Yarlagadda Sivarama Prasad

Yarlagadda Sivarama Prasad
Born(1903-04-03)3 April 1903
Challapalli, British India (present-day Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died1976 (aged 72 or 73)
Other namesSrimantu Raja Yarlagadda Sivarama Prasad Bahadur, Challapalli Raja
Occupation(s)Zamindar, politician, and industrialist
TitleRaja of Challapalli

Yarlagadda Sivarama Prasad (3 April 1903 - 1976), also known as Challapalli Raja, was an Indian aristocrat, industrialist, politician, film producer, and film studio owner. He was the last hereditary zamindar of the Challapalli Samasthanam (estate) which compromises the modern day region of Diviseema / Avanigadda Assembly constituency .[1]

In politics, Sivarama Prasad was affiliated with the Justice Party before Independence and with Indian National Congress afterwards. He served as the Minister of Health for Andhra Pradesh during the 1960s and was elected as an MLA from Krishna District.[2]

Sivarama Prasad financed Pattabhi Sitaramayya's Andhra Bank.[3] He set up the production company Sarathi Films in 1938, which produced successful films like Mayalokam (1945) and Rojulu Marayi (1955).[3] He also established the film studio complex Sarathi Studios in Hyderabad in 1956. It was the first film studio facility built in Hyderabad.[4][5]

  1. ^ "18th century Challapalli Fort stands testimony to rule of Zamindars in Andhra | City - Times of India VideosTweets by TimesLitFestDelTweets by timeslitfestkol ►". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ Grover, Verinder; Arora, Ranjana (1996). Encyclopaedia of India and Her States: Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. Deep & Deep. p. 16. ISBN 978-81-7100-726-4.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Yojana - Volume 39. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 1995. p. 123.
  5. ^ Nanisetti, Serish (2 April 2018). "A house for Maharaja Kishen Pershad in Hyderabad". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 June 2021.