Vishwanatha Nayakudu is a Telugu Historical film of 1987 directed by Dasari Narayana Rao

Dasari Narayana Rao

Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao B.A. is a politician, film director, and film producer. Narayana Rao directed about 150 films, produced 53 films and worked in more than 250 films as a dialogue writer and as a lyricist.Beside graduating with a BA degree, he used to take part in scores of drama competitions...

. Superstar Krishna portrayed the role of Viswanatha Nayak

Viswanatha Nayak

Viswanatha Nayak was the Vijayanagara viceroy to Madurai in south India during the 16th century. He later became the ruler of Madurai after the fall of the Vijayanagara empire...

, while Sivaji Ganesan

Sivaji Ganesan

Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan Manrayar , commonly known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan , was an Indian stage and film actor active during the latter half of the 20th century. He is one of the most respected film actors in India. He is well known for his versatility and acting skills with...

 played his father role as Nagama Nayak.

The Plot

The story is based on the Indian historical event during 16th century. It narrates the victory of Vishwanatha Nayak on his father to express his Rajabhakti towards Srikrishnadevaraya.

Cast

Character	Actor
Vishwanatha Nayak	Krishna
Srikrishnadevaraya	Krishnam Raju Krishnam Raju Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju is a former popular Telugu film actor. He was popularly known as 'Rebel Star' for his rebellious acting style...
Timmarusu Timmarusu Saluva Timmarusu or simply Timmarasa was Prime minister of Krishna Deva Raya. He had also served as prime minister under Viranarasimha Raya. He belonged to a Niyogi Telugu Brahmin family....	M. Prabhakar Reddy
	J. V. Somayajulu J. V. Somayajulu J. V. Somayajulu was an Indian theatre and film actor. His most notable role was as Sankar Sastry in the Telugu movie Shankarabharanam he has won Filmfare Best Actor Award ....
Nagama Nayak, father of Vishwanatha Nayak	Shivaji Ganesan
Kalavathi, Court dancer	Jayapradha
Mother of Vishwanatha Nayak	K. R. Vijaya K. R. Vijaya K. R. Vijaya is a popular Indian actress who has starred in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She started her career in the 1960s. She has been acting for more than four decades now in South Indian cinema. K. R...
	Mohan Babu Mohan babu Mohan Babu is an actor & producer in Telugu Cinema. He is a former Member of Parliament - Rajya Sabha and Educationist from Andhra Pradesh...
Natyacharya	Ramakrishna Ramakrishna Ramakrishna , born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay , was a famous mystic of 19th-century India. His religious school of thought led to the formation of the Ramakrishna Mission by his chief disciple Swami Vivekananda – both were influential figures in the Bengali Renaissance as well as the Hindu...
Mother of Kalavathi	Nirmalamma Nirmalamma Nirmalamma was one of the most versatile and natural character artists in the Telugu film industry of India. She has acted in more than 800 films. She was well known for her grandmother roles in several films.-Film career:...
	Sumalatha Sumalatha Sumalatha is a popular Indian film actress. She has acted in more than 200 films in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi movies.-Early life:...
	Prabha Prabha * Rama Prabha is an Indian actress.* Prabha Atre is an India n classical singer of the Kirana gharana.* Andhra Prabha is a Telugu daily newspaper launched in 1938.* Kannada Prabha a morning daily from the house of The New Indian Express Group....
	B. Padmanabham B. Padmanabham Basavaraju Venkata Padmanabha Rao , popularly known as Padmanabham, was a Tollywood actor known for his comedian roles...
	Rajasulochana
	T. L. Kanta Rao
	Sarath Babu Sarath Babu Sarath Babu is an Indian film actor, who has acted in almost all the major south Indian languages - Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. He has been in the industry for nearly 37 years and has acted in more than 200 movies, most of them in a supporting role. He has acted in 80 films each in...
	Dhulipala
Rajaraja Chola	Ranganath Ranganath (actor) Ranganath B.A. is a versatile Telugu film actor. He has acted some 300 films and played social and mythological roles.He was born in Madras in 1946. His birth name is Tirumala Sundara Sri Ranganath...

Crew

• Screenplay, Dialogues, Director : Dasari Narayana Rao
  Dasari Narayana Rao
  Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao B.A. is a politician, film director, and film producer. Narayana Rao directed about 150 films, produced 53 films and worked in more than 250 films as a dialogue writer and as a lyricist.Beside graduating with a BA degree, he used to take part in scores of drama competitions...
  
  
• Producer : Vadde Ramesh
• Studios : Padmalaya studios and Annapurna studios
• Story : Kondamudi Srirama Murthy and Yamini Saraswathi
• Dialogues : Kondaveeti Venkatakavi and Yamini Saraswathi
• Director of Photography : V. S. R. Swamy
• Editing : G. G. Krishna Rao
• Art Director : Bhaskara Raju
• Choreography : Sreenu
• Lyrics : Arudra and Dr. C. Narayana Reddy
• Music Director : J. V. Raghavulu
  J. V. Raghavulu
  Jetti Veera Raghavulu, better known as J. V. Raghavulu was an eminent Indian Music director and Playback singer. He started as playback singer and became a music director after the sudden death of Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao. His debut was Drohi of Suresh Productions...
  
  
• Playback singers : P. Susheela
  P. Susheela
  Pulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...
  
  , Vani Jayaram
  Vani Jayaram
  Vani Jayaram , the unmatched nightingle of India, is a prominent Indian female playback singer. She has recorded more than 8,000 songs in 14 different languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Hindi...
  
  , Raj Seetaram, V. Ramakrishna
  V. Ramakrishna
  V. Ramakrishna is a playback singer in South India. Some of his Bhakti Songs are memorable.-Life sketch: He was born to V. Rangasai and Ratnam on August 20, 1947. He is also related to P. Susheela.He graduated from B.Sc in his young age. Impressed by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao he took up to...
  
  , Ramesh, Prakash Rao
• Voice double for Shivaji Ganesan : Kongara Jaggaiah

Soundtrack

• Kavi Jana Samaaja Bhoja - Idi Natya Neerajanam (Singer: P. Susheela
  P. Susheela
  Pulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...
  
  ; Cast: Jayapradha)
• Maruvanantondi Manasu Maranantondi Manasu (Singers: P. Susheela and M. Ramesh; Cast: Krishna and Jayapradha)
• Oka Narthaki Narthinchu Vela (Cast: Krishna and Jayapradha)

Awards

• P. Susheela
  P. Susheela
  Pulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...
  
   won the Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer
  Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer
  The Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer winners:...
  
  in 1987 from Government of Andhra Pradesh.

External Links

• Vishwanatha Nayakudu film at IMDb.