The choice is obvious. We don’t know much Annamayya, except that he was born in Tallapaka and ran away from his house to Tirumala Tirupathi out of his love for Lord Venkateswara
Revered dancer and actor, Sudha Chandran lost her leg in a road accident. She decided to continue dancing wearing a wooden leg.
This movie became a classic in devotional films like Annamayya and became a commercial success too. The combination of Raghavendra Rao, JK Bharavi, MM Keeravani, SP Balasubramanyam
Akkineni Nageswararao earned legendary actor status because of his daring nature to try different roles.
Krishnam Raju, Rebel Star of Telugu Cinema always wanted to do diverse roles like his role model ANR. He had Bhakta Kannappa’s story for a long time in his mind
Ushakiran Movies used to tell real-life stories as films in the 1980’s when it started producing films on a regular basis. Mouna Poratam is a movie based on real-life tribal woman, Sabita Badehi
Once again, producers, Ushakiran Movies decided to produce a film on real-life story. This time they chose Indian athlete, Aswini Nachappa’s story. They even convinced her to act in the lead role as herself in the movie.
This devotional classic is the first Telugu Cinema to have ANR in a devotee role. The movie is based on legends about Thondaradipoddi Alvar, a devotee of Lord Ranganatha of Sri Rangam Temple
The movie is based on Maharashtrian poet, Sant Tukaram. He is known for writing great poems, Abhanga (verses) Literature on Lord Vitthala, a form of Sri Krishna. He composed songs, wrote books and created a Temple too.
Tenali Ramakrishna is a legendary poet, part of Asthadiggajalu (eight great poets) – members of Sri Krishnadevaraya, legendary King of Vijayanagara empire’s court. The movie is based on legends
Continuing with stories about Sri Krishnadevaraya, this movie is revered as the best tale of friendship in Telugu Cinema.
Maybe today’s generation doesn’t know much about Pothana, who wrote Srimadh Bhagavatham in Telugu. The movie is based on his true story and watching it will give us a good idea about his life too.
Chittoor V. Nagayya and KV Reddy once again collaborated to tell the story of poet Vema Reddy, who is known as Yogi Vemana today, for writing Vemana Sathakam.
The movie is based on India’s most famous female poet Molla, who wrote the Ramayana story. Her book is called Molla Ramayana and legendary comedian, Padmanabham directed the film
NTR wanted to act as Pothuluri Veerabrahmendra Swamy, who is known for his astrological predictions like Nostradamus in Telugu popular culture, for a long time. He managed to complete the film in his own direction
It is debatable to categorise this movie as a biography but it is based on the life of Jesus Christ. Vijay Chander produced and acted in the lead role as well. It became his identity in Telugu Film history.
Vijay Chander became film reincarnation of Shridi Sai Baba with this film. Music by Ilaiyaraja is still popular among the devotees. The movie is not a biography but it is based on the legends that devotees tell about Baba in Shridi town.
Mahanati is recent Telugu Cinema classic based on Actress Savitri’s real life. Nag Ashwin won awards for his deft handling and Keerthy Suresh won National Award for her performance as Savitri in the film.
NTR Kathanayakudu directed by Krish earned critical praise even though it did not become a success at box office. Nandamuri Balakrishna acted as his father a legendary actor,
Yatra is a movie based on famous “Padayatra” by Political leader and ex-Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh state, Y. Rajasekhar Reddy. Movie directed by Mahi V. Raghav