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Akkineni Laxmi Vara Prasada Rao (17 January 1907 – 22 June 1994), known professionally as L. V. Prasad, was an Indian film director, producer, actor, and businessman. He was one of the pioneers of Indian cinema and is the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest Award for films in India.
Tantra ubrahmanyam assigned him a job of a production supervisor and assistant director for the film ‘Kashta Jeevi’ which took him to Bombay again. The film was abandoned after shooting three reels. Prasad was in no mood to leave now and he got a job as assistant director in a few other films.
Jun 22, 1994 · Akkineni Lakshmi Vara Prasada Rao, shortly known as L. V. Prasad was a producer, actor, director and cinematographer who concentrated most on Telugu cinema. He was a successful businessman also. He is the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, highest honours of Indian cinema.
Jun 22, 1994 · A trailblazer in Indian cinema, L.V. Prasad (1907-1994) wore many hats – director, producer, actor, and even businessman. He pioneered cinematic landscapes, earning the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Prasad Studios, IMAX screens, and the L.V. Prasad Eye Institute all blossomed under his visionary leadership.
Jan 17, 2022 · L.V. Prasad was highly respected in the field of Cinema. He was the chairman of the 27th National Film Awards Selection Committee, in 1980 and of the All India Selection Panel of Indian Panorama for the 8th International Film Festival of India, in 1981.
Dec 21, 2022 · One of them is Akkineni Lakshmi Vara Prasad Rao, or L.V. Prasad. An actor who featured in the first film with sound (AlamAra), he went on to direct and produce several Hindi and regional language films.
L.V.Prasad was undoubtedly a man of rare distinction. He was the only actor, albeit in small roles, to act in all the first talkies of Indian Cinema; Alam Ara in Hindi, Kalidas in Tamil and Baktha Prahalada in Telugu.
