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K. Bapaiah

  • Director
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  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Kovelamudi Bapayya or K. Bapaiah is famous Indian film director. He has directed about 80 films in Telugu and Hindi languages. He lost his parents in early childhood and looked after by his paternal uncle K. S. Prakash Rao. He has studied in Vijayawada and Chennai. He has joined under director K. B. Tilak as an apprentice for the films Muddu Bidda, M.L.A. (1957) and Attaa Okinti Kodale. He started working under Suresh Productions with Tapi Chanakya for their debut film Ramudu Bheemudu (1964). D. Ramanaidu offered him to direct the film Drohi in 1970. Soggadu (1975) blockbuster film in Telugu was later remade in Hindi by Suresh Productions as Dildaar and was a big hit in Northern India. He has directed about 80 films in Telugu and Hindi languages. Some of the hit films include Eduru Leni Manishi, Soggadu, Mande Gundelu, Mundadugu, Gurusishyulu, and Chattamtho Poratam in Telugu, and Dildaar, Dil Aur Deewar, and Maqsad in Hindi. In Bollywood, he worked mostly with Jeetendra and Mithun Chakraborty. He has two daughters, both are married.
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    Sridevi in Makutamleni Maharaju (1987)
    Makutamleni Maharaju
    3.8
    • Director
    • 1987
    Aggirava (1981)
    Aggirava
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1981
    Dharmendra, Sridevi, Poonam Dhillon, Jeetendra, Anil Kapoor, and Kimi Katkar in Sone Pe Suhaaga (1988)
    Sone Pe Suhaaga
    4.1
    • Director
    • 1988
    Madhuri Dixit, Govinda, and Dilip Kumar in Izzatdaar (1990)
    Izzatdaar
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1990

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    • Diya Aur Toofan (1995)
      Diya Aur Toofan
      4.3
      • Director
      • 1995
    • Laxmikant Berde, Pankaj Dheer, Meena, and Chunky Pandey in Parda Hai Parda (1992)
      Parda Hai Parda
      7.5
      • Director
      • 1992
    • Kasak (1992)
      Kasak
      5.3
      • Director
      • 1992
    • Pyar Hua Chori Chori (1991)
      Pyar Hua Chori Chori
      6.7
      • Director
      • 1991
    • Pyar Ka Devta (1990)
      Pyar Ka Devta
      3.7
      • Director
      • 1990
    • Madhuri Dixit, Govinda, and Dilip Kumar in Izzatdaar (1990)
      Izzatdaar
      5.0
      • Director
      • 1990
    • Pyar Ka Karz (1990)
      Pyar Ka Karz
      6.7
      • Director
      • 1990
    • Sikka (1989)
      Sikka
      4.6
      • Director
      • 1989
    • Dharmendra, Sridevi, Poonam Dhillon, Jeetendra, Anil Kapoor, and Kimi Katkar in Sone Pe Suhaaga (1988)
      Sone Pe Suhaaga
      4.1
      • Director
      • 1988
    • Sridevi, Mithun Chakraborty, and Kader Khan in Waqt Ki Awaz (1988)
      Waqt Ki Awaz
      5.3
      • Director
      • 1988
    • Shakti Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Kader Khan, Raj Kiran, Shreeram Lagoo, Rameshwari, and Amrita Singh in Charanon Ki Saugandh (1988)
      Charanon Ki Saugandh
      5.9
      • Director
      • 1988
    • Pyar Ka Mandir (1988)
      Pyar Ka Mandir
      6.0
      • Director
      • 1988
    • Mard Ki Zabaan (1987)
      Mard Ki Zabaan
      5.5
      • Director
      • 1987
    • Sridevi, Poonam Dhillon, and Jeetendra in Himmat Aur Mehanat (1987)
      Himmat Aur Mehanat
      5.3
      • Director
      • 1987
    • Maa Voori Magadu (1987)
      Maa Voori Magadu
      4.8
      • Director
      • 1987

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    • Sridevi in Makutamleni Maharaju (1987)
      Makutamleni Maharaju
      3.8
      • screenplay
      • 1987
    • Aggirava (1981)
      Aggirava
      6.3
      • screenplay
      • 1981

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Akkineni Nageswara Rao in Sepoy Chinnaiah (1969)
      Sepoy Chinnaiah
      • associate director
      • 1969

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