Superstar Krishna Profile
SUPER STAR KRISHNAAlso known as : Andhra James Bond
Date of Birth: 31-5-1943
Time of birth: 12-10 am.
Father: Ghattamaneni Veera Raghavaiah
Mother: Nagaratnamma
Other family members: Two brothers and two sisters
Hails from: Burripalem, a village near Tenali town
Education: B.Sc, from the Reddy College in Eluru
Children: Two sons Ramesh and Mahesh. Three daughters Padmavathi, Manjula, Priyadarsini.
First film: Krishna's first film 'Tena Manasulu' was released on 31st March 1965.
Number of films done till date: Krishna has so far acted in more than 320 films.
His heroines: Sixty two heroines have acted with Krishna including Vijaya Nirmala and his first heroin Sukanya. The list includes Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Jaya Sudha, Jaya Chitra, Vijaya Santhi, Radhika, Madhavi, Zarina Wahab, Latha, Sripriya and others
Films directed by Krishna: Simhasanam(in Telugu and Hindi), Sankharavam, Kaliyuga Karnudu, Koduku Diddina Kapuram, Rikshavala, Anna Thammudu, Bala Chandrudu, Nagastram, Indra Bhavanam, Alludu Diddina Kapuram, Rakta Tarpanam
Apart producing films he has also started Padmalaya films, a distributing company that distributed several films. As a part of the efforts of the Government to shift the film industry to Hyderabad from Madras, he was offered land to construct a studio at Hyderabad. He has constructed Padmalaya Studios in Hyderabad and produced and directed 'Simhaasanam' from his native soil. The film was made in both Hindi and Telugu. Krishna has acted in the Telugu version while Jeetendra did the lead role in the Hindi version. The film was financially successful though not a super hit like his earlier films.
Krishna surprised every one by announcing production of Devadas. The earlier Devadas of Akkineni Nageswara Rao was deemed as one of the all time great movies in which, Nageswara Rao gave a memorable performance. Even the great Dilip Kumar, who acted the role later admitted that he could not act as good as Nageswara Rao. Several people tried to dissuade Krishna from going ahead with the venture. Krishna all the same went ahead and produced the film in which he acted as Devadas. Some refused to accept him as Devadas while others appreciated him. This film was financially a success.
Krishna has also directed several films apart from acting. Simhasnam produced in 70MM in Telugu and Hindi was his first film. Later he directed several films and introduced his sons Ramesh Babu and Mahesh Babu as actors through his film Mugguru Kodukulu. Though Ramesh was not a big hit with the audience, Krishna's younger son Mahesh is the latest craze of the Telugu film Industry.
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