The Ghantasala Samarpanam show that is planned on the 100th birth anniversary of the music legend has been designed to offer maximum opportunities to perform for the young artists alongside national and state award winning artists. The event will have the following segments to it: Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Virtual Performances.

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GHANTASALA
SAMARPANAM

An annual cultural tribute to the musician par excellence, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, brings to life on stage his various songs through the medium of various Indian classical dance forms.

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Viswanath
GHANTASALA 99

K. VISWANATH

Film Director

Vedantam Radhesyam
GHANTASALA 99

VEDANTAM RADHESYAM

Kuchipudi exponent

Subramaniam
GHANTASALA 99

L. SUBRAMANIAM

Violin Maestro

GHANTASALA 100

COMPETITIONS

Short Film Competition
COMPETITIONS

SHORT FILM COMPETITION

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Fundathon
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FUNDATHON

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GHANTASALA 100

VIRTUAL SEGMENT

01 / 05

A never before done, virtual tribute by classical dancers from around the world.

02 / 05

All Indian classical dance forms have been included

03 / 05

Over 40 National award-winning artists and more than 60 State award winning artists have taken part in this production.

04 / 05

Ghantasala garu’s Bhagavad gita rendering has been heard over 22 million times on youtube.

05 / 05

Includes global representations of accomplished artists across the world.
GHANTASALA 100

LIVE SEGMENT

01 / 07

Sustaining Youth And Opportunities

A live youth choir band 100 youngsters/child artists who will perform the songs of Sri Ghantasala. Over 200 children will be trained across different music schools and the best among them will be selected for the main performance. In other cities Padhyalu will also be showcased

02 / 07

Preserving Folk Arts Forms

Involvement of over 9 unique folk arts from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu will be performing live. For Ghantasala 99, a special dedicated show was curated to support the folk arts across the three states

03 / 07

Promoting Indian Classical Dances

Grand finale live classical dance performance to the songs of Sri Ghantasala by over 100 artists of Kala Pradarshini, led by Kalaimamani Dr Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala - grand production that has toured across the US and Europe, featuring several Indian dance art forms such as Bharathanatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam, Kathak, Kathakali, Odissi etc.

04 / 07

Gratitude To Play Back Musicians

Grand finale tribute concert in collaboration with eminent award winning playback musicians. Opportunity to a live performing grand orchestra.

05 / 07

Coffee Table Book

Release of coffee table book

06 / 07

Saregama Carvaan

Launch of Ghantasala Centenary edition - Saregama Carvaan

07 / 07

Ghantasala Puraskar Distribution

Ghantasala memorial life time achievement awards and Ghantasala Kala Pradarshini Puraskar Distribution
GHANTASALA

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AND RECOGNITIONS

Padma Shri award in the year 1971 by the Government of India for his accomplishments in the field of music and cinema
The first Asthana Vidwan by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam and was one of the few singers who was granted access to the sanctum sanctorum to perform.
He is the recipient of the UN Peace medal
Performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom
Was actively involved in raising gold bonds to help the Government of India during the war
Founding member of the Film Musicians Association
Postage stamp was released by the Postal Department, Government of India in his honour in the year 2003. He is the first South Indian musician to be accorded this honour
Postal Stamp was released in the US in the year 2014
He has been inducted to the Halls of the History repository by the Government of India via it’s Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav initiative in the year 2022 for his involvement in the Indian freedom movement

GHANTASALA
GALLERY

25 Years In The Industry Felicitation - Ghantasala Cine Rajatotsavam (Felicitations To Ghantasala By Then The Chief Minister Of Andhra Pradesh Kaasu Brahmananda Reddy)

25 years in the industry felicitation

Ghantasala Cine Rajatotsavam (Felicitations To Ghantasala By Then The Chief Minister Of Andhra Pradesh Kaasu Brahmananda Reddy)

25 Years In The Industry Felicitation - Silver Jubilee Celebrations Of Ghantasala At Hyderabad On Feb 1st,1970. GH, Devanand (Hindi Actor), Actress Waheeda Rehman, Actor T.L.Kantha Rao, NTR, Etc. More Than 30,000 People Atten

25 years in the industry felicitation

Silver Jubilee Celebrations Of Ghantasala At Hyderabad On Feb 1st,1970. GH, Devanand (Hindi Actor), Actress Waheeda Rehman, Actor T.L.Kantha Rao, NTR, Etc. More Than 30,000 People Atten

At  Work - Recording With K.V. Mahadevan

At work

Recording With K.V. Mahadevan

Awards - Ghantasala Getting The Padma Shri Award From President V V Giri

Awards

Ghantasala Getting The Padma Shri Award From President V V Giri

Concerts - Ghantasala Musical Nite On The Occassion Of Silver Jubilee Celebrations At Hyderabad On Feb 1st,1970.

Concerts

Ghantasala Musical Nite On The Occassion Of Silver Jubilee Celebrations At Hyderabad On Feb 1st,1970.

Family - Ghantasala With His Elder Brother AadiNarayana Sastry And Friend Surya Rao(right).

Family

Ghantasala With His Elder Brother AadiNarayana Sastry And Friend Surya Rao(right).

Family - Send Off By His Brother Sadasivudu,and Actor Gummadi And His Maternal Uncle Pichi Ramaiah(extreme Right) To Ghantasala On His Trip To USA At Madras Airport In 1970 Mimicry Artist Venumadhav Next To Sadasivudu.

Family

Send Off By His Brother Sadasivudu,and Actor Gummadi And His Maternal Uncle Pichi Ramaiah(extreme Right) To Ghantasala On His Trip To USA At Madras Airport In 1970 Mimicry Artist Venumadhav Next To Sadasivudu.

Family - US Tour Send Off By His Family - Wife - Smt Sarala Devi Ghantasala, Son - Ravi Kumar Ghantasala And Daughter - Meera Ghantasala

Family

US Tour Send Off By His Family - Wife - Smt Sarala Devi Ghantasala, Son - Ravi Kumar Ghantasala And Daughter - Meera Ghantasala

Family - Wife - Sarala Devi Ghantasala, Son - Ravi Kumar Ghantasala, Shankar Kumar Ghantasala And Daughter Meera Ghantasala

Family

Wife - Sarala Devi Ghantasala, Son - Ravi Kumar Ghantasala, Shankar Kumar Ghantasala And Daughter Meera Ghantasala

Family - Wife - Smt Savitri, Sons - Vijaykumar, Ratnakumar, Suguna, Shyamala And Shanti

Family

Wife - Smt Savitri, Sons - Vijaykumar, Ratnakumar, Suguna, Shyamala And Shanti

Government Stamp - Ghantasala Stamp

Government Stamp

Ghantasala Stamp

Solo - Ghantasala In A Bullock Cart On His Way To Native Place Chowtapalli.

Solo

Ghantasala In A Bullock Cart On His Way To Native Place Chowtapalli.

Solo - Ghantasala Singing At American Consulate, Madras.

Solo

Ghantasala Singing At American Consulate, Madras.

Solo - Ghantasala With His Mementos.

Solo

Ghantasala With His Mementos.

With Politicians - Felicitation At Calcutta, D.Sanjeevaiah And GH.

With Politicians

Felicitation At Calcutta, D.Sanjeevaiah And GH.

With Politicians - Felicitation At Calcutta, D.Sanjeevaiah And GH

With Politicians

Felicitation At Calcutta, D.Sanjeevaiah And GH

With Politicians - Felicitations To Ghantasala By Then The Vice-President Of India Dr.Zakir Hussain.

With Politicians

Felicitations To Ghantasala By Then The Vice-President Of India Dr.Zakir Hussain.

With Politicians - Ghantasala In Delhi With Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Sashtri - Raising Gold Bonds

With Politicians

Ghantasala In Delhi With Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Sashtri - Raising Gold Bonds

With Politicians - Ghantasala With President V.V.Giri 3rd Sitting At President_s Residence.

With Politicians

Ghantasala With President V.V.Giri 3rd Sitting At President_s Residence.

With Politicians - Minister D.Sanjeevaiah, President Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan At Presidents Residence Delhi.

With Politicians

Minister D.Sanjeevaiah, President Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan At Presidents Residence Delhi.

With Politicians - Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (Ex President Of India), Ghantasala And Kaasu Brahmananda Reddy.

With Politicians

Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (Ex President Of India), Ghantasala And Kaasu Brahmananda Reddy.

With Contemporaries And Associates - Felicitation Function To Ghantasala - Kaasu Brahmananda Reddy, GH, Lata Mangeshkar, Music Director S.D.Burman And Usha Mangeshkar.

With contemporaries and associates

Felicitation Function To Ghantasala - Kaasu Brahmananda Reddy, GH, Lata Mangeshkar, Music Director S.D.Burman And Usha Mangeshkar.

With Contemporaries And Associates - Ghantasala P Susheela S Janaki

With contemporaries and associates

Ghantasala P Susheela S Janaki

With Contemporaries And Associates - Padmasri Trio - NTR, GH, ANR.

With contemporaries and associates

Padmasri Trio - NTR, GH, ANR.

With Contemporaries And Associates - Send Off By Singers S.P.Balu And P.B.Srinivas To Ghantasala On His Trip To USA At Madras Airport.

With contemporaries and associates

Send Off By Singers S.P.Balu And P.B.Srinivas To Ghantasala On His Trip To USA At Madras Airport.

With Contemporaries And Associates - With Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Saab

With contemporaries and associates

With Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Saab