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Bapu is an Indian film director, known for his works in Telugu cinema He is a music artist, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, and designer. In 2013, he was awarded the Padma Shri, for his contribution to Indian art and cinema. He has won two National Film Awards, five Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Best Director Awards in Telugu and a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South for the year 2012. He has also directed Bollywood films like Hum Paanch, Seeta Swayamvar, Anokha Bhakt, Bezubaan, Woh Saat Din, Pyari Behna, Mohobbat, Mera Dharam, Diljala and Prem Pratigya. He has also directed a Tamil film Neeti Devan Mayagugiran.
Bapu was a delegate at the seminar on Children’s Books sponsored by UNESCO in Bangalore in 1964. The same year, he gave demonstrations for the training course programme on book illustrations and cover designs sponsored by UNESCO in Chennai. He was Art Consultant for the Southern Language Book Trust sponsored by the Ford Foundation in 1960s. He has designed and illustrated several books for leading publishers in South India out of which, five received Government Awards. He has also done the same for innumerable works drawn from the puranas and folklore.
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