M. Balayya

M. Balayya
M. Balayya
Born	1930; Chavapadu, Guntur district, Madras Presidency, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1957–present
Known for	Cinema
Spouse(s)	Mannava Kamaladevi
Children	Harshalatha; Mohini Latha; M. Thulasi Ramprasad
Parents	Mannava Guruvaiah (father); Mannava Annapoornamma (mother);

Mannava Balaiah (or Balayya) is an actor, writer, director and producer in Telugu cinema.^[1] He acted in 300 films.^{[citation needed]}

Brief lifesketch[]

He was born at Chavupadu, Amaravathi mandalam, Guntur district to Mannava Guravaiah Chowdary and Annapurnamma. He studied Engineering B.E. (mechanical) in Guindy Engineering College, Chennai. Inspired by the drama during his college days, Balaiah ventured into movies with guidance from Tapi Chanakya.

He made his debut as an actor with Ethuku Pai Ethu – a social film directed by Tapi Chanakya and made by Sarathi Studios. Films such as Parvati Kalyanam, Bhagyadevata, established him as an actor. ANR played Narada role in Parvati Kalyanam. There was yet another film they acted together, after a while, Chenchu Lakshmi film starring ANR and Anjali and directed by B.A.Subba Rao for his own banner, with Balaiah and Krishna Kumari were interesting mythological films. He acted in nearly three hundred films and established in 1970.

A play penned by him Nalupu Telupu (Black-white) later made into Chelleli Kapuram and received Gold Nandi award from Andhra Pradesh Government. Even films like Neramu Siksha, were penned by him. Well known for his histrionics, Balaiah became a name to reckon with in character oriented roles. He was awarded with the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for the year 2012.

Filmography[]

This is partial filmography of M. Balaiah. Please help by expanding it.

Actor[]

Year	Movie title	Character
1958	Ettuku Pai Ettu
1958		Lord Shiva
1959	Bhagya Devata	Doctor
1959	Manorama
1960	Chivaraku Migiledi	Prakash Rao
1960	Kumkuma Rekha
1961	Krishna Prema	Lord Krishna
1962
1962
1963	Irugu Porugu	Ramu / Johnny
1964	Babruvahana	Balarama
1964	Bobbili Yudham	Dharmarayudu
1964	Vivaha Bandham
1964	Manchi Manishi	DSP
1965	Pandava Vanavasam	Arjuna
1966	Shri Krishna Pandaviyam	Yudhishthira
1966	Monagallaku Monagadu
1966	Palnati Yudham
1968	Nene Monaganni
1970	Lakshmi Kataksham
1971	Vikramarka Vijayam	Vinayadandudu
1972	Bala Bharatam	Mahendra
1973	Neramu Siksha	Chinnaiah
1974	Alluri Seetharama Raju	Ghantam Dora
1975	Annadammula Katha	Satyam
1976	Bhakta Kannappa	Lord Shiva
1976	Ramarajyamlo Raktapasam
1977	Kurukshetram	Yudhishtira (DharmaRaja)
1977	Chiranjeevi Rambabu	Raghavaiah
1983	Nijam Chebithe Nerama	Commissioner of Police
1986	Tandra Paparayudu
1987		Lord Shiva
1992	Peddarikam
1992	Alexander
1993	Ankuram	Sindhura's father
1993	Gaayam	Chari
1994	Pachcha Toranam
1994	Yamaleela	Brahma
1997	Annamayya	Narayana Suri
1997	Pelli Sandadi
2002	Manmadhudu	Abhiram's grandfather
2002	Tappu Chesi Pappu Koodu	Zamindar Bhupathi
2003	Okariki Okaru	Swapna's grandfather
2004	Malliswari	Ram Mohan Rao
2006	Veedhi
2008	Pandurangadu
2009	Mitrudu	Aditya's grandfather
2010	Prasthanam	Dasaradha Rama Naidu
2011	Sri Rama Rajyam	Vasishta
2012	Devaraya	Mahamamthri Thimmarusu
2013	Ramachari	Chief Minister Harishchandra Prasad

Producer[]

No.	Year	Movie title	Actors	Info
1	1971	Chelleli Kapuram	Sobhan Babu, Vanisri, Nagabhushanam	Also Story Writer
2	1973	Neramu Siksha	Krishna, Bharati	Also Story Writer
3	1975	Annadammula Katha
4	1977	Eenati Bandam Yenatido	Krishna, Jaya Prada	Music: S. Rajeswara Rao
5	1978	Prema Paga	Murali Mohan
6	1980	Chuttalunnaru Jagratha	Krishna, Sridevi
7	1981	Ooriki Ichina Maata	Chiranjeevi, Madhavi, Kavitha
8	1983	Kirayi Alludu	Krishna, Jayasudha, Satyannarayana
9	1986	Pasupu Taadu	Mannava Tulasiram Prasad, Sarath Babu, Radha
10	1987	Allari Paandavulu	Mannava Tulasiram Prasad, Ashwini	Music: Raj–Koti

Director[]

No.	Year	Movie title	Actors	Info
1	1983	Nijam Chebite Nerama?	Krishnam Raju, Jaya Prada
2	1986	Pasupu Tadu		Story Writer and Screenplay
3	1994	Police Alludu

Story writer[]

No.	Year	Movie title	Actors
1	1971	Chellili Kapuram	Sobhan Babu, Vanisri
2	1973	Neramu Siksha	Krishna, Bharati
3	1981	Chuttalunnaru Jagratha	Krishna
4	1985	Wafadaar	Rajinikanth, Shakti Kapoor
5	1986	Pasupu Tadu

Awards[]

Nandi Award for Second Best Story Writer - Oorukichchina Maata (1981) ^[2]

References[]

^ "Balaiah". Maastars. MAA. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

External links[]

M. Balayya at IMDb

[maastars-1] "Balaiah". Maastars. MAA. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

[2] "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

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v Raghupathi Venkaiah Award
1980–1990	1980: L. V. Prasad (director and producer) 1981: P. Pullaiah and Santha Kumari (director and producer) 1982: B. A. Subba Rao (director, producer and writer) 1983: M. A. Rahman 1984: Kosaraju (lyricist, poet and actor) 1985: Bhanumathi (actor, producer, singer, music director, and writer) 1986: Bapu and Mullapudi Venkata Ramana 1987: B. Nagi Reddy (producer) 1988: D. V. S. Raju (producer) 1989: Akkineni Nageswara Rao (actor) 1990: Dasari Narayana Rao (actor, director, and producer)
1991–2000	1991: K. Viswanath (Film director) 1992: S. Rajeswara Rao (composer) 1993: D. Madhusudhana Rao (producer) 1994: Anjali Devi (actress) 1995: K. S. Prakash Rao (actor, cinematographer, director, producer) 1996: Inturi Venkateswara Rao 1997: V. Madhusudhan Rao 1998: Gummadi (actor) 1999: P. Shanthakumari (actress and producer) 2000: Kanta Rao (actor, producer)
2001–present	2001: Allu Ramalingaiah (actor) 2002: P. Susheela (playback singer) 2003: V. B. Rajendra Prasad (producer) 2004: Krishnaveni (actress and producer) 2005: M. S. Reddy (producer, writer, and director) 2006: Daggubati Rama Naidu (producer, actor) 2007: Tammareddy Krishna Murthy (producer) 2008: Vijaya Nirmala (actress, producer and director) 2009: K. Ragava (producer) 2010: M. Balayya (actor, producer and director) 2011: Kaikala Satyanarayana (actor, producer and director) 2012: Kodi Ramakrishna (director) 2013: Vanisri (actress) 2014: Krishnam Raju (actor) 2015: Eswar (publicity designer, writer) 2016: Chiranjeevi (actor, producer)