Viswanatha Nayakudu

Viswanatha Nayakudu
Directed by	Dasari Narayana Rao
Produced by	Vadde Ramesh
Written by	Dasari Narayana Rao (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	Dasari Narayana Rao
Starring	Krishna Krishnam Raju Sivaji Ganesan Jayaprada K. R. Vijaya Mohan Babu
Music by	J. V. Raghavulu
Cinematography	V. S. R. Swamy
Edited by	G. G. Krishna Rao
Production company	Padmalaya and Annapurna studios
Release dates	May 1987
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Viswanatha Nayakudu is a Telugu historical film of 1987 directed by Dasari Narayana Rao.

Plot

The story is based on the Indian historical event during 16th century. It narrates the victory of Viswanatha Nayak on his father to express his devotion towards Srikrishnadevaraya.

Viswanatha Nayak (Krishna) is the son of Nagama Nayak (Sivaji Ganesan), a successful General of Srikrishnadevaraya (Krishnam Raju) of the Vijayanagara Empire. Chola King Veerasekhara Chola invades the Madurai Kingdom and deposed the Pandya King Chandrasekhara Pandyan who was under the protection of Srikrishnadevaraya. Due to this, an enraged Srikrishnadevaraya sends Nagama Nayak to aid Chandrasekhara Pandyan. Nagama Nayak suppresses Veerasekhara Chola and takes Madurai, but then suddenly he threw off his allegiance and declining to help Chandrasekhara Pandyan usurped the throne.

So, Viswanatha Nayak volunteers to face his father in the battle ground. Nagama Nayak is defeated and the loyalty of Viswanatha Nayak is proven. Chivalry of both father and son is admired by Srikrishnadevaraya who makes Viswanatha Nayak the Governor of Madurai and other regions.

Cast

• Krishna as Viswanatha Nayak
• Krishnam Raju as Sri Krishnadevaraya
• M. Prabhakar Reddy as Timmarusu, Krishnadevaraya's minister
• Sivaji Ganesan as Nagama Nayak, Viswanatha Nayak's father
• Kanta Rao
• Mohan Babu
• K. R. Vijaya as Viswanatha Nayak's mother
• Jayaprada as Kalavati, court dancer
• Ramakrishna as Natyacharya
• Nirmalamma as Kalavati's mother
• Dhulipala
• B. Padmanabham
• Prabha
• Rajasulochana
• Ranganath as Rajaraja Chola
• Sarath Babu
• J. V. Somayajulu
• Sumalata

Crew

• Screenplay, Dialogues, Director : Dasari Narayana Rao
• Producer : Vadde Ramesh
• Studios : Padmalaya studios and Annapurna studios
• Story : Kondamudi Srirama Murthy and Yamini Saraswathi
• Dialogues : Kondaveeti Venkatakavi and Yamini Saraswathi
• Director of Photography : V. S. R. Swamy
• Editing : G. G. Krishna Rao
• Art Director : Bhaskara Raju
• Choreography : Sreenu
• Voice double for Sivaji Ganesan : Kongara Jaggaiah
• Playback singers : P. Susheela, Vani Jayaram, Raj Seetaram, V. Ramakrishna, Ramesh, Prakash Rao

Soundtrack

All lyrics written by Arudra, Dr. C. Narayana Reddy, all music composed by J. V. Raghavulu.

Songs
No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"Kavi Jana Samaaja Bhoja, Idi Natya Neerajanam" (Cast: Jayaprada)	P. Susheela
2.	"Maruvanantondi Manasu Maranantondi Manasu" (Cast: Krishna, Jayaprada)	P. Susheela, M. Ramesh
3.	"Oka Nartaki Nartinchu Vela" (Cast: Krishna, Jayaprada)

Awards

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
1987	P. Susheela (for "Kavi Jana Samaaja Bhoja")	Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer	Won
1987	V. S. R. Swamy	Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer	Won
1987	Bhaskar Raju	Nandi Award for Best Art Director	Won

External links

• Viswanatha Nayakudu at IMDb