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{{Short description |Indian Telugu actress and singer (born 1924)}}
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| birth_place = [[Rajamundry]], Andhra Pradesh, India
| birth_place = [[West Godavari district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
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'''Krishnaveni''' (born 26 December 1924) is a veteran [[Telugu language|Telugu]] actress, singer and producer. She is also known as '''C. Krishnaveni''' and '''M. Krishnaveni'''.
'''Krishnaveni''' (born 1924) is a [[Telugu language]] actress and singer. {{Clarify|date=May 2021}}


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
She hails from [[Rajamundry]] in Andhra Pradesh state, India. She was a drama artist before entering into movies.  Her debut was as a child artist in ''Sati Anasuya-Dhruva'' in 1936. She later acted in 15 Telugu films and also in a few [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Kannada]] films as the heroine.
Krishnaveni hails from Pangidi, West Godavari dist. AP, India. She was a drama artist before entering the film industry.  Her debut was in the film ''Anasuya'' (1936) as a child artist. Her father Krishna Rao was a doctor. She moved to Chennai in 1939 as she began to get several offers to act in Telugu films. She also acted in other language films, such as Tamil.


She married the Raja of Mirzapuram (birth name Meka Venkatramaiah Appa Rao), a Telugu movie producer, and later produced many films herself. She presented Telugu traditional values and ethnic songs in her movies. Her husband, Mirzapuram Raja produced ''[[Mana Desam]]'', a milestone film in the Telugu film industry in 1949 in which he introduced popular Telugu actors [[N. T. Rama Rao]] and [[S. V. Ranga Rao]] and famous playback singer [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]] as a music director with that film.  Since then he had introduced many singers, actors and music directors. he introduced the famous music director [[Ramesh Naidu]] with the film ''Dampatyam'' in 1957.
She married Mirzapuram zamindar in 1939. She became active with producing and filmmaking at her husband's Sobhanachala Studios in Chennai. {{Clarify|date=May 2021}}


== Awards ==
She is remembered for introducing several stalwart film personalities in her Telugu film ''Mana Desam'' (1949) as a producer. They included N T Rama Rao as actor, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao as music director, P Leela as playback singer among others. ''Mana Desam'' was based on the Bengali novel ''Vipradas''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kampella |first1=Ravichandran |title=Gnapakalu |date=2005 |publisher=Creative Links, Hyd |location=Hydeabad |page=39 |edition=1}}</ref>
* She won the prestigious [[Raghupathi Venkaiah Award]] in 2004 for her lifetime service to the [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu film industry]].


== Selected filmography ==
== Selected filmography ==
# ''Sati Anasuya-Druva'' (1936)
# ''Mohini Rugmangada'' (1937)
# ''Kacha Devayani'' (1938)
# ''[[Malli Pelli (1939 film)|Malli Pelli]]'' (1939)
# ''Mahananda'' (1939)
# ''Jeevana Jyoti'' (1940)


# ''Bhishma'' (1944)
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# ''[[Brahma Ratham]]'' (1947)
#[[Gollabhama (1947 film)|''Gollabhama'']] (1947)
# ''Madalasa'' (1948)
# ''[[Mana Desam]]'' (1949)
# ''Gollabhama''
# ''[[Dakshayagnam (1962 film)|Dakshayagnam]]'' (1962)


== Producer ==
== Producer ==
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* ''[[Bala Mitrula Katha]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Bala Mitrula Katha]]'' (1972)


== External links ==
== References ==
* {{IMDb name|id=0471502|name=Krishnaveni}}
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{{Raghupathi Venkaiah Award Recipients}}


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Revision as of 15:17, 29 May 2021


Chittajallu Krishnaveni
Born (1924-12-24) 24 December 1924 (age 101)
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer Producer
Spouse(s)
Mirzapuram Raja
(
m. 1939)
Children1

Krishnaveni (born 1924) is a Telugu language actress and singer. [clarification needed]

Biography

Krishnaveni hails from Pangidi, West Godavari dist. AP, India. She was a drama artist before entering the film industry. Her debut was in the film Anasuya (1936) as a child artist. Her father Krishna Rao was a doctor. She moved to Chennai in 1939 as she began to get several offers to act in Telugu films. She also acted in other language films, such as Tamil.

She married Mirzapuram zamindar in 1939. She became active with producing and filmmaking at her husband's Sobhanachala Studios in Chennai. [clarification needed]

She is remembered for introducing several stalwart film personalities in her Telugu film Mana Desam (1949) as a producer. They included N T Rama Rao as actor, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao as music director, P Leela as playback singer among others. Mana Desam was based on the Bengali novel Vipradas.[1]

Selected filmography

Producer

Production companies managed by Krishnaveni

  • Her husband's company – Jaya pictures and later renamed as Sobhanachala Studios.
  • Her own company – MRA productions on their daughter's name Meka RajyaLaksmi Anuradha.

Movies produced by Krishnaveni

Note: The lists are not comprehensive.

Singer

References

  1. Kampella, Ravichandran (2005). Gnapakalu (1 ed.). Hydeabad: Creative Links, Hyd. p. 39.