More than 100 one-man shows of Bapu’s artwork were held in India, UK, USA and other countries. It was screened at the Tashkent Film Festival (1968). Bapu made his directorial debut in 1967 with the Telugu film, Saakshi (The Witness), scripted by Mullapudi Venkataramana. Known for his brilliance in conveying the essence of a literary work through a few simple strokes, Bapu enhanced every famous literary work in Telugu, from classic epical poems to the modern verse and short story, with his illustrations. As a freelance artist, Bapu quickly became famous for his illustrations to stories, book covers, and cartoons in Telugu, Tamil and English periodicals. Bapu graduated with a B.Com degree from Loyola College in 1953, and with a B.L degree from the Madras Law College in 1955. He, along with Mullapudi Venkataramana, created & produced large volumes of works that are adored by many across the world, making Bapu-Ramana a household name amongst the Telugu speaking people. Bapu’s works are celebrated for their aesthetic sensibility, simplicity, keen observation of life, subtle humour and authentic representation of Indian and Telugu culture and values. Sathiraju Lakshminarayana, popularly known as Bapu, is an artist, illustrator, cartoonist and director of movies in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil.
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