Saarathi Studio at Ameerpet was the first cinema studio to be established in Hyderabad. This came about only after the formation of the state of Andhra Pradesh in 1956. Till then, and in fact, for many years after that too, Telugu movies were shot in studios at Chennai. The firm Saarathi Studio, however, was formed and had started operations as a movie producer almost 20 earlier. The Saarathi firm was founded in 1937 by Goodavalli Ramabrahmam along with the Raja of Challapalli, Yaarlagadda Siva Rama Prasad Bahadur and his brother SRY Ramakrishna Prasad. After Andhra Pradesh was carved out of the Madras Presidency, the studio was built at the request of the newly formed Andhra Pradesh state’s minister. The first film to be shot in this studio was Maa Inti Mahalakshmi (1958), directed by Gutha Raminedu. Popular movies of the recent times to be shot here are Rangasthalam and Janatha Garage. This presentation offers many more fascinating bits of information about the studio, its origins, and the various movies and television series that are shot here.

Nagamruta Mallapragada

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