Ghantasala Balaramayya was born in 1906 in Pottepalem in Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh into a Brahmin family.[citation needed] He started his career as a stage singer and later started to produce and direct. He is the grandfather of the music director S. Thaman.[3]
"One day, I was at a railway station with my drama troupe and to my good luck, Ghantasala Balaramayya garu (producer-director) spotted me standing nearby. He walked up to me and asked me if I want to work in films. I didn't think twice and just went along with him. The rest as they say is history. To me, Balaramayya is more important than God. If he hadn't spotted me that day, I wouldn't have been where I am today." — Akkineni Nageswara Rao on Ghantasala Balaramayya.[2]
^. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 21 February 2010. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
^ abc"Akkineni Nageswara Rao interview". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^Narasimham, M L (8 December 2012). "Lakshmamma (1950)". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
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