Padmalaya_Studios

Padmalaya Studios

Indian film production and distribution company

Padmalaya Studios is an Indian film production and distribution company established by actor Krishna and his brothers.^[2] Based in Hyderabad it mainly produces and distributes Telugu and Hindi films. The studio currently operates through its successors Indira Productions and G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment and Krishna Productions Pvt. Ltd.^[3]

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Padmalaya Studios
Company type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	1970
Founder	Ghattamaneni Krishna
Successors	Indira Productions G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment Krishna Productions Pvt.Ltd
Headquarters	Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad , India
Key people	G. Krishna G. Adiseshagiri Rao G. Hanumantha Rao
Products	Films
Services	Film production Film distribution
Owner	Ghattamaneni Krishna
Subsidiaries	Sri Padmalaya Movies Padmalaya Pictures Padmalaya Combines Padmalaya Films Ratna Movies Padmalaya Creatives Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd^[1] Padmalaya Arts

Padmalaya Movies was established as a film production company by Krishna and his brothers with the film Agni Pariksha (1970). Later, Krishna was given 9.5 acres of land in 1982, by the then state government of Andhra Pradesh to foster film development in Hyderabad. The film studio complex, Padmalaya Studios, was opened in November 1984. The first film shot in the studio was Simhasanam (1986).^[4]

History

Padmalaya Movies

Padmalaya Movies, a film production company, was established by Telugu actor Krishna and his brothers in 1970. The first film made on the banner was Agni Pariksha (1970).^[3]^[5] Later, Padmalaya produced Mosagallaku Mosagadu, first Telugu western film in 1971.^[6]

Padmalaya Studios

Krishna was given 9.5 acres of land in Shaikpet Mandal in 1982 at a price of ₹8,500 per acre, by the then state government of Andhra Pradesh. Padmalaya Studios was opened in November 1984.^[7] The first film shot in the studio was Simhasanam (1986).^[4] Currently, the studio stands on about 4 acres.^[2]

Controversy

Krishna was given 9.5 acres of land in Shaikpet Mandal in 1982 at a price of ₹8,500 per acre, by the then state government of Andhra Pradesh. According to sources, the market price of the land at that time was approximately ₹5 lakh per acre.^[2] The 9.5 acres was part of the 50-acre land that was given by the Marri Chenna Reddy government to the Telugu film industry to lure them to move base from Madras (now Chennai) to Hyderabad.

The land was given strictly for a film facility, under the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana area) alienation of state lands and land revenue rules of 1975. But the owners soon sold 5.3 acres to third parties. Currently, the studio stands on just about 4 acres.^[2]

Filmography

Telugu

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Year	Title	Cast	Director	Notes	Ref.
1970	Agni Pariksha	Krishna, Vijaya Nirmala	K. Varaprasada Rao		^[8]
1971	Mosagallaku Mosagadu	Krishna, Vijaya Nirmala, Jayalalithaa, Nagabhushanam	K. S. R. Das	First Indian western film, and first film dubbed into English	^[9]
1973	Devudu Chesina Manushulu	N. T. Rama Rao, Krishna, Jayalalithaa, Vijaya Nirmala	V. Ramachandra Rao		^[10]
1974	Alluri Seetarama Raju	Krishna, Vijaya Nirmala, Jaggayya	V. Ramachandra Rao		^[11]
1977	Kurukshetram	Krishna, Vijaya Nirmala, Sobhan Babu, Krishnam Raju, Jaya Prada, Jamuna, Anjali Devi	Kamalakara Kameswara Rao		^[12]
1982	Eenadu	Krishna, Radhika	P. Sambasiva Rao		^[13]
1986	Simhasanam	Krishna, Jaya Prada, Radha, Mandakini, Amjad Khan	Krishna		^[14]
1987	Marana Sasanam	Krishnam Raju, Jayasudha	S.S. Ravichandra		^[15]
1988	Mugguru Kodukulu	Krishna, Radha, Ramesh Babu, Mahesh Babu, Sonam	Krishna		^[16]
1989	Rajakeeya Chadarangam	Krishna, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sujatha	P. Chandrasekhara Reddy
1989	Koduku Diddina Kapuram	Krishna, Mahesh Babu, Vijayashanti	Krishna		^[17]
1990	Balachandrudu	Mahesh Babu, Geetha	Krishna		^[18]
1993	Anna Chellelu	Ramesh Babu, Aamani, Soundarya	P. Chandrasekhara Reddy		^[19]
1994	Pacha Thoranam	Ramesh Babu, Rambha	Adurti Saibhaskar		^[20]
1994	Police Alludu	Krishna, Malashri, Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivasa Rao	Mannava Balayya		^[21]
2000	Vamsi	Mahesh Babu, Namrata Shirodkar, Krishna	B. Gopal		^[22]
2001	Pandanti Samsaram	Krishna, Babloo Prithiveeraj	Krishna		^[23]
2004	Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi	R. P. Patnaik, Padmapriya Janakiraman, Navaneet Kaur, Prakash Raj	E. Srinivas	Under Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd	^[24]
2004	Sakhiya	Tarun Kumar, Nauheed Cyrusi, Lakshmi	Jayanth C. Paranjee	Under Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd	^[25]
2005	Chakram	Prabhas, Asin, Charmy Kaur, Prakash Raj	Krishna Vamsi	Under Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd	^[26]

Hindi

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Year	Title	Cast	Director	Ref.
1980	Takkar	Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Zeenat Aman, Jaya Prada, Ashok Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Bindiya Goswami	K. Bapayya	^[27]
1983	Himmatwala	Jeetendra, Sridevi	K. Raghavendra Rao	^[28]
1983	Justice Chaudhury	Jeetendra, Sridevi, Hema Malini, Moushumi Chatterjee	K. Raghavendra Rao	^[29]
1983	Mawaali	Jeetendra, Sridevi, Jaya Prada	K. Bapayya	^[30]
1984	Qaidi	Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Madhavi	S. S. Ravichandra	^[31]
1984	Kaamyab	Jeetendra, Shabana Azmi, Radha	K. Raghavendra Rao	^[32]
1985	Hoshiyar	Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Jaya Prada, Meenakshi Sheshadri	K. Raghavendra Rao	^[33]
1985	Pataal Bhairavi	Jeetendra, Jaya Prada	K. Bapayya	^[34]
1986	Singhasan	Jeetendra, Jaya Prada, Mandakini	Krishna	^[35]
1988	Mulzim	Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Amrita Singh	K. S. R. Das	^[36]
1988	Kanwarlal	Jeetendra, Sujata Mehta, Raj Babbar	S. S. Ravichandra	^[37]
1999	Sooryavansham	Amitabh Bachchan, Soundarya, Jayasudha, Kader Khan, Anupam Kher, Bindu, Mukesh Rishi	E. V. V. Satyanarayana	^[38]
2001	Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya	Govinda, Juhi Chawla, Tabu	K. Raghavendra Rao	^[39]
2002	Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa	Tusshar Kapoor, Esha Deol, Raj Babbar, Neena Kulkarni, Rajesh Khanna, Smita Jaykar, Ashok Saraf	Sanjay Chhel	^[40]
2004	Ishq Hai Tumse	Dino Morea, Bipasha Basu	Ghattamaneni Krishna	^[41]

Tamil

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Year	Title	Cast	Director	Ref.
1980	Vishwaroopam	Shivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Sridevi, Major Sundarrajan	A. C. Tirulokchandar	^[42]
1982	Thyagi	Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Major Sundarrajan, V. S. Raghavan	C. V. Rajendran	^[43]
1986	Maaveeran	Rajinikanth, Ambika, Jaishankar, Sujatha	Rajasekhar

Kannada

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Year	Title	Cast	Director	Notes	Ref.
1985	Amara Jyothi	Ambareesh, Madhavi	B Subba Rao		^[44]

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"Eenadu (1982)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Simhasanam (1986)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Marana Sasanam (1987)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Mugguru Kodukulu (1988)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Koduku Diddina Kapuram (1989)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Balachandrudu (1990)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Anna Chellelu (1993)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Takkar (1980)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Himmatwala (1983)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Justice Chaudhury (1983)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Mawaali (1983)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Qaidi (1984)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Kaamyaab (1984)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Hoshiyar (1985)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Pataal Bhairavi (1985)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Singhasan (1986)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Mulzim (1988)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Kanwarlal (1988)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Sooryavansham (1999)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya (2001)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa (2002)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Ishq Hai Tumse (2004)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Vishwa Roopam (1980)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Thyagi (1982)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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"Amara Jyothi (1985)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

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