


Bapu has so far directed 49 films, social and mythological in Telugu and Hindi.The liveliness in his paintings are real portrayals of the artists in the movies directed by him. Bapu started directing in 1967 and the movies under his direction are famous for classical and lyrical charm. Mullapudi Venkata Ramana and was an assistant producer of some movies. Many exhibitions and seminars held on his paintings till now have all registered an unforgettable memory to the visitors & viewers.īapu entered into cine field with Mr. His main achievements are the production of an illustrated book of Ramayana for children, over a hundred exhibitions and ‘one-man shows' of his artwork were held all over Andhra Pradesh and also at the National Film Theatre, London in 1978 and at the Telugu Conferences held in the U.S.A. This font is his own handwriting and reflects the same simplicity he exhibits in his art. Bapu later went on to become a designer, movie director and a popular painter.īapu has also introduced a new cursive writing in Telugu. Walter Thomson, as Art Director in Efficient Publicities and F.D. Bapu is also a proficient graphic artist and had worked in Advertising agencies as a senior artist in J. Bapu joined as political cartoonist for the newspaper Andhra Patrika in 1955. Bapu is a law graduate from Madras University in 1955. Bapu, is a man of many talents.Bapu began contributing story illustration, magazine covers, cartoons, comic strips to English, Telugu, Tamil periodicals from 1945. He set a new classical, social and comed trend in telugu literature and art fields. Sri.Sattiraju Laxmi Narayana, famous by his pen name Bapu, was born on 15th dec 1933 to sri venu gopala rao and smt suryakantham, in Narsapur, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh.
