National Film Award for Best Actor 1968 - 2007

National Film Award for Best Actor 1968 - 2007

The National Film Award (India) (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Actor winners:
Year ↓ Winner ↓ Film ↓ Language ↓
2007 Soumitra Chatterjee Podokkhep : Bengali
2006 Amitabh Bachchan Black : Hindi
2005 Saif Ali Khan Hum Tum : Hindi
2004 Vikram Pithamagan : Tamil
2003 Ajay Devgan The Legend of Bhagat Singh : Hindi
2002 Murali Neythukaaran : Malayalam
2001 Anil Kapoor Pukar : Hindi
2000 Mohanlal Vaanaprastham : Malayalam
1999 1.Mammooty
2.Ajay Devgan Dr. Ambedkar
Zakhm English
Hindi
1998 1.Suresh Gopi
2.Balachandra Menon Kaliyattam
Samaantharangal : Malayalam
Malayalam
1997 Kamal Haasan Indian : Tamil
1996 Rajit Kapur The Making of the Mahatma : English
1995 Nana Patekar Krantiveer : Hindi
1994 Mammooty Ponthan Mada & Vidheyan : Malaualam
1993 Mithun Chakraborty Tahader Katha : Bengali
1992 Mohanlal Bharatham : Malayalam
1991 Amitabh Bachchan Agneepath : Hindi
1990 Mammooty Mathilukal & Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha : Malayalam
1989 Premji Piravi : Malayalam
1988 Kamal Haasan Nayakan : Tamil
1987 Chaaru Haasan Tabarana Kathe : Kannada
1986 Shashi Kapoor New Delhi Times : Hindi
1985 Naseeruddin Shah Paar : Hindi
1984 Om Puri Ardh Satya : Hindi
1983 Kamal Haasan Moondram Pirai : Tamil
1982 Om Puri Arohan : Hindi
1981 Balan K. Nair Oppol : Malayalam
1980 Naseeruddin Shah Sparsh : Hindi
1979 Arun Mukherjee Parashuram : Bengali
1978 Gopi Kodiyettam : Malayalam
1977 Mithun Chakraborty Mrigaaya : Bengali
1976 M.V. Vasudeva Rao Chomana Dudi : Kannada
1975 Sadhu Mehr Ankur : Hindi
1974 P. J. Antony Nirmalyam : Malayalam
1973 Sanjeev Kumar Koshish : Hindi
1972 M.G. Ramachandran Rickshawkaran : Tamil
1971 Sanjeev Kumar Dastak : Hindi
1970 Utpal Dutt Bhuvan Shome : Hindi
1969 Ashok Kumar Aashirwaad : Hindi
1968 Uttam Kumar Antony Firingee & Chiriakhana : Bengali

National Film Award for Best Actress 1968 - 2007

National Film Award for Best Actress 1968 - 2007

1968-1970

Nargis Dutt (1968) · Sharada (1969) · Madhabi Mukherjee (1970) ·

1971-1980

Rehana Sultan (1971) · Waheeda Rehman (1972) · Sharada (1973) · Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1974) · Shabana Azmi (1975) · Sharmila Tagore (1976) · Lakshmi (1977) · Smita Patil (1978) · Sharada (1979) Shobha (1980) ·

1981-1990

Smita Patil (1981) · Rekha (1982) · Shabana Azmi (1983) · Shabana Azmi (1984) · Shabana Azmi (1985) · Suhasini Mani Ratnam (1986) · Monisha Unni (1987) · Archana (1988) · Archana (1989) · Sreelekha Mukherji (1990) ·

1991-2000

Vijayashanti (1991) · Moyola Goswami (1992) · Dimple Kapadia (1993) · Sobhana (1994) · Debashree Roy (1995) · Seema Biswas (1996) · Tabu (1997) · Indrani Haldar / Rituparna Sengupta (1998) · Shabana Azmi (1999) · Kirron Kher (2000) ·

2001-present

Raveena Tandon (2001) · Tabu / Sobhana (2002) · Konkona Sen Sharma (2003) · Meera Jasmine (2004) · Thaara (2005) · Sarika (2006) · Priyamani (2007)

Telugu Classical Movie 'GUNDAMMA KATHA'

Telugu Classical Movie 'GUNDAMMA KATHA' (1962)

Director:Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao
Writers:Chakrapani (story)
Narasa Raju D.V. (dialogue)
Pingali Nagendra Rao screen adaptation
Produced by
Chakrapani
Nagi Reddy
Original Music by
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao

Cinematography by
Marcus Bartley

Music Department
S. Janaki .... playback singer
Leela P. .... playback singer
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao .... playback singer
P. Susheela .... playback singer
Release Date:7 June 1962 (India) more
Genre:Comedy | Drama

Cast
Suryakantham ... Gundamma
Rama Rao Taraka Nandamuri ... Anji
Nageshwara Rao Akkineni ... Raja
Savitri ... Lakshmi
Jamuna ... Saroja
S.V. Ranga Rao ... Ramabhadraiah
Harinath ... Prabhakar
Ramana Reddy ... Kanchu Gantaiah
L. Vijayalakshmi ... Padma
Rajanala
Rushyendramani
Chaya Devi
Hemalatha ... Garataiah's wife
Mikkilineni ... Zamindar
Allu Ramalingaiah
Tilak Komod

Story of 'GUNDAMMA KATHA'

Today's audience will scornfully look down upon anyone who sees such black and white classics. This is mostly because of ignorance and widespread conceit that such movies will not offer what one would expect them to. "How can I enjoy what my grandparents enjoyed in their teens?" is the first thing that comes to their mind while contemplating about such movies. For once put all your conceit and ignorance on the back burner and enter into a 3 hour drama which is devoid of actors. The only people you will see are characters who shun the role of actors. When the movie ends, you will be talking about Anji or Gundamma but not about NTR or Suryakantham. This movie will open your world into the classic past of black and white from a colorful present.

Gundamma is a rich widow who has a daughter Saroja, and son Prabhakar and a Cinderella like step daughter Lakshmi. Both the girls are beautiful and intelligent but the similarity ends there. Saroja is a teen spoiled by her mother's pampering where as Lakshmi is treated as a servant in her own house. Ramabhadraiah, who has two sons of marriageable age is searching for suitable brides. It so happens that he used to be a good friend of Gundamma's late husband. He now sends a letter to Gundamma that he is interested in her daughter for his son's alliance. Gundamma is interested in the alliance but for her own daughter Saroja. She wants to overcome the obstacle of her elder step daughter by getting her married to some good for nothing person so that the world does not censure Gundamma of neglecting her step daughter. Enter Kanchu Gantaiah, Gundamma's Gumastha(manager) somehow wants Saroja to marry his own son who he insists is pursuing higher education abroad which happens to be the well known Andhra prison.

Meanwhile, Ramabhadraiah and his sons know about Gundamma's miserliness, avarice and her treatment of her children and decide to play a game to teach her a lesson. After deciding that Lakshmi will make a suitable match for his first son and Saroja for his second , Ramabhadraiah, asks his sons to commence the drama. The first son enters Gundamma's house as Anji, a street worthy servant and wins her heart instantly and even a place in her house as a helping hand. The second son Raja, with the aid of his cousin Padma, who happens to be Saroja's friend, enters as Ramabhadraiah's son woos her, and ends up winning her heart. The servant son, with his humility and wit, wins Lakshmi's heart and asks Gundamma for Lakshmi's hand in marriage. After taking Gantaiah's advice, she obliges under the impression that she will never find a more obliging and humble fool who would ever do her command. Anji marries Lakshmi.

Meanwhile, Gundamma is impressed by the second son for Saroja and is making plans for the wedding. However, she receives a letter from Ramabhadraiah that he is no longer interested in the alliance doubting rumors that Gundamma poisoned her husband, his friend. Saroja wants to marry Raja at all costs and creates a tantrum that she will die if refused her demand. Gundamma obliges again after taking advise from her trustworthy manager convinced that a son in law in her own house will not raise a voice and that she can relish the company of her beloved daughter even after her marriage. All along, Prabhakar is in love with Padma, and marries her against Gundamma's wish without taking dowry.



Anji fights with Gundamma and leaves the house with his beloved Lakshmi. Raja shows his true colors by acting as a drunkard and discloses that he is not Ramabhadraiah's real son and is a vagabond and wanted thief. As Gundamma's problems are starting, enters Padma's paternal aunt, a terror to even Gundamma. The cat fights which ensue between Gundamma' and Padma's aunt go out of control after a while. Raja absconds leaving Saroja in distress and then writes a letter to her asking her to accompany him in his flight. Saroja being a good wife, obliges and leaves Gundamma's house very much against her wishes. Gundamma is shattered with all these problems and at such a time, Gantaiah's son, freshly released from prison, torments her even more. Thus Gundamma, in the absence of Prabhakar is confined to the out house of her own house by Padma's boisterous aunt and Gantaiah's prison educated son.

Life twists for Lakshmi when Anji places her in the bungalow of Ramabhadraiah proclaiming her to be the mistress of the house and the daughter in law of Ramabhadraiah. She forgets her life long misery but still holds concern for her mother Gundamma and Saroja her sister. Saroja is introduced as a gardener in the same bungalow by Raja and is humiliated by Ramabhadraiah as a servant. Saroja's conceit and arrogance break thus making her a well behaved wife..Meanwhile even Gundamma is transformed into a humble woman following all of life's tortures in a short span. Lakshmi is re-united with Saroja and both of them go to Gundamma to reveal the facts about their futures. Gundamma is happy to see that both of them are married into a good family and continues to be good to everyone from then on.

The numerous mild comedy scenes that are present throughout the story are noteworthy and so are the songs. NTR as Anji is excellent and so is Suryakantham as Gundamma. Every other character shares importance in the story line which is GUNDAMMA KATHA.

BHATTI VIKRAMARKA (1960 ) Movie Story

BHATTI VIKRAMARKA 1960

Director:
Chandrasekhara Rao Jampana

Release Date:
28 September 1960

Plot Keywords:
Character Name In Title

Produced by
Satyanarayana Murthy P.V.V.

Original Music by
Pendyala Nageshwara Rao

Music Department
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao .... playback singer
P. Susheela .... playback singer

Production Companies
P.V.V.S.M. Productions

Cast
Rama Rao Taraka Nandamuri ... Vikramarka Maharaju
Kanta Rao ... Bhatti
Anjali Devi

Story:
The story based on bharateeya ithihasa story's.vikramarka was king,and bhatti was his brother and minister to him.the story goes on their adventures.

source:earlytollywood.blogspot.com

Telugu Classic Movie ' Bhakta Prahlada ' (1967)

Bhakta Prahlada (1967) Review

Cast:

SV Rangarao, Balamurali Krishna, Relangi, Padmanabham, Haranath, Dhulipala, Ramanareddy, Nagaiah, Anjali Devi, Jayanthi, Kanakam, Baby Rojaramani, L. Vijayalakshmi, Geetanjali, Vanisree, Nirmala, Santha, Vijaya lalitha, Meenadevi, Manjula, Sunitha, Suseela, V. Sivaram, Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah, Malladi Satyanarayana, Vemuri Ramaiah, Govinda Rao, Manda Subbareddy, Dr. Ramesh, Surendranath, Krishnamurthy, Rajarao, Koteswara Rao, Kolla Satyam, Kasinathtata, Jaggarao, Ajad, Polisetti Srirama Murthy, CVV Panthulu and Others.

Art: KA Sekhar.
Choreography: Vempati Satyam, PS Gopalakrishnan & KS Reddy.
Cinematography: Vincent.
Editing: R. Vittal.
Dialogues: DV Narasaraju.
Lyrics: Samudrala, Dasarathi, Kosaraju, Arudra, Padmaraju & Samudrala Jr.
Music: S. Rajeswara Rao.
Singers: Madavapeddi Satyam, Pittapuram Nageswara Rao, P. Suseela, S. Janaki, Sulamangalam Rajyalakshmi & LR Eeswari.
Assistant Directors: TS Ramarao & V. Tulasidasu.
Direction: Chitrapu Narayana Murthy.
Co-Producers: M. Murugan, M. Kumaran & M. Saravanan.
Producer: AV Meiyappan.
Banner: AVM Productions-Veerappan & Company.
Release Year: 1967.

An invaluable poster from the filmWhen the legend of the great devotee of Lord Vishnu, Bhakta Prahlada is brought up, most of us who've grown up on Telugu movies visualize only one movie. AVM's Bhakta Prahlada, with Roja Ramani as Prahlada and the veteran SV Ranga Rao as Prahlada's father, Hiranyakasyapa. This movie, which came out in 1967, had two predecessors.


The first Telugu talkie was 'Bhakta Prahlada', made in the year 1931 by HM Reddy. The first Bhakta Prahlada came out in 1926, a silent movie made by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke. It has been made and remade 10 times in more than 3 languages, but the most famous one in AP remains the 1967 version.

It all began with the director Chitrapu Narayana Murthy. He started his career assisting his younger brother Narasimha Rao in movies 'Seetha Kalyanam', 'Sati Tulasi', 'Mohini Rukhmangadhe' and 'Krishna Jarasandha'. His first directorial venture was 'Bhakta Markandeya' which starred Vemuri Gagayya and Senior Sriranjani. This movie fared well, giving the director a good name with him carving a niche for himself. Soon he went on to direct many movies, namely 'Myravana', 'Bhakta Prahlada' in Black & White in 1942 (which failed at the box-office), 'Daksha Yagnam', 'Bheeshma' and few more movies in both Telugu and Tamil. Unfortunately, he lost his son in 1963, and became emotionally incapable of working for two years after that. He was also neck deep in loses due to the failure of the movie 'Krishna Kuchela' which he himself produced.

He wanted to direct a movie for AVM to regain his financial status, and in 1965 they started work on 'Bhakta Prahlada', for the first time in color. The 58 year old director was excited about the prospect of working on this movie, which was technically far superior to the B&W version he made 25 years earlier. DV Narasaraju was chosen as the co-writer for the project, and the duo worked fast on the script. But the venture had to wait, for there were two issues. One was that there was no space in the studios owned by Narayana Murthy, as his sons were working on one movie at that time. The second and a more pressing problem in hand was a child artiste for the role of Prahlada.

AVM advertised for a child actor, and hundreds of parents turned up with their sons hoping to bag the role. Many auditions later, the makers were still looking for that touch of divinity, that spark that they felt was needed for this role. The unit members grew restless, and just as they were giving up hope, a little girl who came to visit the studios caught their attention, and so impressed were they with that kid, that she was finalized for the role. Thus Roja Ramani debuted with an astounding performance for a four year old, in a role that captured many hearts as Prahlada.

Interestingly, AVM produced 'Jeevitha', 'Vadina', 'Sangam' in Telugu which failed at the BO, all in the 1950s. The story of Bhakta Prahlada came thrice in Telugu before this, and failed at the BO. But this time, they hit bulls-eye.

Choosing the other actors was not a problem. In 1958, a hugely successful 'Chenchu Lakshmi' had the story of Prahlada in it, with SV Ranga Rao as Hiranyakasyapa and Pushpavalli (Rekha's mother) as Leelavati, her son Babji as Prahlada and Relangi as Narada. So SV Ranga Rao was the first choice for Hiranyakasyapa for AVM's 'Bhakta Prahlada'. Anjali Devi was roped in for the role of Leelavati.

The popular classical singer Balamurali Krishna played Narada in this movie. He even composed and sang three songs for the movie-'Varamosage Vanamali', 'Adiyu Anadiyu Neeve Deva' and 'Siri Siri Lali'. The rest of the songs were composed by Saluri Rajeshwara Rao-an astounding 34 songs and poems.

The dances in the movie are also quite note-worthy. Vanisri, not an established heroine at that point of time, is seen for two minutes in a dance sequence. She was rejected for AVM's 'Nadi Ada Janme' co-produced by SV Ranga Rao (which was finally done by Savithri), but AVM was impressed with her performance in a Tamil movie, and gave her this opportunity.

L. Vijayalaxmi had a dance number where her costume is reminiscent of Vyjayanti Mala's in the movie 'Amrapali'. Another dance sequence, 'Andani Suraseema Neede Noi' has danseuses Shanti, Geetanjali, Vijaya Lalitha and Venniradai Nirmala portraying the roles of Rambha, Urvasi, Meneka and Tilottama with élan.

AVM was known for its perfectionist attitude. 'Bhakta Prahlada' was dubbed into Tamil and Hindi so the scenes in the Gurukul were shot in three different languages. Since the scenes were comic, comedians from all three languages were roped in for those particular scenes for maintaining the flavor and authenticity in each lingo.

The climax had to be shot again. The climax involved Hiranyakasyapa being killed by the Lord Narasimha, who is half-human and half-lion, so they roped in a body builder for the role of Narasimha, and SVR got a dupe for the tricky shots. AVM was dissatisfied because there were no close-ups of SVR and it didn't look 'real'. Secondly, Roja Ramani, little older than a baby, was shooting night and day and looked sleepy in the climax. So an extensive re-shooting had to be done to please the boss, and once released, he was extremely pleased, both with the quality of the movie and the response critically and commercially.

A story that many of us know, 'Bhakta Prahlada', which was already made many times over, was re-created beautifully by the director Chitrapu Narayana Murthy and AVM's uncompromising production values, Saluri Rajeswara Rao's ever-green music and Vempati Satyam's elegantly choreographed dances. 'Bhakta Prahlada' stays on in the minds and memories of Telugu Cinegoers and has captured the imagination of many over the generations.

source:cinegoer.com