D. V. S. Raju

D. V. S. Raju డి. వి. యస్. రాజు
Born	Datla Venkata Suryanarayana Raju December 13, 1928 Allavaram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	November 13, 2010(2010-11-13) (aged 81) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Film producer
Awards	Padma Shri 2001 Raghupathi Venkaiah Award

Datla Venkata Suryanarayana Raju (దాట్ల వెంకట సూర్యనారాయణ రాజు), better known as D. V. S. Raju (డి. వి. యస్. రాజు) (13 December 1928 - 13 November 2010) was an Indian film producer known for his works in Telugu Cinema and Bollywood. He was instrumental in shifting the Telugu film industry from Chennai to Hyderabad. He was the recipient of the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, the Bhishma Award and the Padma Shri for his contributions to Indian cinema.^[1]

He served as Jury Member at the 15th National Film Awards. He was the Chairman of National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) and President of the Film Federation of India (1979-80).^[2] As NFDC Chairman, he was instrumental in co-funding the making of Richard Attenborough's Oscar-award winning film Gandhi.^[1]^[3] He had also served as Chairman of the State Film Development Corporation. He died on 13 November 2010 (Saturday) at the age of 82 years after brief illness. He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters.^[1]

Early life and film craft

He was born on 13 December 1928 in Allavaram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He went to Madras(now Chennai) in 1950 and established D. V. S. Productions banner. Made V.Venkatraman as Production executive in Film productions and made about 25 films including one award winning Hindi film Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye. He had produced some popular films, starring N. T. Rama Rao like Pidugu Ramudu, Chinnanaati Snehithulu etc. His few noted films are Jeevitha Nouka, Jeevana Jyoti, Chanakya Sapadham, Picchi Pullaiah. `Jeevana Jyoti' has won the Nandi award.^[1]

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Notes
1960	Maa Babu	Telugu
1961	Anbumagan	Tamil
1965	Mangamma Sapatham	Telugu
1966	Pidugu Ramudu	Telugu
1968	Tikka Sankarayya	Telugu
1969	Gandikota Rahasyam	Telugu
1971	Chinnanaati Snehithulu	Telugu
1973	Dhanama Daivama	Telugu
1975	Jeevana Jyoti	Telugu	Movie won Nandi Award for Best Feature Film
1975	Devudulanti Manishi	Telugu
1977	Jeevitha Nouka	Telugu
1978	Kalanthakulu	Telugu
1979	President Peramma	Telugu
1980	Alludu Pattina Bharatham	Telugu
1981	Pralaya Geetham	Telugu
1983	Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye	Hindi
1984	Marchandi Mana Chattalu	Telugu
1986	Chanakya Shapadham	Telugu
1986	Jayam Manade	Telugu
1987	Bhanumathi Gari Mogudu	Telugu
1987	Mandaladheesudu	Telugu
1989	Gandikota Rahasyam	Telugu
1990	Doshi Nirdoshi	Telugu

Awards

Andhra Pradesh Government honored him with Raghupathi Venkaiah Award in 1988.
He was presented by Padma Shri award in 2001 by Government of India.
He was awarded the Bhishma Award.

References

1 2 3 4 Special Correspondent. "Film producer D.V.S. Raju passes away". The Hindu.
↑ "Film Federation Of India".
↑ Wakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. The H. W. Wilson Company. 1988. 82.

External links

D.V.S. Raju at IMDb.

Padma Shri awards

1954–59 1960–69 1970–79 1980–89 1990–99 2000–09 2010–19

Raghupathi Venkaiah Award

1980–1990	1980: L. V. Prasad (director and producer) 1981: P. Pullaiah and Santha Kumari (director and producer) 1982: B. A. Subba Rao (director, producer and writer) 1983: M. A. Rahman 1984: Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudary (lyricist, poet and actor) 1985: Bhanumati (actor, producer, singer, music director, and writer) 1986: Bapu and Mullapudi Venkata Ramana 1987: B. Nagi Reddy (producer) 1988: D. V. S. Raju (producer) 1989: Akkineni Nageswara Rao (actor) 1990: Dasari Narayana Rao (actor, director, and producer)

1991–2000	1991: Kasinathuni Viswanath (Film director) 1992: S. Rajeswara Rao (composer) 1993: D. Madhusudhana Rao (producer) 1994: Anjali Devi (actress) 1995: Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao (actor, cinematographer, director, producer) 1996: Inturi Venkateswara Rao 1997: V. Madhusudhan Rao 1998: Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (actor) 1999: Santha Kumari (actress and producer) 2000: Kanta Rao (actor, producer)

2001–present	2001: Allu Rama Lingaiah (actor) 2002: P. Susheela (playback singer) 2003: V. B. Rajendra Prasad (producer) 2004: Krishnaveni (actress and producer) 2005: M. S. Reddy (producer, writer, and director) 2006: Daggubati Rama Naidu (producer, actor) 2007: Tammareddy Krishna Murthy (producer) 2008: Vijaya Nirmala (actress, producer and director) 2009: K. Ragava (producer) 2010: M. Balaiah (actor, producer and director) 2011: Kaikala Satyanarayana (actor, producer and director)

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