Annapurna Studios

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This article is about the Indian production company. For the American production company, see Annapurna Pictures.
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**Annapurna Studios** is an Indian film production company, founded in 1976 by the late actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao. Located in the heart of Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh, India the Template:Convert studio mainly provides services for films including sound stages for set construction, outdoor sets, floors, back-lots, data storage, editing, dubbing, foley/SFX, visual effects, digital intermediate, Dolby Vision/HDR, stereo and near field mixing, Dolby Atmos sound mixing, 5.1/7.1/9.1 sound mixing, conforming and mastering, HD/UHD/DCP mastering, screening theatres among other amenities.

In 2011, the Akkineni Family launched a non-profitable educational institute called the Annapurna International School of Film and Media. ANR's family serve as directors on the company board.

## Foundation

The studio was inaugurated by the then President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed on 14 January 1976.

## Studio floors and backlots

Annapurna Studios built its first studio floor in 1976 which spans an area of Template:Cvt. The second studio was built in 1978.

In 2011, Annapurna Studios invested in building five new floors wherein the biggest floor spans an area of Template:Cvt. This new facility features green rooms for artists & technicians, in-house 1520 kV generator capacity, catwalk grids for easy light settings, cyclorama/bluemat for special effects and inbuilt fire-fighting and detection systems. It also includes a Template:Cvt space for dance rehearsals, photo-shoots and press-meets.

Within the first few months this new facility had catered to over 35–40 prominent Tollywood productions including *Naayak*, *Gabbar Singh*, *Mirchi*, *Dammu*, *Julayi*, *Shadow*, *Baadshah*, *Greeku Veerudu* and *Iddarammayilatho*. It also played host to TV Commercial shoots for Malabar Gold, Mahindra Tractor, Joy Allukas, Jos Allukas, Kalyan Jewellers. Shooting of 3D & Reality Show projects is in the pipeline.

## Film production

### Annapurna Pictures

* 1987 America Abbayi
* 1982 Pelleedu Pillalu
* 1978 Radha Krishna
* 1977 Prema Lekhalu
* 1974 Bangaaru Kalalu
* 1972 Vichitra Bandham
* 1971 Amayakuralu
* 1970 Jai Jawan
* 1969 Aatmiyulu
* 1967 Poola Rangadu
* 1965 Aatma Gowravam
* 1964 Doctor Chakravarty
* 1963 Chaduvukunna Ammayilu
* 1961 Iddaru Mitrulu
* 1961 Velugu Needalu
* 1959 Mangalya Balam
* 1957 Todi Kodallu
* 1955 Donga Ramudu

## Annapurna International School of Film and Media

Annapurna International School of Film and Media is the only privately managed, non-profit film and media school in India.

It is also the only film school in India with government-accredited bachelor's, master's and MBA courses in film related subjects.

The school was launched in August 2011 by Actor & Chairman of Annapurna Studios, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and the Akkineni family with the intention of giving back to the community through their knowledge and experience in the field.

Many members from across the Indian film industry extended their support towards this non-profit film education. The advisory board includes Shabana Azmi, Mahesh Bhatt, Farah Khan, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Javed Akhtar, Kamal Haasan, Tabu, Anurag Kashyap, Mani Ratnam, Gautham Vasudev Menon, S. S. Rajamouli, Deva Katta and Krish.

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