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Bhakta Kannappa
Directed byBapu
Written byMullapudi Venkata Ramana
Produced byU. Suryanarayana Raju
StarringKrishnam Raju
Vanisree
M. Balaiah
Rao Gopal Rao
Sarathi
Allu Ramalingaiah
Sreedhar Surapaneni
Mukkamala
M. Prabhakar Reddy
CinematographyV. S. R. Swamy
M. V. Raghu
Edited byMandapati Ramachandraiah
Music byChellapilla Satyam
Release date
1976
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

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

Crew

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.[1]

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 film is a blockbuster and ran for 1 year.[2]

Awards

References