarapu Pattabhirama Reddy, (19 February 1919 â€" 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 four 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.He was born
in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. 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.
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 four 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.He was born
in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. 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.
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