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Yaragudipati Varada Rao is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Indian born on 30 may 1903 at Nellore (Inde)

Yaragudipati Varada Rao

Yaragudipati Varada Rao
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Birth name Yaragudipati Varada Rao
Nationality Inde
Birth 30 may 1903 at Nellore (Inde)
Death 13 february 1973 (at 69 years)
Awards Nandi Awards

Yaragudipati Varada Rao (30 May 1903 – 13 February 1973), also known as Y. V. Rao, was an Indian film producer, director, thespian, screenwriter, editor and actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu, Kannada, and Tamil cinema. Rao plunged into drama and did a few stage plays before moving to Kolhapur and Bombay to act in silent films.

R. S. Prakash Rao, son of Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu cast him as lead actor in many silent films like Garuda Garva Bhangam, Gajendra Moksham, and Rose of Rajasthan. Rao moved into film direction and made silent films like Pandava Nirvana (1930), Pandava Agnathavaas (1930) and Hari Maya (1932). In 1940 He directed the Telugu magnum opus Viswa Mohini touted to be the first Indian film on the movie world. Rao and, R. S. Prakash have established a long-lasting precedent of producing films exclusively on religious themes; Nandanar, Gajendra Moksham, and Matsyavatar, three of their most noted Telugu productions, centred on religious figures, parables, and morals.
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Filmography of Yaragudipati Varada Rao (6 films)

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Actor

Viswa Mohini
Viswa Mohini (1940)
, 3h15
Directed by Yaragudipati Varada Rao
Actors Chittor V. Nagaiah, Yaragudipati Varada Rao, Pushpavalli

Purushottam (Y.V. Rao) embezzles money from a firm of brokers owned by Padmanabham in order to get his son Mohan Rao married to Hemalatha, daughter of the millionaire Visalakshamma (B Rajaratnam). The now impoverished Padmanabham partially gets his own revenge when his daughter Sushila (Lalitha Devi) becomes a film star Viswa Mohini.
Chintamani
Chintamani (1937)
, 3h35
Directed by Yaragudipati Varada Rao
Genres Biography
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Yaragudipati Varada Rao

Chintamani was based on the legendary story of a Sanskrit poet and devotee of Lord Krishna named Bilwamangal (M. K. Thyragaraja Bhagavathar). Bilwamangal, a resident of Varanasi, was a Sanskrit scholar, who gets infatuated towards a courtesan called Chintamani (Aswathamma), a woman of ill-fame. As a result, he deserts his wife. However, Chintamani is an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna (Serugalathur Sama) and spends most of her time singing bhajans in praise of Lord Krishna. His attraction towards Chintamani eventually draws Bilwamangal closer towards Lord Krishna and transforms his life forever. Bilwangal, himself, becomes a devotee of Lord Krishna and pens a monumental Sanskrit work Sri Krishna Karnamritam.
Sati Sulochana
Sati Sulochana (1934)
, 2h53
Directed by Yaragudipati Varada Rao
Actors Yaragudipati Varada Rao, M. V. Subbaiah Naidu, R. Nagendra Rao
Roles Lakshmana
Rating65% 3.2801453.2801453.2801453.2801453.280145
Sati Sulochana is based on the character Sulochana from the Ramayana. She is the wife of Indrajit and the daughter-in-law of Ravana, the demon-king in Ramayana. The film tries to portray the goings on of the war between the Hindu god Rama and Ravana as seen from the point of view of Sulochana. Ravana abducts Rama's wife Sita to his kingdom of Lanka, drawing Rama into a war. In the course of the war, Rama's brother Lakshman is knocked unconscious by an arrow from Indrajit and is revived by a medicinal herb called Sanjeevani. The revived Lakshman kills Indrajit and makes Sulochana a widow. Ravana's defeat by Lord Rama and the killing of Indrajit is viewed through the eyes of Sulochana. Unable to bear the pain of husband's death, Sulochana commits sati sacrifice.

Director

Viswa Mohini
Viswa Mohini (1940)
, 3h15
Directed by Yaragudipati Varada Rao
Actors Chittor V. Nagaiah, Yaragudipati Varada Rao, Pushpavalli

Purushottam (Y.V. Rao) embezzles money from a firm of brokers owned by Padmanabham in order to get his son Mohan Rao married to Hemalatha, daughter of the millionaire Visalakshamma (B Rajaratnam). The now impoverished Padmanabham partially gets his own revenge when his daughter Sushila (Lalitha Devi) becomes a film star Viswa Mohini.
Chintamani
Chintamani (1937)
, 3h35
Directed by Yaragudipati Varada Rao
Genres Biography
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Yaragudipati Varada Rao

Chintamani was based on the legendary story of a Sanskrit poet and devotee of Lord Krishna named Bilwamangal (M. K. Thyragaraja Bhagavathar). Bilwamangal, a resident of Varanasi, was a Sanskrit scholar, who gets infatuated towards a courtesan called Chintamani (Aswathamma), a woman of ill-fame. As a result, he deserts his wife. However, Chintamani is an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna (Serugalathur Sama) and spends most of her time singing bhajans in praise of Lord Krishna. His attraction towards Chintamani eventually draws Bilwamangal closer towards Lord Krishna and transforms his life forever. Bilwangal, himself, becomes a devotee of Lord Krishna and pens a monumental Sanskrit work Sri Krishna Karnamritam.
Sati Sulochana
Sati Sulochana (1934)
, 2h53
Directed by Yaragudipati Varada Rao
Actors Yaragudipati Varada Rao, M. V. Subbaiah Naidu, R. Nagendra Rao
Rating65% 3.2801453.2801453.2801453.2801453.280145
Sati Sulochana is based on the character Sulochana from the Ramayana. She is the wife of Indrajit and the daughter-in-law of Ravana, the demon-king in Ramayana. The film tries to portray the goings on of the war between the Hindu god Rama and Ravana as seen from the point of view of Sulochana. Ravana abducts Rama's wife Sita to his kingdom of Lanka, drawing Rama into a war. In the course of the war, Rama's brother Lakshman is knocked unconscious by an arrow from Indrajit and is revived by a medicinal herb called Sanjeevani. The revived Lakshman kills Indrajit and makes Sulochana a widow. Ravana's defeat by Lord Rama and the killing of Indrajit is viewed through the eyes of Sulochana. Unable to bear the pain of husband's death, Sulochana commits sati sacrifice.

Scriptwriter

Viswa Mohini
Viswa Mohini (1940)
, 3h15
Directed by Yaragudipati Varada Rao
Actors Chittor V. Nagaiah, Yaragudipati Varada Rao, Pushpavalli

Purushottam (Y.V. Rao) embezzles money from a firm of brokers owned by Padmanabham in order to get his son Mohan Rao married to Hemalatha, daughter of the millionaire Visalakshamma (B Rajaratnam). The now impoverished Padmanabham partially gets his own revenge when his daughter Sushila (Lalitha Devi) becomes a film star Viswa Mohini.
Chintamani
Chintamani (1937)
, 3h35
Directed by Yaragudipati Varada Rao
Genres Biography
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Yaragudipati Varada Rao

Chintamani was based on the legendary story of a Sanskrit poet and devotee of Lord Krishna named Bilwamangal (M. K. Thyragaraja Bhagavathar). Bilwamangal, a resident of Varanasi, was a Sanskrit scholar, who gets infatuated towards a courtesan called Chintamani (Aswathamma), a woman of ill-fame. As a result, he deserts his wife. However, Chintamani is an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna (Serugalathur Sama) and spends most of her time singing bhajans in praise of Lord Krishna. His attraction towards Chintamani eventually draws Bilwamangal closer towards Lord Krishna and transforms his life forever. Bilwangal, himself, becomes a devotee of Lord Krishna and pens a monumental Sanskrit work Sri Krishna Karnamritam.

Producer

Nippulanti Manishi
Nippulanti Manishi (1974)

Genres Drama, Action
Actors Latha, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Devika, Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao
Roles Producer

The storyline is similar to that of the original Hindi film.