D. V. S. Raju

D. V. S. Raju డి. వి. యస్. రాజు
Born	Datla Venkata Suryanarayana Raju December 13, 1928 Allavaram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	November 13, 2010 Hyderabad, India
Occupation	Film producer
Awards	Padma Shri Raghupathi Venkaiah Award

Datla Venkata Suryanarayana Raju (దాట్ల వెంకట సూర్యనారాయణ రాజు), better known as D. V. S. Raju (డి. వి. యస్. రాజు) (b: 13 December 1928 - d: 13 November 2010) was an Indian film producer from Telugu Cinema.

He was born on 13 December 1928 in Allavaram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He has established D. V. S. Productions and made about 25 films including one award winning Hindi film Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye. He had produced some popular films, starring N. T. Rama Rao like Pidugu Ramudu, Chinnanaati Snehithulu etc. His few noted films are Jeevitha Nouka, Jeevana Jyoti, Chanakya Sapadham, Picchi Pullaiah.

He was the Chairman of National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) and President of the Film Federation of India. He had also served as Chairman of the State Film Development Corporation. He died on 13 November 2010 (Saturday) at the age of 82 years after brief illness. He is survived by the wife, a son and two daughters.^[1]

Filmography

• Maa Babu (1960)
• Mangamma Sapatham (1965)
• Pidugu Ramudu (1966)
• Tikka Sankarayya (1968)
• Gandikota Rahasyam (1969)
• Chinnanaati Snehithulu (1971)
• Dhanama? Daivama? (1973)
• Jeevana Jyoti (1975)
• Jeevitha Nouka (1977)
• Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye (1983)
• Chanakya Shapadham (1986)
• Jayam Manade (1986)
• Bhanumathi Gari Mogudu (1987)

Awards

• Andhra Pradesh Government honored him with Raghupathi Venkaiah Award in 1988.
• He was presented by Padma Shri award in 2001 by Government of India.

References

1. ^ Film producer D.V.S. Raju passes away in the Hindu.

External links

• D.V.S. Raju at IMDb.

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Name	Raju, D. V. S.
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Date of birth	December 13, 1928
Place of birth	Allavaram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date of death	November 13, 2010
Place of death	Hyderabad, India