Bhakta Kannappa

Bhakta Kannappa
Directed by	Bapu
Written by	Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
Produced by	U. Suryanarayana Raju
Starring	Krishnam Raju Vanisree M. Balaiah Rao Gopal Rao Sarathi Allu Ramalingaiah Sreedhar Surapaneni Mukkamala M. Prabhakar Reddy
Cinematography	V. S. R. Swamy M. V. Raghu
Edited by	Mandapati Ramachandraiah
Music by	Chellapilla Satyam
Release date	1976
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Bhakta Kannappa (English title: Devotee Kannappa) is a 1976 Telugu film directed by Bapu. It is based on the life of Shaiva devotee, Kannappa Nayanar.

Credits

Cast

• Krishnam Raju ... Arjuna / Kannappa
• Vanisree ... Neela
• M. Balaiah ... Lord Shiva
• Rao Gopal Rao ... Kailasanatha Shastry
• Sarathi ... Kashinatha Sastry (Kailasanatha Shastry's son)
• Allu Ramalingaiah
• Sridhar ... Mallanna
• M. Prabhakar Reddy
• Mukkamala Krishna Murthy ... Pedavema Reddy
• P. R. Varalakshmi ... Goddess Parvati
• Jhansi
• Baby Varalakshmi
• Baby Rohini
• Jaya Malini ... Ranjanam

Crew

• Director: Bapu
• Writer: Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
• Producer: U. Suryanarayana Raju
• Production executive: Jayakrishna
• Production Company: Gopi Krishna Combines
• Original Music: Chellapilla Satyam
• Cinematography: V. S. R. Swamy
• Film Editing: Mandapati Ramachandraiah
• Art Direction: Vaali and V. Bhaskara Raju
• Camera Operator: S. Gopal Reddy
• Assistant Cameramen: M. V. Raghu and Sharath
• Playback singers: S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubramaniam, P. Susheela and V. Ramakrishna

Production

Krishnam Raju got inspired by Ben-Hur (1959) and wanted to make a film like that and made this film. For songs recording, the unit went to tribal areas and composed their tunes and rhythms as songs for the film. In fact, the song ""Enniyallo was based on the research they had done.

Songs

• "Aakasham Dinchala Nelavanka Tunchala" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singers: V. Ramakrishna and P. Susheela; Cast: Krishnam Raju and Vanisree)
• "Kanda Gelichindi Kanne Dorikindi" (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singers: V. Ramakrishna and P. Susheela; Cast: Krishnam Raju, Vanisree and Others)
• "Om Namassivaya Srikantalokesha" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: V. Ramakrishna; Cast: Krishnam Raju and M. Balayya)
• "Paravasamuna Sivudu" (Kiratarjuneeyam) (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam; Cast: Krishnam Raju and M. Balayya)
• "Siva Siva Ananelara" (Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy; Singer: S. Janaki)
• "Siva Siva Sankara Bhaktava Sankara" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: V. Ramakrishna; Cast: Krishnam Raju)
• "Thalli Thandri" (Singer: P. Susheela)
• "Thinavayya"
• "Thakita Thakita" (Singer: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam)
• "Yenniyallo Yenniyallo Chandamama" (Lyrics: Arudra; Singers: V. Ramakrishna and P. Susheela; Cast: Krishnam Raju and Vanisree)

Box-office

The fim is a blockbuster and ran for 1 year.

Awards

• National Film Award for Best Audiography - S. P. Ramanathan

External links

• Bhakta Kannappa at IMDb