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C. Pullayya

April 18, 2023

Not to be confused with P. Pullayya.

Chittajallu Pullayya (Telugu: చిత్తజల్లు పుల్లయ్య; 1898 – 6 October 1967) was an Indian film director and screenwriter. He is one of the earliest film personalities in Telugu cinema being associated with the industry right from the silent era.[1]

C. Pullayya
Born
Chittajallu Pullayya

1898
Kakinada, India
Died(1967-10-06)6 October 1967 (aged 69)
Madras, India
Occupation(s)Director, producer

Pullayya started his film career in 1921 as a camera apprentice to the 'father of Telugu cinema' Raghupati Venkaiah Naidu’s Star of the East in Madras, and at Kohinoor in Bombay. He was also the playwright for Kakinada-based Young Men’s Happy Club.

After gaining experience in filmmaking, he purchased a second-hand movie camera in 1924 in Bombay and returned to his native place Kakinada with an intention to make films in Andhra.[2] He made a silent three-reel short film Markandeya (1926 or 1931) in Kakinada.[3][4][5] To exhibit it he started a tent theatre named 'City Electric Cinema' and took the projector and chairs to various towns and exhibited the film, thus pioneering a movie theatre movement in Andhra.[6] He later ran the permanent Minerva theatre.[7]

In 1933, he made his first feature film Sati Savitri in Calcutta. It was the first Telugu film produced by East India Film Company and received an honorary diploma at the 2nd Venice Film Festival. He then directed Lava Kusa (1934) and Sati Anasuya (1936), the first Telugu children's film made with sixty child actors.[1][8] Lava Kusa was the first major commercial success in Telugu cinema. The film attracted unprecedented numbers of viewers to theatres and thrust the young industry into mainstream culture.[2]

He continued to direct films like Vara Vikrayam (1939), Maalati Madhavam (1940), Pakka Inti Ammayi (1953) under the East India Film Company.[1] He directed Bala Nagamma (1942) and Apoorva Sahodarulu (1950) under Gemini Pictures after shifting base to Madras. He is well remembered for Lava Kusa (1963), the story of Lava and Kusa in Hindu epic Ramayana, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.[9]

Pullayya introduced Bhanumathi and Anjali Devi to the film industry through Vara Vikrayam (1939) and Gollabhama (1947) respectively.[7]

Filmography

  1. Ramadasu (1933)
  2. Sati Savitri (1933)
  3. Lava Kusa (1934)
  4. Sri Krishna Tulabharam (1935)
  5. Anasuya (1936)
  6. Dhruva Vijayam (1936)[10]
  7. Chal Mohana Ranga (1937)
  8. Dasavataramulu (1937)
  9. Kasula Peru (1937)
  10. Mohini Bhasmasura (1938)
  11. Satyanarayana Vratam (1938)
  12. Vara Vikrayam (1939)
  13. Malathi Madhavam (1940)
  14. Bala Nagamma (1942)
  15. Narada Naradi (1946)
  16. Gollabhama (1947)
  17. Vindhyarani (1948)
  18. Apoorva Sahodaralu (1950)
  19. Sankranti (1952)
  20. Pakka Inti Ammayi (1953)
  21. Devanthakudu (1960)
  22. Naan Kanda Sorgam (1960)
  23. Lava Kusa (1963)
  24. Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha (1966)
  25. Bhuvana Sundari Katha (1967)
  26. Bhama Vijayam (1967)

References

  1. ^ a b c "C. Pullaiah – Indiancine.ma Wiki". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b . The Hindu. Chennai, India. 19 January 2007. Archived from the original on 1 May 2007.
  3. ^ W. Chandrakanth (9 February 2007). . The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 May 2007.
  4. ^ Parthasarathy, R. (1984). Andhra Culture: A Petal in Indian Lotus. Government of Andhra Pradesh. p. 128.
  5. ^ Rao, Akkina Mareswara (1997). "Cultural and ideological mediation of Telugu cinema in colonial Andhra's Past (1931–1947)" (PDF). Shodhganga. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  6. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (7 November 2010). . The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2011. Pullayya can be called as the father of theatre movement in Andhra Pradesh. He made a silent film Markandeya. Since there was no facility to screen a film in Kakinada, he started a tent theatre, 'City Electric Cinema' and showed the film much to the cheers of local people. He then took the projector and chairs to various towns and exhibited his film, thus pioneering a theatre movement.
  7. ^ a b "Lavakusa (1963)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  8. ^ Bhagawan Das Garg (1996). So many cinemas: the motion picture in India. Eminence Designs. p. 86. ISBN 81-900602-1-X.
  9. ^ "11th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  10. ^ C.Pullaiah | Chittajallu Pullaiah| తెలుగు సినీ పితామహుడు । చిత్తజల్లు పుల్లయ్య । సి.పుల్లయ్య, retrieved 10 October 2022; Event occurs at 6:08

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