Producer P Mallikarjuna Rao passes away

Senior producer Parvathaneni Mallikarjuna Rao (76), who produced many hit movies in Telugu and Hindi, is no more. Suffering from age-related ailments, he was undergoing treatment at Medwin hospital in Hyderabad before he breathed his last at 7 am on Tuesday morning (February 21, 2012).  He produced several hit movies like Kantharao starrerJwaladweepa Rahasyam (1965) and Iddaru Mongallu (1967),Akkineni starrer Manchi Kutumbam (1968), Shoban Babu's Manchi Mitrulu (1969) and Inti Gowravam (1970), Krishna's Nenante Nene (1968), Inti Kodalu (1974) etc. In Hindi too, he had many hits including Jitendra starrer Himmat (1970), Dharmendra and Rekha starrer Keemat (1973), Gulzar directed Mausam, K Viswnath directed Sanjog (1985) and Eeshwar (1989). Born in Krishna district on July 27, 1935, Parvathaneni Mallikarjuna Rao is survived by a wife and two sons.

TANA announces Short film contest

TANA Announces “Short Film Contest” on International Mother Language Day.

Prasad Thotakura, TANA President  and Murali Vennam, 19^th TANA Convention Coordinator said  - on  International Mother Language Day, we announce a Short Film Contest  to promote and perpetuate Telugu, our mother tongue. It is very important for all of us to remind ourselves how to save our great language from the current waning stage. International Mother Language Day is annually celebrated on February 21^st around the world. The main objective of this observance is to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

Telugu People across the globe can participate in this competition. We solicit films made up to a maximum of five minutes focusing on the current status of usage of Telugu Language and its future.The content of the film should be message /solution oriented. The concept is “Mana Telugu Bhasha nu brathikinchu kundam”. 

Participants can contest by emailing their videos as YouTube film links.  There is no entry-fee . A panel of judges Chaired by renowned Movie Director, Mr. Sekhar Kammula will judge the best entrees. Best selected films will be shown at the upcoming 19^th TANA Convention to be held at Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas from July 4^th – 6^th, 2013 and also winners will be awarded on the main stage.    

More information on rules and regulations will be announced soon . Please visit www.tana.orgperiodically or email us at shortfilm@tana2013.org if you have any questions.

International Mother Language Day is annually held on February 21^st to celebrate languages spoken worldwide. It also observes the human right to use these languages. International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1999 and it was first observed on February 21, 2000.