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	\| name =Kallu		\| name =Kallu
	\| image =		\| image =
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	\| director =[[M. V. Raghu]]		\| director =[[M. V. Raghu]]
	\| producer = D. Vijaya Kumar<br>A. L. Ananda Rao		\| producer = D. Vijaya Kumar<br />A. L. Ananda Rao
	\| writer =[[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri]] (lyrics)		\| writer =[[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri]] (lyrics)
	\| story =[[Gollapudi Maruti Rao]]		\| story =[[Gollapudi Maruti Rao]]
	\| screenplay =M. V. Raghu		\| screenplay =M. V. Raghu
	\| starring =[[Sivaji Raja]]<br>[[Kallu Chidambaram\|Chidambaram]]<br>[[Gundu Hanumantha Rao]]<br>N. J Bhikshu<br>Rajeswari		\| starring =[[Sivaji Raja]]<br />[[Kallu Chidambaram\|Chidambaram]]<br />[[Gundu Hanumantha Rao]]<br />N. J Bhikshu<br />Rajeswari
	\| music =[[SP Balasubramanyam]]		\| music =[[SP Balasubramanyam]]
	\| cinematography =M. V. Raghu		\| cinematography =M. V. Raghu
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	\| studio =Mahashakthi Films		\| studio =Mahashakthi Films
	\| distributor =		\| distributor =
	\| released = 1988		\| released = {{Film date\|1988}}
	\| runtime = 132 min		\| runtime = 132 min
	\| country = [[India]]		\| country = [[India]]
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	'''''Kallu''''' (~~English: '''The~~ Eyes~~'''~~) is a 1988 Indian Telugu-Language ethnographic [[drama film]] based on the lives of five blind people directed by [[M. V. Raghu]], based on [[Gollapudi Maruti Rao]]'s play with the same name.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/gollapudi-maruti-rao-raghu-mv-in-city-today/article22321151.ece\|title=Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Raghu M.V. in city today\|date=29 December 2017\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://moviegalleri.net/2012/07/mv-raghu-kallu-movie-25-years-celebrations-photos-stills.html?pid=270868\|title=Picture 270868 \| Dasari Narayana Rao, MV Raghu at Kallu Movie 25 years Celebrations ~~\| New Movie Posters~~}}</ref> In 2018, the film celebrated its 30th ~~Anniversary~~ by "Mukhi Media" in Hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/gollapudi-maruti-rao-raghu-mv-in-city-today/article22321151.ece\|title=Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Raghu M.V. in city today\|date=29 December 2017\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>		'''''Kallu''''' ({{Translation\|Eyes}}) is a 1988 Indian Telugu-Language ethnographic [[drama film]] based on the lives of five blind people directed by [[M. V. Raghu]], based on [[Gollapudi Maruti Rao]]'s play with the same name.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/gollapudi-maruti-rao-raghu-mv-in-city-today/article22321151.ece\|title=Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Raghu M.V. in city today\|date=29 December 2017\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://moviegalleri.net/2012/07/mv-raghu-kallu-movie-25-years-celebrations-photos-stills.html?pid=270868\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027074905/http://moviegalleri.net/2012/07/mv-raghu-kallu-movie-25-years-celebrations-photos-stills.html?pid=270868\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=27 October 2014\|title=Picture 270868 \| Dasari Narayana Rao, MV Raghu at Kallu Movie 25 years Celebrations}}</ref> In 2018, the film celebrated its 30th anniversary by "Mukhi Media" in Hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/gollapudi-maruti-rao-raghu-mv-in-city-today/article22321151.ece\|title=Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Raghu M.V. in city today\|date=29 December 2017\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

	The film won four state [[Nandi Awards]], and the [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu\|Filmfare Award for Best Direction]]. It was screened in Indian panorama section of the ''[[International Film Festival of India]]'', and the ''Hyderabad Film Festival''.<ref>http://www.hyderabadfilmclub.org/HIFF%202007/Film%20Festival%202007-part5.pdf</ref> The film won thirty awards including special mention from the [[Central Board of Film Certification\|CBFC]] Jury.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/09/stories/2003060900910400.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031023141936/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/09/stories/2003060900910400.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=23 October 2003 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=The saga of a lensman \| date=9 June 2003}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/tollywood-comedian-kallu-chidambaram-dead/article7780163.ece\|title=Tollywood comedian Kallu Chidambaram dead\|first=G. V. Prasada\|last=Sarma\|date=19 October 2015\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/gollapudi-maruti-rao-raghu-mv-in-city-today/article22321151.ece\|title=Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Raghu M.V. in city today\|date=29 December 2017\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>		The film won four state [[Nandi Awards]], and the [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu\|Filmfare Award for Best Direction]]. It was screened in Indian panorama section of the ''[[International Film Festival of India]]'', and the ''Hyderabad Film Festival''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hyderabadfilmclub.org/HIFF%202007/Film%20Festival%202007-part5.pdf\|access-date=4 May 2023\|website=Hyderabad Film Club\|title=Film Festival 2007}}</ref> The film won thirty awards including special mention from the [[Central Board of Film Certification\|CBFC]] Jury.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/09/stories/2003060900910400.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031023141936/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/09/stories/2003060900910400.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=23 October 2003 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=The saga of a lensman \| date=9 June 2003}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/tollywood-comedian-kallu-chidambaram-dead/article7780163.ece\|title=Tollywood comedian Kallu Chidambaram dead\|first=G. V. Prasada\|last=Sarma\|date=19 October 2015\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/gollapudi-maruti-rao-raghu-mv-in-city-today/article22321151.ece\|title=Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Raghu M.V. in city today\|date=29 December 2017\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

	==Cast==		==Cast==
	*[[Sivaji Raja]]		*[[Sivaji Raja]] as Rangadu
	*[[Kallu Chidambaram\|Chidambaram]]		*[[Kallu Chidambaram\|Chidambaram]]
	*[[Gundu Hanumantha Rao]]		*[[Gundu Hanumantha Rao]]
	*N. J Bhikshu		*N. J Bhikshu
	*Rajeswari		*Rajeswari
	*SP Balasubramanyam (cameo)		*[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam\|SP Balasubramanyam]] (cameo)
	*Bhaskar Rao		*Bhaskar Rao
	*Sripada Somayajulu		*Sripada Somayajulu
			*Kallu Krishna Rao
			*[[Raghunatha Reddy\|Raghunantha Reddy]]

	==Awards==		==Awards==
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	[[Category:1988 films]]		[[Category:1988 films]]
	[[Category:~~Indian films~~]]		[[Category:Fiction about disability]]
	[[Category:~~Disability in fiction~~]]		[[Category:1988 Telugu-language films]]
	[[Category:~~1980s Telugu-language~~ films]]		[[Category:1988 Indian films]]
	[[Category:Films about social issues in India]]		[[Category:Films about social issues in India]]
	[[Category:Indian avant-garde and experimental films]]		[[Category:Indian avant-garde and experimental films]]
	[[Category:Films about labour]]		[[Category:Films about labour]]
	[[Category:Films scored by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]		[[Category:Films scored by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
	~~[[Category:Films about blind people]]~~
	[[Category:Indian nonlinear narrative films]]		[[Category:Indian nonlinear narrative films]]
	[[Category:Films about disability in India]]		[[Category:Films about disability in India]]
	[[Category:Telugu-language literature]]		[[Category:Telugu-language literature]]
	[[Category:Fictional characters ~~with disability~~]]		[[Category:Fictional disabled characters in film]]
	[[Category:~~Social~~ realism ~~in film~~]]		[[Category:Films about social realism]]
	[[Category:Films about poverty in India]]		[[Category:Films about poverty in India]]
	[[Category:Indian drama films]]		[[Category:Indian drama films]]
	[[Category:Films about blind people in India]]		[[Category:Films about blind people in India]]

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{{Infobox film
| name =Kallu
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director =[[M. V. Raghu]]
| producer = D. Vijaya Kumar A. L. Ananda Rao
| writer =[[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri]] (lyrics)
| story =[[Gollapudi Maruti Rao]]
| screenplay =M. V. Raghu
| starring =[[Sivaji Raja]] [[Kallu Chidambaram|Chidambaram]] [[Gundu Hanumantha Rao]] N. J Bhikshu Rajeswari
| music =[[SP Balasubramanyam]]
| cinematography =M. V. Raghu
| editing =M. V. Raghu
| studio =Mahashakthi Films
| distributor =
| released = 1988
| runtime = 132 min
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| budget =
}}
'''''Kallu''''' (English: '''The Eyes''') is a 1988 Indian Telugu-Language ethnographic [[drama film]] based on the lives of five blind people directed by [[M. V. Raghu]], based on [[Gollapudi Maruti Rao]]'s play with the same name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/gollapudi-maruti-rao-raghu-mv-in-city-today/article22321151.ece|title=Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Raghu M.V. in city today|date=29 December 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moviegalleri.net/2012/07/mv-raghu-kallu-movie-25-years-celebrations-photos-stills.html?pid=270868|title=Picture 270868 | Dasari Narayana Rao, MV Raghu at Kallu Movie 25 years Celebrations | New Movie Posters}}</ref> In 2018, the film celebrated its 30th Anniversary by "Mukhi Media" in Hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/gollapudi-maruti-rao-raghu-mv-in-city-today/article22321151.ece|title=Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Raghu M.V. in city today|date=29 December 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

The film won four state [[Nandi Awards]], and the [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu|Filmfare Award for Best Direction]]. It was screened in Indian panorama section of the ''[[International Film Festival of India]]'', and the ''Hyderabad Film Festival''.<ref>http://www.hyderabadfilmclub.org/HIFF%202007/Film%20Festival%202007-part5.pdf</ref> The film won thirty awards including special mention from the [[Central Board of Film Certification|CBFC]] Jury.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/09/stories/2003060900910400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031023141936/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/09/stories/2003060900910400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 October 2003 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=The saga of a lensman | date=9 June 2003}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/tollywood-comedian-kallu-chidambaram-dead/article7780163.ece|title=Tollywood comedian Kallu Chidambaram dead|first=G. V. Prasada|last=Sarma|date=19 October 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/gollapudi-maruti-rao-raghu-mv-in-city-today/article22321151.ece|title=Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Raghu M.V. in city today|date=29 December 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Sivaji Raja]]
*[[Kallu Chidambaram|Chidambaram]]
*[[Gundu Hanumantha Rao]]
*N. J Bhikshu
*Rajeswari
*SP Balasubramanyam (cameo)
*Bhaskar Rao
*Sripada Somayajulu

==Awards==
;[[Nandi Awards]] - 1988<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]]|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref>
* [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film|Third Best Feature Film - Bronze]] - D. Vijaya Kumar & A. L. Ananda Rao
* [[Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director|Best First Film of a Director]] - [[M. V. Raghu]]
* [[Nandi Award for Best Story Writer|Best Story Writer]] - [[Gollapudi Maruthi Rao]]
* [[Nandi Special Jury Award|Special Jury Award]] - [[Kallu Chidambaram]]

;[[Filmfare Awards South]]
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu]] - [[M. V. Raghu]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:1988 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Disability in fiction]]
[[Category:1980s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Films about social issues in India]]
[[Category:Indian avant-garde and experimental films]]
[[Category:Films about labour]]
[[Category:Films scored by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
[[Category:Films about blind people]]
[[Category:Indian nonlinear narrative films]]
[[Category:Films about disability in India]]
[[Category:Telugu-language literature]]
[[Category:Fictional characters with disability]]
[[Category:Social realism in film]]
[[Category:Films about poverty in India]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films about blind people in India]]