Name V. Rajendra | Died 1981, Chennai | |
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Full Name Chalapathi Naidu Born 1932 Koruturu, Nellore, India | ||
Vantimitta Venkata Rajendra Kumar shortly V. V. Rajendra Kumar (b: 1932 - d: 13 February 1981) was an Indian Art director, Publicity Designer (Studio Roopkala) and Film Producer (Adithya Chitra Films).
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Some of the notable films he has worked for are Ramudu Bheemudu (1964), Sri Krishna Thulabharam (1966) and so on. His first film as Art director was Gutta Ramineedu's Chivaraku Migiledi (1960). He also produced Mathru Murthy (1971), Manushulantha Okkate (1976) and Mahapurushudu (1981).
Early life
Rajendra Kumar was born as Chalapathi Naidu in Koruturu, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh in 1932. He is often known in the film industry as V. V. R. Kumar. He has assisted National Film Award winning Art Director Sri. T. V. S. Sarma before coming up independently.
Career
His first film as an Art Director was Chivaraku Migiledi (1960). Apart from Telugu movies, he worked on 15 Tamil films by C. V. Sridhar's Chitralaya and V.C. Guhanathan. His first film as a Producer was Mathru Murthy (1971) in partnership with Kandepi Satyanarayana. His second film as producer, Manushulanta Okkate (1976) was the first combination of Director Dasari Narayana Rao and Actor Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao which was a Silver Jubilee hit. The producer credits published for his films was V. Mahesh, who is his younger brother.
Personal life
Rajendra Kumar had two sisters named V. Sudarsanamma, S. Leelavathi and a brother V. Mahesh who is a film and television producer and writer. Rajendra Kumar was married and had three daughters named Suhasini, Sunandini, Shalini and a son V. Yajuvendra.
Filmography
Below is a list of few films worked by V. V. Rajendra Kumar as an Art Director. Apart from the below listed films, Rajendra Kumar has worked for 100+ movies as publicity designer under his company 'Studio Roopkala'.