D. V. S. Raju
D. V. S. Raju డి. వి. యస్. రాజు | |
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| Born | Datla Venkata Suryanarayana Raju |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Awards | Padma Shri Raghupathi Venkaiah Award |
Datla Venkata Suryanarayana Raju (దాట్ల వెంకట సూర్యనారాయణ రాజు), better known as D. V. S. Raju (డి. వి. యస్. రాజు) (b: 13 December, 1928 - d: 13 November, 2010) was an Indian film producer.
He was born on 13 December, 1928 in Allavaram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He has established D. V. S. Productions and made about 25 films including one award winning Hindi film Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye. He had produced some popular films, starring N. T. Rama Rao like Pidugu Ramudu, Chinnanaati Snehithulu etc. His few noted films are Jeevitha Nouka, Jeevana Jyoti, Chanakya Sapadham, Picchi Pullaiah.
He was the Chairman of National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) and President of the Film Federation of India. He had also served as Chairman of the State Film Development Corporation. He died on 13 November, 2010 (Saturday) at the age of 82 years after brief illness. He is survived by the wife, a son and two daughters.[1]
Filmography
- Maa Babu (1960)
- Mangamma Sapatham (1965)
- Pidugu Ramudu (1966)
- Tikka Sankarayya (1968)
- Gandikota Rahasyam (1969)
- Chinnanaati Snehithulu (1971)
- Dhanama? Daivama? (1973)
- Jeevana Jyoti (1975)
- Jeevitha Nouka (1977)
- Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye (1983)
- Chanakya Shapadham (1986)
- Jayam Manade (1986)
- Bhanumathi Gari Mogudu (1987)
Awards
- Andhra Pradesh Government honored him with Raghupathi Venkaiah Award in 1988.
- He was presented by Padma Shri award in 2001 by Government of India.