Happy Birthday Ramanaidu

The ace producer who is addressed fondly as ���������Movie Mogul��������� is approaching another milestone in life.
It is his birthday today, his 77th, for the record. That���������s not the milestone we are talking about. It is his 50th year in showbiz. The Guinness Record-holding producer went back to his first movie when asked about his long journey.������������������Anuragam��������� was my first production in 1963. At the release time, heavy rains lashed the state affecting the film���������s collections greatly,��������� recalled Rama Naidu.
The movie was a flop, but it only made the producer more determined to deliver a hit. ���������I never lost my confidence. I started hunting for good scripts and came across the script of ���������Ramudu Bheemudu���������. NTR played a dual role in the movie for the first time and it went on to become a blockbuster,��������� he shares. The film was released in 1964 and it became a super hit. It was followed by another successful film ���������Pratignya Palana��������� in 1965.
For the next six years, however, the producer suffered a spate of flops. Things changed for the better with ���������Premnagar��������� in 1971. ���������The success of that film changed my life forever. I had decided to go back to my native place and take up agriculture if the movie flopped,��������� he says.
Currently, Ramanaidu is working on his maiden Punjabi film. ���������I���������m looking forward to directing a movie. That is something I really want to do. I also want to act in a movie with Venky, Rana and Naga Chaitanya,��������� he signs off.