Annamayya

Annamayya was born in Tallapaka village, Kadapa District and dedicated his life to writing and singing hymns at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, facing challenges from priests and Brahmins who did not like his social inclusion of lower castes in the temple. Annamayya is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language History Musical motion picture featuring Mohan Babu, Suman, Ramya Krishna, Bhanupriya, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Mohan Babu Manchu and Sravanthi Chokkarapu. VMC Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) V. Doraswamy Raju. Annamayya is written by J.k. Bharavi and J. K. Bharavi and it is directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. Annamayya was released on 22nd May 1997 and takes a screen time of 147 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by K. Raghavendra Rao. Cinematography was done by A. Vincent and Ajayan Vincent and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani. At the 1998 National Film Awards It won an award for Best Music Director. At the 1998 South Filmfare Awards It also won an award for Best Actor (Nagarjuna Akkineni). At the 1998 National Film Awards It also won an award for Best Music Director.