B. Vittalacharya

About B. Vittalacharya

B. Vittalacharya is a film director, screenwriter working in Telugu cinema and English cinema. Clapnumber holds 17 titles for B. Vittalacharya, from Mane Thumbida Hennu in 1958 to Mosagallaku Mosagadu in 2023. By decade, that is 1 in the 1950s, 7 in the 1960s, 6 in the 1970s, 1 in the 1980s, 1 in the 2000s and 1 in the 2020s. Those titles are mostly drama, fantasy and adventure.

Biography

B. Vittalacharya (28 January 1920 – 28 May 1999) was an Indian film director and producer known for his works in Telugu and Kannada cinema. He was known as Janapada Brahma in the Telugu film industry. Vittalacharya formed his film production company Vittal Productions, which produced the first film directed by him, Rajya Lakshmi. In 1952, he did his first movie Sri Srinivasa Kalyana in Kannada. He went on to make Kannada movies after the success of Sri Srinivasa Kalyana. In 1954, he produced and directed Kanyadhanam, a revolutionary Kannada film for that time. Wishing to remake the same in Telugu, he moved to Madras and settled there. After making two more Kannada movies, he concentrated on producing and directing. He also directed movies for other producers. He directed a total of 19 movies with N. T. Rama Rao, the doyen of Telugu cinema at the time. Though he did not get any awards, most of his films were box office successes and he was fondly called "Jaanapada Brahma" and "Maayaajala Mannan" by his fans. He was well known for the visual effects shown in most of his movies.