T. Trivikrama Rao

T. Trivikrama Rao was an Indian film producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. He produced several successful films under the banner of Vijayalakshmi Art Pictures. Some of the notable films he produced include Justice Chowdary (1982), Gudachari No. 1 (1983), Donga (1985), Kondaveeti Donga (1990), Jamai Raja (1990), Rowdy Inspector (1992), Bobbili Simham (1994), Sarada Bullodu (1996), Aahwanam (1997), and Badri (2000). He worked with prominent actors such as N. T. Rama Rao, Krishna, Krishnam Raju, Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, Venkatesh, and Pawan Kalyan.^[2]

T. Trivikrama Rao
Born	Palakonda, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, India[1]
Died	(2008-12-03)3 December 2008 Hyderabad
Occupation	film producer

Early life

Trivikrama Rao was born in Palakonda of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh.^[1] He had three daughters and a son.^[2]

Career

Trivikrama Rao made successful films with lead actors like N. T. Rama Rao, Krishna, Krishnam Raju, Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, Venkatesh, and Pawan Kalyan.^[1]

He was instrumental in introducing director Puri Jagannadh to the film industry with the movie Badri (2000). Noticing Puri's speed and efficiency during the production of the film, Trivikrama Rao predicted that he would go on to make fifty films, a statement Puri often recalls.^[2]

On December 3, 2008, Trivikrama Rao passed away due to a heart attack at a private hospital in Hyderabad.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Cast	Director	Notes	ref
1976	Monagadu	Sobhan Babu, Jayasudha, Manjula Vijayakumar	T. Krishna		[4]
1979	Bangaru Chellalu	Sobhan Babu, Jayasudha, Sridevi, Murali Mohan	B. Subba Rao		[5]
1980	Gharana Donga	Krishna, Sridevi	K. Raghavendra Rao		[6]
1981	Ragile Jwala	Krishnam Raju, Sujatha, Jaya Prada	K. Raghavendra Rao		[7]
1982	Justice Chowdary	N. T. Rama Rao, Sridevi	K. Raghavendra Rao		[8]
1983	Gudachari No.1	Chiranjeevi, Radhika	Kodi Ramakrishna		[9]
1984	Yuddham	Krishna, Krishnam Raju, Jaya Prada, Jayasudha	Dasari Narayana Rao		[10]
1985	Donga	Chiranjeevi, Radha	A. Kodandarami Reddy		[11]
1988	Waqt Ki Awaz	Sridevi, Mithun Chakraborty, Gulshan Grover, Kader Khan	K. Bapayya	Hindi Movie	[12]
1990	Kondaveeti Donga	Chiranjeevi, Radha, Vijayashanti, Sharada	A. Kodandarami Reddy		[13]
1990	Jamai Raja	Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Hema Malini	A. Kodandarami Reddy	Hindi Movie	[14]
1992	Rowdy Inspector	Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayashanti	B. Gopal		[15]
1994	Bobbili Simham	Nandamuri Balakrishna, Meena, Roja	A. Kodandarami Reddy		[16]
1996	Sarada Bullodu	Venkatesh, Nagma	Ravi Raja Pinisetty		[17]
1997	Aahvaanam	Meka Srikanth, Ramya Krishnan, Heera Rajagopal	S. V. Krishna Reddy		[18]
2000	Badri	Pawan Kalyan, Amisha Patel, Renu Desai	Puri Jagannadh		[19]
2001	Prematho Raa	Venkatesh, Simran	Udayasankar		[20]

Death

Trivikrama Rao died because of cardiac arrest on 3 December 2008 in a private hospital in Hyderabad.^[21]