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D. Ramanaidu (Daggubati Ramanaidu) was born on 6 June, 1936 in Karamchedu, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India), is an Indian film producer. Discover D. Ramanaidu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

Popular As Daggubati Ramanaidu
Occupation Film producer
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 6 June 1936
Birthday 6 June
Birthplace Karamchedu, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Date of death 18 February, 2015
Died Place Hyderabad, Telangana India
Nationality India

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His wife is Rajeshwari

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Children 3 including D. Suresh Babu, Venkatesh

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1936

Daggubati Ramanaidu (6 June 1936 – 18 February 2015) was an Indian film producer known for his work in Telugu cinema.

Daggubati Ramanaidu was born on 6 June 1936 into an agricultural family in Karamchedu, a village in Prakasam district in the present day Andhra Pradesh.

He completed his schooling in the village and had his college education in Chirala and later graduated out of the Presidency College, Chennai.

He started his career as a rice-mill owner and later got into the transport business.

1954

The film, which dealt with teenage suicides arising out of educational stress among students, won the award for Best Film on Other Social Issues at the 54th National Film Awards.

1958

During this time, his father joined with a relative and co-produced the Telugu film Nammina Bantu (1958), starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri.

He performed the dupe of Nageswara Rao in the film.

Nageswara Rao advised him to go to Madras (now Chennai) and work with film-makers.

Ramanaidu got married in 1958 and had three children, two sons and a daughter.

His elder son D. Suresh Babu is a producer and his younger son Venkatesh is an actor in Telugu cinema.

He had eight grandchildren, two of whom – Rana and Naga Chaitanya – are actors in Telugu cinema.

1962

He closed down his rice mill as he was not happy with it, and moved to Madras in 1962.

He intended to start a brick business, but later switched to real estate.

His frequent visits to the "Andhra Club" got him acquainted with the Telugu film fraternities.

1963

In 1963, Ramanaidu partnered with his friends Tagirisa Hanumantha Rao, Yarlagadda Lakshmaiah Chowdary and co-produced the commercially unsuccessful Anuragam (1963).

1964

He founded Suresh Productions in 1964 which became of one of the largest film production companies in India.

He was placed in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most films produced by an individual, with more than 150 films in 13 Indian languages.

Following that, he established his own production house Suresh Productions, and produced Ramudu Bheemudu (1964).

1970

Until the early 1970s, he kept to Telugu cinema and made films such as Pratigna Palana (1965), Sri Krishna Tulabharam (1966), Shree Janma (1967), Paapa Kosam (1968) and Sepoy Chinnaiah (1969).

Ramudu Bheemudu remained his only box office success during this period.

While in Madras, he partnered with B. Nagi Reddy's sons and formed a company called "Vijaya Suresh Combines" and made some films under that house.

Namma Kuzhaindagal, Tirumangalyam, Madhurageetham, Kuzhaindaikaga and Deiva Piravi are some of his Tamil productions that were made during the 1970s.

1971

In 1971, he produced Prem Nagar, starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Vanisri.

1972

The film went on to become a "blockbuster" and its success prompted Tamil and Hindi remakes entitled Vasantha Maligai (1972) and Prem Nagar (1974), respectively.

Both versions were produced by him and became equally successful.

1983

As all the studios were based in Madras at that date, he started "Ramanaidu Studios" in Hyderabad with the help of the state government in 1983.

While frequently making films in Telugu and Tamil, he branched out into the Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya film, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Assamese and Punjabi industries.

His Hindi films include Dildaar, Tohfa, Anari, Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain and Aaghaaz.

1991

Ramanaidu contributed a substantial part of his earnings to numerous philanthropic purposes under the "Ramanaidu Charitable Trust" that was founded in 1991.

1999

He also served as a Member of Parliament for the Bapatla constituency in Andhra Pradesh in the 13th Lok Sabha from 1999 to 2004.

Ramanaidu was a member of the Telugu Desam Party and represented Baptala constituency of Guntur district in the 13th Lok Sabha from 1999 to 2004.

2004

He lost the 2004 election for the same seat in the 14th Lok Sabha.

Civilian Honors

2007

He played a full-length role for the first time in the 2007 Telugu film Hope.

2008

The feat earned him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2008.

Ramanaidu also acted in a few films, mostly his own productions.

2009

In 2009, he was conferred with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the highest award for films in Indian cinema.

He has also received the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South for his work in Telugu cinema.

2012

In 2012, Ramanaidu was conferred with the third-highest civilian award of India, the Padma Bhushan, in recognition for his contribution to Indian cinema.

2015

As of 2015, he had made more than 130 films in 13 Indian languages.