L.V.Prasad
produced memorable films in many Indian languages, some of which he
himself directed. The
first film was Ilavelpu in Telugu. Almost all the films
produced by L.V.Prasad were made under the banner of Prasad Productions
making it a household name in those days. Sharada produced in 1957
received unanimous acclaim from the press. The Statesman called it
as a film which one should not miss. Screen called it
a high powered melodrama punctuated with good humored interludes.
In 1981 Ek Duuje Ke Liye directed by K.Balachander created
waves across India and got him the filmfare award for best screenplay.
L.V.Prasad, as a film producer gave opportunities to many famous directors
of later years to direct his films. Some of them are D.Yoganand, T.Prakash
Rao, Srikanth, A.Subba Rao, Kotayya Pratyagatma, Ramakrishna and Chander
Vohra to name a few. He also worked with some of the famous directors
of the time including K.Balachander and Dasari Narayan Rao.
The stars in his films included such famous personalities as Raj Kapoor,
Meena Kumari, N.T.Rama Rao, A.Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi, Shavukar
Janaki, Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Kamal Hassan, Rati Agnihotri, Madhavi,
Rajendra Kumar, Saroja Devi, Mehmood, Sunil Dutt, Ashok Kumar, Nutan,
Jamuna, Pran, Tanuja, Mumtaz, Raakhee, Shatrughan Sinha, Asrani, Muthuraman,
Reena Roy, Asha Parekh, Bindya Goswami, Vinod Mehra, Shabana Azmi,
Sarika, Smita Patel, Raj Babbar, Meenakshi Seshadri and Shashi Kapoor
to name some.
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1956
ILLAVELPU
Language : Telugu
Director : D.Yoganand
Cast : Anjali Devi, A.Nageshwara Rao |
1957
Film : Sharada
Language : Hindi
Director : L.V.Prasad
Screenplay : Inder Raj
Dialogues : Vishwamitter Adil
Lyrics : Rajendra Krishna
Music : C.Ramachandra
Photography : Mukadam
Cast : Meena Kumari, Raj Kapoor |
1959
Film : Chhoti Bahen
Language : Hindi
Director : L.V.Prasad
Screenplay & Dialogues : Inder Raj Anand
Lyrics : Sailendra & Hasrat
Music : Shankar & Jaikishan
Photography : Dwarka Divecha
Cast : Balraj Sahni, Shyama |
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