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Chittajallu Pullayya (Telugu: చిత్తజల్లు పుల్లయ్య; 1898 – 6 October 1967) was an Indian film director and screenwriter. He is one of the earliest film personalities in Telugu cinema being associated with the industry right from the silent era. In 1933, he made his feature film directorial debut with East India Film Company's first Telugu film Sati Savitri in Calcutta which received an honorary diploma at the Venice Film Festival. He then directed (1934) and Sati Anasuya (1936), the first Telugu children's film made with sixty child actors.

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  • Chittajallu Pullayya (Telugu: చిత్తజల్లు పుల్లయ్య; 1898 – 6 October 1967) was an Indian film director and screenwriter. He is one of the earliest film personalities in Telugu cinema being associated with the industry right from the silent era. Pullayya started his film career in 1921 as a camera apprentice to the father of Telugu cinema, Raghupati Venkaiah Naidu’s 'Star of the East' in Madras, and at 'Kohinoor' in Bombay. He was also the playwright for Kakinada-based Young Men’s Happy Club. He made a silent three-reel short film Bhakta Markandeya (1926 or 1931) and to exhibit it he started a tent theatre named 'City Electric Cinema' and took the projector and chairs to various towns and exhibited the film, thus pioneering a movie theatre movement in Andhra. He later ran the permanent Minerva theatre. In 1933, he made his feature film directorial debut with East India Film Company's first Telugu film Sati Savitri in Calcutta which received an honorary diploma at the Venice Film Festival. He then directed (1934) and Sati Anasuya (1936), the first Telugu children's film made with sixty child actors. He continued to direct films like Vara Vikrayam (1939), Maalati Madhavam (1940), Pakka Inti Ammayi (1953) under the East India Film Company. He directed Bala Nagamma (1942) and Apoorva Sahodarulu (1950) under Gemini Pictures after shifting base to Madras. He is well remembered for Lava Kusa (1963), the story of Lava and Kusa in Hindu epic Ramayana, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. Pullayya introduced Bhanumathi and Anjali Devi to the film industry through Vara Vikrayam (1939) and Gollabhama (1947) respectively. (en)
  • Chittajallu Pullaiah yang juga dikenal sebagai C. Pullaiah (Telugu: సి.పుల్లయ్య) (kelahiran 1898 - kematian 6 Oktober 1967) adalah seorang sutradara film India, yang dikenal karena kebanyakan karyanya dalam sinema Telugu. Ia dikenal sebagai bapak gerakan teater Telugu.Pada 1933, ia membuat debut penyutradaraan filmnya dengan film India pertama buatan Perusahaan Film India Timur yang meraih gelar diploma kehormatan di Festival Film Venesia.Ia kemudian menyutradarai Sati Anasuya, film anak-anak pertama dan (1934). Ia melanjutkan penyutradaraan ,, dan Malathi Madhavam di bawah naungan Perusahaan Film India Timur.Ia menyutradarai , Apoorva Sahodarargal dan di bawah naungan Gemini Pictures setelah memindahkan basis ke Madras.Ia paling diingat karena film (1963), sebuah kisah dari Lava dan Kusha dalam epik Hindu Ramayana, yang memenangkan Penghargaan Film Nasional untuk Film Fitur Terbaik dalam bahasa Telugu. (in)
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  • Chittajallu Pullayya (en)
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  • Chittajallu Pullayya (Telugu: చిత్తజల్లు పుల్లయ్య; 1898 – 6 October 1967) was an Indian film director and screenwriter. He is one of the earliest film personalities in Telugu cinema being associated with the industry right from the silent era. In 1933, he made his feature film directorial debut with East India Film Company's first Telugu film Sati Savitri in Calcutta which received an honorary diploma at the Venice Film Festival. He then directed (1934) and Sati Anasuya (1936), the first Telugu children's film made with sixty child actors. (en)
  • Chittajallu Pullaiah yang juga dikenal sebagai C. Pullaiah (Telugu: సి.పుల్లయ్య) (kelahiran 1898 - kematian 6 Oktober 1967) adalah seorang sutradara film India, yang dikenal karena kebanyakan karyanya dalam sinema Telugu. Ia dikenal sebagai bapak gerakan teater Telugu.Pada 1933, ia membuat debut penyutradaraan filmnya dengan film India pertama buatan Perusahaan Film India Timur yang meraih gelar diploma kehormatan di Festival Film Venesia.Ia kemudian menyutradarai Sati Anasuya, film anak-anak pertama dan (1934). (in)
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