Tammreddy Bharadwaja is an Indian film director and producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. Over his career, Bharadwaja directed more than 20 films and produced around 15 films. He also served as the president of the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce. He is known for his role as a liaison between film producers and workers' unions. Bharadwaja is the son of veteran producer Tammareddy Krishna Murthy, a recipient of the prestigious Raghupathi Venkaiah Award.

Bharadwaja began his career as a producer with Kothala Rayudu (1979), followed by Mogudu Kavali (1980), both of which starred Chiranjeevi and achieved commercial success. He later transitioned to directing, delivering successful films such as Alajadi (1990), Pachani Samsaram (1993), and Swarnakka (1998). In 2006, he directed Pothe Poni, which won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold).

Early life Tammreddy Bharadwaja is born in a film family. His father, Tammareddy Krishna Murthy is a film producer who received the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award. His brother Lenin Babu is also a film director.

Since his childhood, Bharadwaja was interested in labour problems. His father was a communist. Bharadwaja was a union member in Students' Union Federation. Due to these reasons, he was attracted towards labour union problems. Later on in his career, this made him useful as a liaison between Telugu film producers and film workers' unions.

Bharadwaja did his schooling in Wesley High School, Secunderabad. He later did his B. E. in the College of Engineering, Osmania University.

Career Bharadwaja pursued a career as a Civil Engineer in Andhra Pradesh's irrigation department and also had a brief stint at Hyderabad municipal corporation. He then stepped into film industry in 1979 as a producer and later became a director.

Bharadwaja started a film production company, Charita Chitra named after his daughter. His first film as a producer was Kothala Rayudu (1979). It was also the first film for Chiranjeevi as a full-fledged solo lead. His second film was Mogudu Kavali (1980) also starring Chiranjeevi. Kothala Rayudu ran for 100 days film and Mogudu Kavali ran for 175 days.

Bharadwaja debuted as a director with Manmatha Samrajyam (1989) starring Malasri. His second film as a director was Alajadi (1990), which was commercially successful. Then he directed more films in the next few years, out of which Pachani Samsaram (1993) was a box-office hit.

In 1995, he produced and directed Vetagadu, a remake of Hindi film Baazigar (1993). The film was a major financial set back for Bharadwaja. After the failure of Vetagadu, he closed his office and quit the film industry. His even went abroad to settle down. He came back and changed his banner name to Ravindra Arts, which was his father's banner. He produced and directed Swarnakka (1998) on that banner which became successful.

Bharadwaja produced Suri in 2000 which became a box-office disaster. As per Bharadwaja, for Suri, he even lacked the money to put the movie titles or market the film in newspapers. His next directorial film Ramma Chilakamma (2001) starred Sumanth and Laya and was a box-office failure. His 2006 directorial venture, Pothe Poni was critically acclaimed and won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Gold.

Filmography Year Film Director Producer Notes 1979 Kothala Raayudu Debut as a film producer 1980 Mogudu Kaavali 1981 Maro Kurukshetram 1983 Iddaru Kiladilu 1989Manmadha Samrajyam Debut film as a director 1990 Alajadi 1990 Kadapa Reddamma 1990 Neti Dourjanyam 1991 Siva Sakthi 1992 Pachani Kapuram 1993 Rowdy Annayya 1993 One by Two 1993 Pachani Samsaram 1993 Urmila Remake of Hindi film Damini 1993 Nagajyothi 1994 Bangaru Mogudu 1994 Donga Rascal 1995 Vetagadu Remake of Hindi film Baazigar (1993) 1995 Simha Gharjana 1996 Kuthuru 1997 Atha Nee Koduku Jhagartha 1998 Antahpuram Co-producer 1998 Swarnakka 1998 Swarna Mukhi 1999 Sanchalanam 2000 Suri 2001 Ramma Chilakamma 2002 Entha Bagundho 2003 Nenu Pelliki Ready 2006 Pothe Poni Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Gold2014Prathighatana

Actor Nenera Police (1991) Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi (2004) Ee Rojullo (2012) as himself

As distributor Palasa 1978 (2020)

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