What is Bapu (movie director)?
{{Infobox person | name = Bapu | image =Director-bapu-death.jpg | caption = 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date|1933|12|15}} | birth_place = [[Narsapur]], [[India]] | height = | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|8|31|1933|12|15}} | death_place = [[Chennai]], India | birth_name = Satthiraju Lakshminarayana | othername = bapu | homepage = [http://bapuartcollection.com/ bapuartcollection.com] | alma mater = [[University of Madras]] | spouse = }} '''Bapu''' (December 15, 1933 – August 31, 2014); (born '''Satthiraju Lakshmi Narayana'''); ({{lang-te|సత్తిరాజు లక్ష్మీనారాయణ }}) was an [[India]]n director. He was known for his works in [[Telugu cinema]] and for his movies such as ''[[Hum Paanch]]'', ''[[Mister Pellam]]'', ''[[Pelli Pustakam]]'', ''[[Seeta Kalyanam]]'', and ''[[Sri Rama Rajyam]]''.<ref>[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/telugu/news/2010/balakrishna-bapu-mythological-film-290910.html Balakrishna to act in Bapu's mythological film – Oneindia Entertainment]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Entertainment.oneindia.in (2010-09-29). Retrieved on 2013-01-25.</ref> He was a music [[artist]], [[Painting|painter]], [[illustrator]], [[cartoonist]], and [[designer]]. In 2013, he was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], for his contribution to Indian art and cinema Bapu died on August 31, 2014 in [[Chennai]], India from cardiac arrest, aged 80.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/celebrities-mourn-death-of-telugu-filmmaker-bapu/1/380193.html|title=Celebrities mourn the death of Telugu filmmaker Bapu|publisher=India Today.com|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|0052677}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest]] [[Category:Indian movie directors]] [[Category:Indian painters]] [[Category:Indian cartoonists]] [[Category:Indian designers]] {{bio-stub}}