Nayakuralu Nagamma

Nayakuralu Nagamma was a renowned statesperson and minister to King Nalagama, the ruler of Palanadu in Guntur District. She is one of the key characters, along with Bramha Naidu, in the epic war - Palnati Yudham (War of Palnad) set in the medieval Andhra Pradesh, a southern state of India.^{[citation needed]}

She was born to Choudary Rami Reddy, resident of Aravelli village of Karimnagar district in Telangana.^[1]^[2]

In popular culture

Palnati Yudham, 1947 and 1966 Telugu films depicted various aspects of the war and the human emotions surrounding it.
The 1947 film was directed by L. V. Prasad, one of the pioneers of Indian cinema and a Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient and starred Govindarajula Subba Rao as Brahmanaidu, P. Kannamba as Nagamma and Akkineni Nageswara Rao, another Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient as Balachandrudu.
The 1966 film starred N.T.R as Brahmanaidu and Bhanumathi Ramakrishna as Nagamma.

References

^ "Palnati Charithra", by Srinatha Kavi
^ TV5 News (2012-02-29), Special Story on Nagamma - TV5, retrieved 2017-01-13{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

B S L Hanumantha Rao, Social Mobility in Medieval Andhra, Telegu Academy Press
Palanati Vira charitra, Oral Epic
http://www.andhrabulletin.in/AB_Maguva/maguva_veeravanitha_nagamma.php

[1] "Palnati Charithra", by Srinatha Kavi

[2] TV5 News (2012-02-29), Special Story on Nagamma - TV5, retrieved 2017-01-13{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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