Daggubati Ramanaidu born at Karamchedu in Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh on June 6th in 1936. His parents were Daggupati Venkateswarulu and Devamma. He was married to Rajeswari on Nov 13th in the year 1958. This couple has three children, two sons and one daughter.
His elder son D Suresh Babu is a producer and he runs one of the most popular production house “Suresh Productions”. Suresh Babu is the present President Of Andhra Pradesh Film Chamber of Commerce. His second son, D Venkatesh is a popular actor of the Tollywood and his eldest grandson D Rana is an upcoming actor. His daughter was married to a popular actor A Nagarjuna and their son A Naga Chaitanya is also an actor.
He started his film career as a producer (joint venture) with the movie Anuragam in the year 1963, but it couldn’t do well at box office. His first film as independent producer on his own banner Suresh Productions is ‘Ramudu Bheemudu’ starring N T Rama Rao in dual role released in the year 1964, which was a blockbuster.
The story of Ramudu Bheemudu was a base for many movies with almost similar story.
He produced nearly 130 movies, still he is producing movies. He introduced many actors and actress to the film industry. He introduced his son D Venkatesh to the Tollywood through the movie Kaliyuga Pandavulu in the year 1987.
He introduced the Director E V V Satyanarayana’s both son’s Aryan Rajesh and Allari Naresh through his films Hai (2002) and Allari (2002). He was a great producer and even he directed some movies and acted in small roles in some pictures. Ramanaidu is the owner of Rama Naidu Studios, dubbing theaters at Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam. He produced even some movies in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kanada and Bengali languages.
He was listed as the best producer by ‘The Guinness Book of World Records’ for producing 130 movies.
He is also the only Indian Producer to have produced feature films in 13 languages.
Some of his movies like Ramudu Bheemudu, Sri Krishna Tulabaram, Papa Kosam, Prem Nagar, Soggadu, Secratry, Ahana Pellanta, etc. are ever green movies produced by him.
List of Some Movies Produced by Him:
- Anuragam (1963).
- Ramudu Bheemudu (1964).(First Film as independent producer)
- Pratigna Palana (1965).
- Sri Krishna Tulabaram (1966).
- Stree Janma (1967).
- Papa Kosam (1968).
- Sepoy Chinnaiah (1969).
- Drohi (1970).
- Prem Nagar (1971).
- Jeevana Tarangaalu (1973).
- Chakravakam (1974).
- Soggadu (1975).
- Secratry (1976).
- Savasagallu (1977).
- Chilipi Krishnudu (1978).
- Mande Gundelu (1979).
- Kaksha (1980).
- Prema Mandiram (1981).
- Devatha (1982).
- Mundadugu (1983).
- Mangalya Balam (1985).
- Prathidwani (1986).
- Ahana Pellanta (1987).
- Ramu (1987).
- Guru Bhrama (1987).
- China Babu (1988).
- Bhrama Putrudu (1988).
- Prema (1988).
- Indrudu Chandrudu(1989),
- Bobbili Raja (1990).
- Coolie No: 1(1991).
- Prema Khaidi (1991).
- Prema Vijetha (1992).
- Surigadu (1992).
- Paruvu Pratishita (1993).
- Akka Cellellu (1999).
- Super Police (1994).
- Taj Mahal (1995).
- Naidu Gari Kutumbam (1996).
- Dharma Chakram (1996).
- Preminchukundam Raa (1997).
- Ganesh (1998).
- Preyasi Raave (1999).
- Jayam Manadera (2000).
- Kalisundam Raa (2000).
- Preminchu (2001).
- Hai (2002).
- Allari (2002).
- Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu (2002).
- Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu (2003).
- Malleshwari (2004).
- Nireekshana (2005).
- Sogaddu (2005).
- Sri Krishna2006 (2006).
- Madhumasam (2007).
- Tulasi (2007).
- Baladhur (2008).
- Kausalya Supraja Rama (2008).
- Bendu Appa Rao RMP (2009).
- Alasyam Amrutham (2010).
Awards for Daggubati Ramanaidu:
- Film Fare Award (south – 1973) as best feature film for Jeevana Tharangalu.
- Film Fare Award (south – 1976) as best feature film for Soggadu.
Honors:
He was honored with Raghupathi Venkaiah Award in the year 2006.
He was honored with the prestigious ‘Dadasaheb Phalke’ award in the year 2009.
He was honored with NTR National award in the year 2010.
He was honored with honorary doctorate by Sri Venkateswara University.
Dr D Rama Naidu is completing 76 years and is entering into 77th year.
businessoftollywood wishes this great producer a very happy birthday. Wish he celebrates many more birthdays like this.
