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Tatineni Chalapathi Rao is a Actor and Sound born on 22 december 1920

Tatineni Chalapathi Rao

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Birth 22 december 1920
Death 22 february 1994 (at 73 years)

Tatineni Chalapathi Rao was a Telugu film music director very popular in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

Born to Dronavilli Manikyamma and Rattayya in the village of Vuyyuru in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh on 22 December 1920, but he was adopted by Tatineni Koteswara Rao and his wife Kotamma. We was the cousin of T. Prakash Rao.
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Filmography of Tatineni Chalapathi Rao (13 films)

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Navaratri
Navaratri (1966)

Directed by Rama Rao Tatineni
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Kommareddy Savitri, Kongara Jaggaiah, Dr. Prabhakar Reddy, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, Chalam
Rating67% 3.3526353.3526353.3526353.3526353.352635
The film opens with the narrator explaining that there are nine types of human behaviors (Navarasam) such as Wonder, Fear, Compassion, Anger, Equanimity, Disgust, Elegance, Bravery and Bliss and that Nageswara Rao's nine roles represents one character per role.
Lakshadhikari
Lakshadhikari (1963)

Actors Krishna Kumari, Chittor V. Nagaiah, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, Ramana Reddy, Suryakantam

Lakshadhikari Rangayya's (Chittoor V.Nagayya) right-hand man is Sitayya (Gummadi). Rangayya is accused of murdering a diamond merchant and is sent to jail. His son is kidnapped and found by a childless couple Picchayya (Ramana Reddy) and Achamma (Suryakantham). He is named as Varaprasad. The couple, has a daughter named Leela after sometime.
Amara Deepam
Amara Deepam (1956)
, 2h42
Directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao
Genres Drama
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Kommareddy Savitri, Padmini Ramachandran, M. N. Nambiar, Chittor V. Nagaiah, Thangavelu
Rating54% 2.7401952.7401952.7401952.7401952.740195
An educated unemployed person Ashok (Sivaji Ganesan) falls in love with the daughter Aruna (Savitri) of a wealthy Industrialist.
Parivartana
Parivartana (1954)

Directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Kommareddy Savitri, Chadalavada Kutumba Rao, Ramana Reddy, Allu Rama Lingiah, Mikkilineni

Zamindar of a village has no children and adopts a boy from an Orphanage. The boy grows up as Anandarao (NTR) and returns to the village after higher education. Zamindar, while dying, hands over the estate affairs to Ramaiah (Doraiswamy), who gains good reputation and prestige. He has a son Satyam (ANR) and a daughter Sundaramma (Savitri). Anandrao feels jealous about Ramaiah. Chalapathi (Ramana Reddy) and Pitchaiah (Chadalavada) adds to his jealousy. He insults Ramaiah and stops the donation programme running on the name of Zamindar. Satyam as an unemployee joins as Bus conductor and Ramaiah dies of helplessness. Anandrao purchases the Bus and dismisses Satyam from the job. Chalapathi insults Sundaramma and angered Satyam beats him and goes to jail. Chalapathi and Pitchaiah steal the adoption papers from Anandrao and tries to dismiss him. He joins the Annadana Samajam. This brings about The Change (Parivartana) in him and repents for the injustice done to the Ramaiah family. Sundaramma recognizes the change in his mindset and starts loving him. Satyam recognizes the love affair between them, and recollects the documents from Pitchaiah and provides them in the court. Chalapathi and Pitchaiah are arrested and Anandrao and Sundaramma married happily.