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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
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| birth_date          =6 March 1917
| death_date          =31 August 1984
| origin              =[[Vanukuru]], [[Penamaluru mandal]], [[Krishna district]], India
| instrument          = [[Pump organ|Harmonium]]<br>Tabla<br>Dholak<br>Mrudangam<br>Flute<br>Electric guitar<br>Piano<br>Violin
| genre              = [[Cinema of India|Indian film]] scores
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| years_active        = 1934–1984
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'''Pendyala Nageswara Rao''' (6 March 1917 &ndash; 31 August 1984) was an Indian [[Music composer|composer]], multi-instrumentalist, [[Conducting|conductor]] singer-songwriter, actor, music producer, and musician known for his works predominantly in [[Telugu cinema]], and [[Kannada cinema]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/06/24/stories/2005062401590200.htm |title=Entertainment Hyderabad / Music : Golden melodies of Pendyala |date=2005-06-24 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2016-05-26}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated582">Nata Ratnalu, Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy, Second edition, 2002; pp:582-4.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/jayabheri-1959/article7895558.ece |title=Blast from the past: Jayabheri (1959) |work=The Hindu |date=2015-11-19 |access-date=2016-05-26|last1=Narasimham |first1=M. L. }}</ref><ref name="wordpress1">https://sarasabharati.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/pendyala-nageswara-rao.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chiloka.com/celebrity/pendyala-nageswara-rao |title=Pendyala Nageswara Rao : Kannada Singer Movies, Biography |publisher=Chiloka.com |access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref>
==Early life and career==
He was born at Vanukuru near Vijayawada and later shifted to Katur. He was closely associated with [[Mikkilineni (actor)|Mikkilineni]] as they were students of Kapilavai Ramanatha Sastry.<ref name="autogenerated582"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Your Personal Radio (?) |url=http://mio.to/album/Remembering+Legends+-+Pendyala+Nageswara+Rao+(2014) |title=Remembering Legends - Pendyala Nageswara Rao (2014) - Pendyala Nageshwara Rao - Listen to Remembering Legends - Pendyala Nageswara Rao songs/music online - MusicIndiaOnline |publisher=Mio.to |access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref>
His ancestors including his father Sitaramaiah were music exponents. Similarly Nageswara Rao also showed interest in music since childhood. He used to accompany his father playing [[Pump organ|Harmonium]] for dramas and learned techniques to play with it since the age of 13 years. He acted for the first time as Jambavati in ''Krishna Tulabharam'' play. He later played Rukmini, Narada characters in Tulabaram play along with Jonnavitula Sheshagiri, Rshyendramani, Lakshmirajyam and got the applause of the viewers.<ref name="wordpress1"/>
During that period [[Kadaru Nagabhushanam]] seeing his talents, invited to him to work in his orchestra for ''Talli Prema'' (1941) film. He went to Madras and joined Rajarajeswari Films and worked as assistant director to Dinakar Rao and [[S. V. Venkatraman|S V Venkataraman]] for that film. With the beginning of [[Second World War]] he returned home. Later he was invited by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam to work for ''[[Mayalokam]]'' as Harmonist under [[Gali Penchala Narasimha Rao]]. [[K. S. Prakash Rao]] gave him the independent music director change for his film ''[[Drohi (1948 film)|Drohi]]'', which brought him good fame. He has provided music for about 100 films some of them are memorable hits.
==Filmography==
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! Year !! Film !! Language !! Director !! Banner !! Notes
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| 1948 || ''[[Drohi (1948 film)|Drohi]]'' || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || [[L. V. Prasad]] || ||Debut film
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| 1950 || ''Modati Raatri'' || Telugu || [[K. S. Prakash Rao]] || Prakash Productions ||
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| 1950 || ''Vaali – Sugreeva'' || Telugu || Jampanna || ||
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| 1951 || ''Deeksha'' || Telugu || [[K. S. Prakash Rao]] || Prakash Productions ||
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| 1951 || ''[[Anni (1951 film)|Anni]]'' || Tamil || [[K. S. Prakash Rao]] || Prakash Productions ||
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| 1953 || ''[[Kanna Talli]]'' || Telugu || [[K. S. Prakash Rao]] || Prakash Productions || Introduced [[P. Susheela]]
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Petrathai]]'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || [[K. S. Prakash Rao]] || Prakash Productions || Remake of ''[[Kanna Talli]]''
|-
| 1954 || ''Jyothy'' || Telugu ||  || ||
|-
| 1954 || ''Menarikam'' || Telugu || Jampana || Nandhi Productions ||
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Kudumbam (1954 film)|Kudumbam]]'' || Tamil || Jampana || Nandhi Productions ||
|-
| 1955 || ''Ante Kavali'' || Telugu || [[K. S. Prakash Rao]] || Prakash Productions ||
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Donga Ramudu (1955 film)|Donga Ramudu]]'' || Telugu || [[K. V. Reddy]] || [[Annapurna Studios]] ||
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Donga Ramudu (1955 film)|Thiruttu Raman]]'' || Tamil || [[K. V. Reddy]] || [[Annapurna Studios]] ||
|-
| 1956 || ''Melukolupu'' || Telugu || [[K. S. Prakash Rao]] || Prakash Productions ||
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Marumalarchi (1956 film)|Marumalarchi]]'' || Tamil || [[K. S. Prakash Rao]] || Prakash Productions||
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Muddu Bidda]]'' || Telugu || [[K. B. Tilak]] || Anupama Films ||
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Penki Pellam]]'' || Telugu || [[Kamalakara Kameswara Rao]] || Sahini Art Productions ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Bhagya Rekha]]'' || Telugu || [[B. N. Reddy]] || Ponnaluri Brothers Pvt Ltd ||
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| 1957 || ''[[Bhagya Rekha|Veettukku Vandha Varalakshmi]]'' || Tamil || [[B. N. Reddy]] || Ponnaluri Brothers Pvt Ltd ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Rayara Sose]]'' || Kannada || R. Ramamurthy & K. S. Murthy || Sri Panduranga Productions || with R. Diwakara
|-
| 1957 || ''[[M.L.A. (film)|M.L.A.]]'' || Telugu || [[K. B. Tilak]] || ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[M.L.A. (film)|M.L.A.]]'' || Tamil || [[K. B. Tilak]] || ||
|-
| 1957 || ''Soubhagyavati'' || Telugu || Jampana || Nandhi Pictures ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Soubhagyavathi]]'' || Tamil || Jampana || Nandhi Pictures || with M. S. Gnanamani
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| 1958 || ''[[Atha Okinti Kodale]]'' || Telugu || [[K. B. Tilak]] || Anupama Films ||
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| 1958 || ''[[Ganga Gouri Samvadam]]'' || Telugu || V. N. Reddy|| ||
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| 1958 || ''[[Shree Krishna Gaarudi]]'' || Kannada || [[Hunsur Krishnamurthy]] || Nandi Pictures ||
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| 1958 || ''[[Sri Krishna Garudi]]'' || Telugu || [[Hunsur Krishnamurthy]] || Nandi Pictures ||
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| 1958 || ''[[Sree Ramanjaneya Yuddham]]'' || Telugu ||  ||  ||
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| 1959 || ''[[Jayabheri]]'' || Telugu || [[P. Pullaiah]]  || Sarada Productions ||
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| 1959 || ''[[Kalaivaanan]]'' || Tamil || [[P. Pullaiah]] || Sarada Productions ||
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| 1959 || ''[[Naan Valartha Thangai]]'' || Tamil || [[Chitrapu Narayana Rao|Ch. Narayanamurthy]] || Saravanabhava Unity Pictures ||
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| 1960 || ''Bhakta Sabari'' || Telugu || [[Chitrapu Narayana Rao|Ch. Narayanamurthy]]  || ||
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| 1960 || ''Bhakta Sabari'' || Tamil || [[Chitrapu Narayana Rao|Ch. Narayanamurthy]] || ||
|-
| 1960 || ''Bhakta Sabari'' || Kannada || [[Chitrapu Narayana Rao|Ch. Narayanamurthy]] || ||
|-
| 1960 || ''[[Bhatti Vikramarka]]'' || Telugu || Jampana  || Nandhi Productions ||
|-
| 1960 || ''[[Bhatti Vikramarka|Patti Vikramathithan]]'' || Tamil || Jampana || Nandhi Productions ||
|-
| 1960 || ''[[Mahakavi Kalidasu]]'' || Telugu || [[Kamalakara Kameswara Rao]] || Sarani Productions ||
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| 1960 || ''[[Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam]]'' || Telugu || [[P. Pullaiah]] || Padmasri Pictures || [[Silver Jubilee]]<br>[[Musical film]]
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| 1960 || ''[[Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam|Srinivasa Kalyanam]]'' || Tamil || [[P. Pullaiah]] || Padmasri Pictures ||
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| 1961 || ''[[Jagadeka Veeruni Katha]]'' || Telugu ||[[K. V. Reddy]]  || [[Vijaya Productions]] ||
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| 1961 || ''[[Jagadeka Veeruni Katha|Jagathalaprathapan]]'' || Tamil ||[[K. V. Reddy]]  || [[Vijaya Productions]] ||
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| 1961 || ''[[Jagadeka Veeruni Katha|Jagadekaveerana Kathe]]'' || Kannada ||[[K. V. Reddy]]  || [[Vijaya Productions]] ||
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| 1961 || ''Krishna Prema'' || Telugu || [[Adurthi Subbarao]] || ||
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| 1961 || ''[[Mamiyarum Oru Veetu Marumagale]]'' || Tamil || [[K. B. Tilak]] || Anupama Films ||
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Vagdanam]]'' || Telugu || [[Aatreya (playwright)|Acharya Athreya]] || Kavitha Chitra ||
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| 1961 || ''[[Velugu Needalu]]'' || Telugu || [[Adurthi Subba Rao]] || [[Annapurna Studios]] ||
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Thooya Ullam]]'' || Tamil || [[Adurthi Subba Rao]] || [[Annapurna Studios]] ||
|-
| 1962 || ''[[Chitti Tammudu]]'' || Telugu || [[K. B. Tilak]] || Poorna Pictures || Film based on ''[[Oliver Twist]]''
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| 1962 || ''[[Mahamantri Timmarusu (film)|Mahamantri Timmarusu]]''|| Telugu || [[Kamalakara Kameswara Rao]] || [[Vauhini Studios]] ||
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| 1962 || ''[[Srikakula Andhra Maha Vishnu Katha]]'' || Telugu || A. K. Sekhar || Sri Sambhu Films ||
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| 1963 || ''Anuragam'' || Telugu || [[G. Ramineedu]] || ||
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| 1963 || ''[[Paruvu-Prathishta]]'' || Telugu || M. Appa Rao || Valta Productions ||
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| 1963 || ''[[Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham]]'' || Telugu || [[K. V. Reddy]] || Jayanthi Pictures ||
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| 1963 || ''[[Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham]]'' || Tamil || [[K. V. Reddy]] || Jayanthi Pictures ||
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| 1964 || ''[[Ramudu Bheemudu]]'' || Telugu || [[Tapi Chanakya]] || [[Suresh Productions]] ||
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| 1964 || ''[[Sabhash Suri]]'' || Telugu || [[I. N. Murthy]] || R. R. Pictures||
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| 1965 || ''Prachanda Bhairavi'' || Telugu || [[C. S. R. Rao]] || ||
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| 1965 || ''[[Satya Harishchandra (1965 Kannada film)|Satya Harishchandra]]'' || Kannada || [[K. V. Reddy]] || [[Vijaya Productions]] ||
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| 1965 || ''[[Satya Harishchandra (1965 Telugu film)|Satya Harishchandra]]'' || Telugu || [[K. V. Reddy]] || [[Vijaya Productions]] ||
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| 1965 || ''Uyyala Jampala'' || Telugu || || ||
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| 1966 || ''[[Sri Krishna Tulabharam]]'' || Telugu || [[Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao]] || ||
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| 1968 || ''[[Bandipotu Dongalu]]'' || Telugu || [[K. S. Prakash Rao]] || Madhavi Pictures ||
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Bhagya Chakram]]'' || Telugu || [[K. V. Reddy]] || Jayanthi Pictures ||
|-
| 1968 || ''Gramadevatalu'' || Telugu || || ||
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Papa Kosam]]'' || Telugu || G. V. R. Seshagiri Rao || ||
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| 1968 || ''[[Uma Chandi Gowri Shankarula Katha]]'' || Telugu || [[K. V. Reddy]] || [[Vijaya Productions]]||
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Maa Nanna Nirdhoshi]]'' || Telugu || K. V. Nandana Rao || ||
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Manasu Mangalyam]]'' || Telugu || [[K. Pratyagatma]] || Uttama Chitra ||
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| 1970 || ''[[Sri Krishna Vijayamu]]'' || Telugu || [[Kamalakara Kameswara Rao]] || Kaumudi Art Pictures ||
|-
| 1970 || ''Pelli Sambandham'' || Telugu || K. Varaprasad Rao || ||
|-
| 1971 || ''Ananda Nilayam'' || Telugu || || ||
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| 1971 || ''Naa Tammudu'' || Telugu || [[K. S. Prakash Rao]] || ||
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Sri Krishna Satya]]'' || Telugu || [[K. V. Reddy]] || R. K. Brothers||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Mathru Murthy?]]'' || Telugu || || ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Bhoomi Kosam]]'' || Telugu || [[K. B. Tilak]] || ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Deeksha (1974 film)|Deeksha]]'' || Telugu || [[Kotayya Pratyagatma|K. Pratyagatma]] || Sri Padmaja Films ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Kode Nagu]]'' || Telugu || [[K. S. Prakash Rao]] || Kowmudi Pictures ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Vemulawada Bheemakavi (film)|Vemulawada Bheemakavi]]'' || Telugu || [[D. Yoganand]] || [[Ramakrishna Studios]] ||
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| 1976 || ''Sri Rajeswari Vilas Coffee Club'' || Telugu || [[Aluri Chakrapani|Chakrapani]] & [[Bapu (director)|Bapu]] || [[Vijaya Productions]] ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Suprabhatam'' || Telugu || || ||
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| 1977 || ''[[Daana Veera Soora Karna]]'' || Telugu || [[N. T. Rama Rao]] || [[Ramakrishna Studios]] ||
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| 1977 || ''[[Chanakya Chandragupta]]'' || Telugu || [[N. T. Rama Rao]] || [[Ramakrishna Studios]] ||
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| 1978 || ''[[Sati Savitri (1978 film)|Sati Savitri]]'' || Telugu || [[B. A. Subba Rao]] || Lalitha Siva Jyothi Studios ||
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| 1978 || ''[[Sri Rama Pattabhishekam]]'' || Telugu || [[N. T. Rama Rao]] || [[Ramakrishna Studios]] ||
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| 1979 || ''[[Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam]]'' || Telugu || [[N. T. Rama Rao]] || [[Ramakrishna Studios]] ||
|-
| 1979 || ''Priya Bandhavi'' || Telugu || || ||
|}
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0619312}}
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[[Category:Film musicians from Andhra Pradesh]]
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