B N Reddy – 100 Years Of Indian Cinema

Published On: October 19, 2013   |   Posted By:

B N Reddy
100 Years Of Indian Cinema
The Indian cinema is celebrating the 100 year completion. Telugu cinema is completing 82 years of its first release of Bhaktha Prahlada (1931). As part of celebrations of Indian Cinema, businessoftollywood.com remembers and recollects the information of The Greats of Early Telugu Cinema.
businessoftollywood.com  is presenting the profile of the great Director  B N Reddy  
Bommareddy Narasimha Reddy was a great director of early Telugu Cinema.
B.N.Reddy born on16th of November 1908 at Y.Kotthapalli Village in Andhra Pradesh.
He was a Charted Accoutant and a Stage Artiste.
He was the brother of the great producer B.Nagi Reddy of Vijaya Pictures.
The alltime great Telugu movie”Malleswari” was directed by B.N.Reddy.
He introduced actor Chandra Mohan with his film ‘Rangula Ratnam’.
B.N.Reddy’s brother Konda Reddy was the Photographer for 5 films directed by B.N.Reddy.
The great writer Palagummi Padmaraju was the lyricist and the dialogue writer for most of the films directed by B.N.Reddy.
The list of films directed by B N Reddy:-
1.Vandematharam(1939)
2.Sumangali(1940)
3.Devatha(1941)
4.Swargaseema(1945)
5.Malleeswari(1951)
6.Bangarupapa(1954)
7.Bhagyarekha(1957)
8.Rajamakutam(1959)
9.Poojaphalam(1964)
10.Rangularatnam(1966)
11.Bangarupunjaram(1969)

Awards for B N Reddy:-

  1. Honored with the Prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award in the year 1974.
  2. Honored with Padmabhushan by Govt. of India in the year 1974.
  3. The Post&Telegraph dept. has released a postal stamp of B N Reddy in the year 2008, the year of his birth centenary to commemorate his services to Telugu Cinema.

This great director died on 8th November in the year 1977 at Chennai.