C.KRISHNAVENI FORGOTTON TELUGU ACTRESS BORN 1924 DECEMBER 26

C.KRISHNAVENI FORGOTTON TELUGU ACTRESS BORN 1924 DECEMBER 26

 Krishnaveni is a Telugu actress born on 26 December 1924 in Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh. Krishnaveni is a veteran, versatile film director, producer, actress and a singer. Krishnaveni made her debut in the Tollywood industry at the age of 10 years in Sati Anasuya– Druva in the year 1936. Krishnaveni got married to Mirjapuram Raja, who was a Telugu, movie producer. Krishnaveni owns her production company Meka Rajyalaxmi Anuradha, named after her daughter. She has done a dozens of movie like Dakshyagnam, Brahma Ratham, Mana Desam. Krishnaveni as a producer has also produced half a dozen movies such as Mana Desam, Gollabhama, and Bhakta Prahlada. She also gave her voice as a playback singer in two movies. In 2004, she was honored by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for her paramount contribution in the Telugu Industry.

Prominent music director Ramesh Naidu was introduced to her in the film Dampatyam. Not only Krishnaveni has her contribution in Telugu, but she had also done some prominent roles in Tamil and Kannada. Krishnaveni movies generally promoted Telugu traditional values and ethics. Mana Desam was the movie produced by her, and she also played the role of leading actress in it, the movie proved to be a significant milestone of her career. Currently, Krishnaveni owns two production houses MRA Productions and Sobhanachala Banners which earlier used to be known as Jaya Pictures. Krishnaveni's contribution in the Telugu cinema is significant, and her legacy will continue to inspire the upcoming traditional artists.

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Krishnaveni is a veteran Indian actor, director, artist, singer, and producer. She was born in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, and India. She has the Indian nationality. She has also known as C. Krishnaveni and M. Krishnaveni. She was born on December 26 and in the year 1924. Her spouse name is Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao. Her daughter name is Meka Rajya Lakshmi Anuradha. She is also a professional drama artist. She did her first project as a child artist. She did her debut as a child artist with Sati Anasuya-Dhruva in the year 1936. She is 94 years old. She had acted in the 15 plus Telugu films. Her spouse is a Vice-chancellor of Andhra University. Her filmography list includes as Sati Anasuya Druva in the year 1936, Mohini Rugmangada in the year 1937, Kacha Devayani in the year 1938, Malli Pelli in the year 1939, Mahananda in the year 1939, Jeevana Jyoti in the year 1940, Bhishma in the year 1944, Brahma Ratham in the year 1947.

Her other projects are as Madalasa in the year 1948, Mana Desam in the year 1949, Gollabhama, and Dakshayagnam in the year 1962. She had also worked in the Tamil as well as the Kannada Language. Her spouse is the King of Mirzapuram. Meka Rangaiah is also a Tamil movie producer. She has preserved Telugu art and culture in her movies. As a producer, she did the project Mana Desam. It is the milestone of Telugu film in the year 1949. She did various movies as an actor as well as a producer. She has also done singing and recorder number of songs in her voice. She also owns the productions company as MRA productions on her daughter's name Meka RajyaLakhsmi Anuradha.

She has also produced various movies like Mana Desam in the year 1949, Lakshmamma, Dampatyam in the year 1957, Gollabama and Bhakta Prahlada. She is the recipient of the prestigious Raghupathi Venkaiah Award in the year 2004 for her contribution of Telugu Film Industry. She did various recordings in her voice. Her albums include as Kadambadi Amman in the year 2012, Yogi Vemana in the year 1947, Baburu Vahana and Mana Desam in the year 1949. Her songs are available on YouTube, Gaana, JioSaavn, and Hungama. Her record labels are Sharp Video, Satyam Audios, and Saregama. She also did the devotional albums, which has named as Azhagu.



C Krishnaveni is a woman of many talents - an actress, singer and producer. born 1924 December 26.
She made her screen debut at the age of 10 in 'Sati Anasuya' (1935) and later acted in films like Kacha Devayani (1938), Gollabhama (1947), Madalasa (1948) and Manadesam (1949). She was married to Mirjapuram Raja in 1941. She has the credit of introducing actors like NTR, Anjali Devi and Vijaykumar and technicians like Ghantasala and Ramesh Naidu. In recognition of her contribution to the film industry, C Krishnaveni has been named for the prestigious Raghupati Venkaiah Memorial Award for the year 2004.

Ms Krishnaveni (born 1924) is a veteran Telugu actress, Singer and Producer. She is also known as C. Krishnaveni and M. Krishnaveni.

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 and Kannada films as the heroine.

She married Raja (Zamindar) of Mirzapuram (Meka Rangaiah Apparao), a Telugu movie producer and later produced many films herself. She presented Telugu traditional values and ethnic songs in her movies. She produced Mana Desam, a milestone film in Telugu film industry in 1949. She introduced popular telugu actors N. T. Rama Rao, S. V. Ranga Rao with that film. She also introduced famous playback singer Ghantasala as a music director with that film. Since then she had introduced many singers, actors and music directors. Another famous music director Ramesh Naidu was also introduced by her with film Damptayam in 1957.

Awards

She won the prestigious Raghupathi Venkaiah Award in 2004 for her life time service to Telugu film industry.

Movies she acted

1. Sati Anasuya-Druva (1936)
2. Mohini Rugmangada (1937)
3. Kacha Devayani (1938)
4. Malli Pelli (1939)
5. Mahananda (1939)
6. Jeevana Jyoti (1940)
7. Dakshayagnam (1941)
8. Bhishma (1944)
9. Brahma Ratham (1947)
10.Madalasa (1948)
11.Mana Desam (1949)
12.Gollabama

As a producer

Production companies managed by Krishnaveni

Her husband's company - Jaya pictures and later she renamed it as Sobhanachala banners.


Her own company - MRA productions on their daughter's name Meka Rajya Laksmi Anuradha.

Movies produced by Krishnaveni

* Mana Desam (1949)
* Lakshmamma
* Dampatyam, 1957
* Gollabama
* Bhakta Prahlada

Mana Desam (1949) Shobha
Madalasa (1948)
Brahma Ratham (1947)
Bhishma (1944)
Dakshayagnam (1941)
Jeevana Jyoti (1940)
Mahananda (1939)
Malli Pelli (1939) Annapoorna
Kacha Devayani (1938) Devayani
Mohini Rugmangada (1937)
Anasuya (1936)

Mirjapuram Raja (Producer and Director)
Mirjapuram Raja was born on 11 Nov, 1896 at Nuzvid, Krishna District. Meka Venkatramaiah Appa Rao Bahadur was his original name.
He established a film studio called Jaya Films at Alwarpet, Chennai.
'Jarasandha' was his first movie as a producer, directed by Chitrapu Narasimha Rao and starred by Vemuri Gaggaiah and MV Rajamma.
Actress C Krishnaveni was his second wife while Anuradha Devi, a producer, is their daughter.
Later Jaya Films turned as Sobhanachala Pictures. 'Bhatka Prahlada' was the first film on this new banner.
Raja turned as a director with the film 'Keelu Gurram', an ANR starred.
He introduced some great personlities to the film industry like Anjali Devi (Gollabhama), Chadalawada Narayana Rao (Jeevana Jyothi), NT Rama Rao (Manadesam), Ghantasala (Lakshmamma), Kamala Kotnis, Ramesh Naidu (Dampatyam), Tripuraneni Gopichand (Lakshamma), Jr. Sriranjani (Bheeshma), P. Leela (Manadesam) and Jikki.
His 'Keelu Gurram' created records at box-office as collected Rs. 40 Lakhs, which was a huge amount at that time. This was the first film dubbed into Tamil.
Raja died on 4 May, 1974.

FilmographyFilms made on Jaya Films:1. Jarasandha (1938)
2. Mahananda (1939)
3. Bhoja Kalidasa (1940)
4. Jeevana Jyothi (1940)
5. Daksha Yagnam (1941)
6. Samsara Narada (1942)

Films made on Sobhanachala Pictures:1. Bhakta Prahlada (1942)
2. Chenchu Lakshmi (1943)
3. Bheeshma (1944)
4. Gollabhama (1947)
5. Madalasa (1948)
6. Keelu Gurram (1949)
7. Lakshmamma (1950)
8. Tilottama (1951)
9. Prajaseva (1952)
10. Sahasam (1952)