Directing

Tapi Chanakya

Born — Died

1925-01-01 — 1973-01-01

Known for

Directing

Credits

13 titles

Known for

Vani Rani poster
NR

Identical twins Vani and Rani are separated at birth. One is tortured by her abusive aunt while the other grows up as a street performer. However, their lives change forever when they swap places. A remake of 1972 Hindi film Seeta Aur Geeta.

Vani Rani

1974

Rojulu Maraayi poster
7.0

Venu enlightens the villagers against Sagarayya, a greedy landlord who grabs barren lands of the village, and reports to the Collector. Sagarayya creates a rift between Venu and his father which affects his sister's marriage. Venu starts living separately with his wife Radha. The film shows the revolt of the villagers against their oppressors

Rojulu Maraayi

1955

Jaanwar Aur Insaan poster
10.0

Shekhar lives a wealthy lifestyle with in widowed mother, Gauri, in Jamuna Nagar, India and manages an estate. The region is being terrorized by a tiger which was wounded by him and has since become even more fearless and a man-eater. Shekhar's attempts to entrap and kill it are all in vain. Then Shekhar meets with Meena and both fall in love with each. Their marriage cannot take place as Meena's father, Gokuldas, had killed Shekhar's dad. But when Mohan kills Gokuldas, the past is forgiven and the couple are allowed to get married.

Jaanwar Aur Insaan

1972

Oli Vilakku poster
4.3

No synopsis available yet.

Oli Vilakku

1968

Ram Aur Shyam poster
7.6

Abused by an oppressive brother-in-law Gajendra (Pran), Ramchandra (Dilip Kumar) runs away from home, and ends up in a small village where he is mistaken for Shyamrao (also Dilip Kumar), and must accept Ganga (Leela Mishra) and his new name or face severe exorcism. Meanwhile, Shyamrao is mistaken for Ramchandra by Anjana (Waheeda Rehman) and her dad (Nazir Hussain). When Gajendra finds out, he is enraged and attempts to beat the stuffing out of the person he thinks is his brother-in-law, but Shyamrao refuses to be abused or beaten, and all of a sudden things start changing in the household as well as in the community. It is not long before Gajendra finds out about the truth, and plans an ugly death for Shyamrao, and all those opposed to him.

Ram Aur Shyam

1967

No artwork available
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pudhiya Boomi

1968

Behind the camera

Vani Rani poster
NR

Identical twins Vani and Rani are separated at birth. One is tortured by her abusive aunt while the other grows up as a street performer. However, their lives change forever when they swap places. A remake of 1972 Hindi film Seeta Aur Geeta.

Vani Rani

1974

Rojulu Maraayi poster
7.0

Venu enlightens the villagers against Sagarayya, a greedy landlord who grabs barren lands of the village, and reports to the Collector. Sagarayya creates a rift between Venu and his father which affects his sister's marriage. Venu starts living separately with his wife Radha. The film shows the revolt of the villagers against their oppressors

Rojulu Maraayi

1955

Jaanwar Aur Insaan poster
10.0

Shekhar lives a wealthy lifestyle with in widowed mother, Gauri, in Jamuna Nagar, India and manages an estate. The region is being terrorized by a tiger which was wounded by him and has since become even more fearless and a man-eater. Shekhar's attempts to entrap and kill it are all in vain. Then Shekhar meets with Meena and both fall in love with each. Their marriage cannot take place as Meena's father, Gokuldas, had killed Shekhar's dad. But when Mohan kills Gokuldas, the past is forgiven and the couple are allowed to get married.

Jaanwar Aur Insaan

1972

Oli Vilakku poster
4.3

No synopsis available yet.

Oli Vilakku

1968

Ram Aur Shyam poster
7.6

Abused by an oppressive brother-in-law Gajendra (Pran), Ramchandra (Dilip Kumar) runs away from home, and ends up in a small village where he is mistaken for Shyamrao (also Dilip Kumar), and must accept Ganga (Leela Mishra) and his new name or face severe exorcism. Meanwhile, Shyamrao is mistaken for Ramchandra by Anjana (Waheeda Rehman) and her dad (Nazir Hussain). When Gajendra finds out, he is enraged and attempts to beat the stuffing out of the person he thinks is his brother-in-law, but Shyamrao refuses to be abused or beaten, and all of a sudden things start changing in the household as well as in the community. It is not long before Gajendra finds out about the truth, and plans an ugly death for Shyamrao, and all those opposed to him.

Ram Aur Shyam

1967

No artwork available
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pudhiya Boomi

1968

Homaye Sa'adat poster
NR

Aram falls in love with a beautiful dancer Shirin. Due to her dubious profession, Aram and his brother Naser decide to lie about her origins to their mother. Unfortunately, she finds out the truth and forbids Shirin from marrying her son. Aram, believing Shirin has changed her mind and refused to marry him, is angered and marries another woman, Nazanin.

Homaye Sa'adat

1971

Vidhi Vilasam poster
8.0

Nirmala is separated from her millionaire father in childhood. Years later, she marries Krishna, but fate separates them when she is pregnant with his child.

Vidhi Vilasam

1970

Kalasi Unte Kaladu Sukham poster
7.5

Pattabhi Ramayya, who does not have any children, dotes on his younger brother and his two sons. However, trouble starts in their happy joint family with the entry of Rangoon Raja, a relative of Pattbhi Ramayya's wife.

Kalasi Unte Kaladu Sukham

1961

Kalasi Unte Kaladu Sukham poster
7.5

Pattabhi Ramayya, who does not have any children, dotes on his younger brother and his two sons. However, trouble starts in their happy joint family with the entry of Rangoon Raja, a relative of Pattbhi Ramayya's wife.

Kalasi Unte Kaladu Sukham

1961

Ramudu Bheemudu poster
7.0

Ramudu and Bheemudu are look-alikes who are both fed up of their respective lives. They incidentally end up taking each other's place in their homes, which leads to hilarious consequences.

Ramudu Bheemudu

1964

No artwork available
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Naan Aanaiyittal

1966

Enga Veettu Pillai poster
7.2

Ramu is an innocent son of a rich landlord who is afraid of his brother-in-law Narendran and his whiplash. To escape from his punishments, Ramu leaves his house and his look-alike replaces him. Enga Veettu Pillai is a remake of NTR’s Ramudu Bheemudu 1963 Telugu movie. Both are directed by same director Tapi Chanakya

Enga Veettu Pillai

1965