Bhanumathi Ramakrishna

Present (1941-2006) 

Hindi , Telugu , Tamil , Kannada

                 Dr. paluvayi bhanumathi ramakrishna (7 sept 1925 – 24 december 2005) was a noted indian film histrion, director, conductor, singer, producer, book author and songs author. most of her works area unit in telugu and tamil languages.

Life

                     She was born as third kid to saraswatamma and bommaraju venkata subbaiah, in doddavaram village of prakasam district, andhra pradesh. she grew up looking at her father playing stage shows. her father, venkatasubbiah, was a staunch lover of music genre and gave her early coaching in music.

                   During the shooting of the film krishna prema, she met p. s. ramakrishna rao, associate degree assistant director for that film. he was a movie producer, director and editor of telugu and tamil films. the couple later married on 8 august 1943 and later launched a preferred production company, bharani photos on their son's name.

                She died at the age of eighty years in chennai.

Awards

Bhanumati was awarded the padma bhushan, the third highest civilian recognition by the government of india. 

Padma shri, in 1966.

Rashtrapati award from govt of india for best actress - antastulu, palanati yuddham.

Kalaprapoorna, andhra university, visakhapatnam, in 1975.

Kalaimamani (connoisseur of arts), government of tamilnadu, in 1983.

Honorary doctorate, sri venkateswara university, tirupathi, in 1984.

Raghupathi venkaiah award, from the government of andhra pradesh, in 1986 

Best director, nandi award, in 1986

Raja-lakshmi award for the year 1998 from sri raja-lakshmi foundation, chennai

Ntr national award, from the government of andhra pradesh, in 2000

Padma bhushan, prestigious national award in 2003

She won the national film award for best book on cinema for her naalo nenu in 1994.