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'''Tammreddy Bharadwaja''' is an Indian film director and producer known for his work in [[Telugu cinema]].<ref>{{cite web |date=9 February 2022 |title=Tammareddy Bharadwaja: అవార్డులు ఇవ్వట్లేదు.. మినీ థియేటర్లకు ప్రోత్సాహం లేదు |url=https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/movies/bharadwaja-thammareddy-press-meet/0201/122027986 |access-date=18 October 2022 |website=[[Eenadu]] |language=te}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rao |first=Rama |date=9 February 2022 |title=Tammareddy Bharadwaja: తెలుగు చిత్ర పరిశ్రమ సమస్యలను జగన్ త్వరగా పరిష్కరించాలి |url=https://www.hmtvlive.com/andhra/producer-tammareddy-bharadwaj-appeals-to-cm-jagan-77229 |access-date=18 October 2022 |website=[[HMTV]] |language=te}}</ref> Over his career, Bharadwaja directed more than 20 films and produced around 15 films. He also served as the president of the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce.<ref>{{cite web |date=30 July 2012 |title=Tammareddy Bharadwaja is film chamber president |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/tammareddy-bharadwaja-is-film-chamber-president/articleshow/15262356.cms |access-date=18 October 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> He is known for his role as a liaison between film producers and workers' unions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=13 May 2001 |title=Interview with Tammareddy Bharadwaja by Jeevi |url=https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/interview_tammareddy.html |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=[[Idlebrain.com]]}}</ref> Bharadwaja is the son of veteran producer [[Tammareddy Krishna Murthy]], a recipient of the prestigious [[Raghupathi Venkaiah Award]].<ref name=":12">{{cite web |date=11 February 2009 |title=Raghupathi Venkaiah award 2007 to Tammareddy Krishna Murthy |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/44994.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301031711/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/44994.html |archive-date=1 March 2009 |website=IndiaGlitz |publisher=}}</ref>

Bharadwaja began his career as a producer with ''[[Kothala Raayudu|Kothala Rayudu]]'' (1979), followed by ''[[Mogudu Kaavali|Mogudu Kavali]]'' (1980), both of which starred [[Chiranjeevi]] and achieved commercial success. He later transitioned to directing, delivering successful films such as ''Alajadi'' (1990), ''Pachani Samsaram'' (1993), and ''Swarnakka'' (1998). In 2006, he directed ''Pothe Poni'', which won the [[Nandi Awards|Nandi Award]] for [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film#Best Feature Film - Gold|Best Feature Film (Gold)]].<ref name=":1" />

==Early life==
Tammreddy Bharadwaja is born in a film family. His father, [[Tammareddy Krishna Murthy]] is a film producer who received the [[Raghupathi Venkaiah Award]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web |date=2009-02-15 |title=Starry fare marks awards night in |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/15/stories/2009021560040500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223234517/http://hindu.com/2009/02/15/stories/2009021560040500.htm |archive-date=2009-02-23 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> His brother Lenin Babu is also a film director.<ref name=":0" />

Since his childhood, Bharadwaja was interested in labour problems. His father was a [[Communism|communist]]. Bharadwaja was a union member in Students' Union Federation. Due to these reasons, he was attracted towards [[Trade union|labour union]] problems. Later on in his career, this made him useful as a liaison between Telugu film producers and film workers' unions.<ref name=":0" />

Bharadwaja did his schooling in Wesley High School, [[Secunderabad]]. He later did his B. E. in the College of Engineering, Osmania University.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}

== Career ==
Bharadwaja pursued a career as a Civil Engineer in Andhra Pradesh's irrigation department and also had a brief stint at Hyderabad municipal corporation.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} He then stepped into film industry in 1979 as a producer and later became a director.<ref name=":0" />

Bharadwaja started a film [[production company]], ''Charita Chitra'' named after his daughter. His first film as a producer was ''[[Kothala Raayudu|Kothala Rayudu]]'' (1979). It was also the first film for [[Chiranjeevi]] as a full-fledged solo lead.<ref name=":0" /> His second film was ''[[Mogudu Kaavali|Mogudu Kavali]]'' (1980) also starring Chiranjeevi. ''Kothala Rayudu'' ran for 100 days film and ''Mogudu Kavali'' ran for 175 days.<ref name=":0" />

Bharadwaja debuted as a director with ''Manmatha Samrajyam'' (1989) starring [[Malashri|Malasri]]. His second film as a director was ''Alajadi'' (1990),<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1990/Mar/2-mar-1990.pdf | title=కాంగ్రెస్చీలిపోతుందా? | language=te | trans-title=Will Congress split? | website=www.zaminryot.com}}</ref> which was commercially successful. Then he directed more films in the next few years, out of which ''Pachani Samsaram'' (1993) was a box-office hit.<ref name=":0" />

In 1995, he produced and directed ''Vetagadu'', a remake of Hindi film ''[[Baazigar]]'' (1993). The film was a major financial set back for Bharadwaja. After the failure of ''Vetagadu'', he closed his office and quit the film industry. His even went abroad to settle down. He came back and changed his banner name to ''Ravindra Arts'', which was his father's banner. He produced and directed ''Swarnakka'' (1998) on that banner which became successful.<ref name=":0" />

Bharadwaja produced ''[[Suri (2000 film)|Suri]]'' in 2000 which became a [[Box-office bomb|box-office disaster]]. As per Bharadwaja, for ''Suri'', he even lacked the money to put the movie titles or market the film in newspapers.<ref name=":0" /> His next directorial film ''[[Ramma Chilakamma]]'' (2001) starred [[Sumanth]] and [[Laya (actress)|Laya]] and was a box-office failure.''<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=28 November 2001 |title=Sumanth's Sabhash on the backtrack |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news179.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423051456/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news179.html |archive-date=23 April 2021 |access-date=2 August 2022 |website=[[Idlebrain.com]]}}</ref>'' His 2006 directorial venture, ''Pothe Poni'' was critically acclaimed and won the [[Nandi Awards|Nandi Award]] for [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film - Gold]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008) |trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008) |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]] |language=Telugu}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" | Director
! scope="col" | Producer
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Kothala Raayudu]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|Debut as a film producer
| rowspan="6" |<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Mogudu Kaavali]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1981
| ''Maro Kurukshetram''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1983
| ''Iddaru Kiladilu''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
|1989
|''Manmadha Samrajyam''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|Debut film as a director
|-
| 1990
| ''Alajadi''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 1990
| ''Kadapa Reddamma''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|
|-
| 1990
| ''Neti Dourjanyam''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|
|-
| 1991
| ''Siva Sakthi''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|
|-
| 1992
| ''Pachani Kapuram''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Rowdy Annayya]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|
|-
| 1993
| [[One by Two (1993 film)|''One by Two'']]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| 1993
| ''Pachani Samsaram''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 1993
| ''Urmila''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|Remake of Hindi film ''[[Damini]]''
|
|-
| 1993
| ''Nagajyothi''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|
|-
| 1994
| ''Bangaru Mogudu''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|
|-
| 1994
| ''Donga Rascal''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| 1995
| ''Vetagadu''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|Remake of Hindi film ''[[Baazigar]]'' (1993)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 1995
| ''Simha Gharjana''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| 1996
| ''Kuthuru''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|
|-
| 1997
| ''Atha Nee Koduku Jhagartha''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Antahpuram]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|Co-producer
|
|-
| 1998
| ''Swarnakka''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 1998
| ''Swarna Mukhi''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|
|-
| 1999
| ''Sanchalanam''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
| rowspan="4" |<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 2000
| [[Soori (2001 film)|''Suri'']]
| {{no}}
| {{yes|Uncredited}}
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Ramma Chilakamma]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 2002
| ''Entha Bagundho''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Nenu Pelliki Ready]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| 2006
| ''Pothe Poni''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|[[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film|Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Gold]]
|
|-
|2014
|''Prathighatana''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|
|}

;Actor
* ''[[Ee Rojullo]]'' (2012) as himself
* ''[[Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi]]'' (2004)
* ''Nenera Police'' (1991) as Villain

; As distributor
*''[[Palasa 1978]]'' (2020)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://tammareddybharadwaj.com Tammareddy Bharadwaj]
* {{IMDb name|0856997}}

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