C. Aswani Dutt

Some Lesser Known Facts About C. Aswani Dutt

• C. Aswani Dutt grew up in a well-to-do family.

• The Indian film producer Jandhyala has been his friend since childhood. They were neighbours and were classmates from school till college.

  

• He started his career as an executive producer. At that time, he was a huge fan of the South Indian actor N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) and wanted to cast NTR in his film.

  

• In 1974, Aswini started a film production house ‘Vyjayanthi Movies;’ inaugurated by NTR. The name Vyjayanthi was given by NTR, and the name was derived from the garland worn by Lord Krishna.

  

• Under the banner Vyjayanthi Movies, he produced many Telugu films like ‘Guru Sishyulu’ (1981), ‘Aakhari Poratam’ (1988), ‘Rajakumarudu’ (1999), ‘Sainikudu’ (2006), and ‘Kathanayakudu’ (2008).

  

• He has produced films in collaboration with a few other film production houses. Some of such films are ‘Jaani Dost’ (Hindi; 1983), ‘Subhalagnam’ (1994; Telugu), ‘Mere Sapno Ki Rani’ (Hindi; 1997), and ‘Ninaithen Vandhai’ (Tamil; 1998).

• Under the film production banner ‘Swapna Cinema,’ Aswani, along with his daughters, produced a few Telugu films like ‘Student No.1’ (2001), ‘Yevade Subramanyam’ (2015), ‘Jathi Ratnalu’ (2021), ‘Sita Ramam’ (2022), and ‘Anni Manchi Sakunamule’ (2023).

  

• In 2002, he took various measures against the piracy of films in South India and USA.

• In 2011, after the release of the Telugu film ‘Shakthi,’ he went through a rough phase in his career. He then took a gap of seven years and made a comeback with the Telugu film ‘Mahanati’ in 2018.

  

• He then produced a few Telugu films like ‘Devadas’ (2018), ‘Maharshi’ (2019), ‘Sita Ramam’ (2022), and ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ (2024).

• Dutt is considered one of the big-budget film producers.

• Along with his daughters, he owns a few other film production banners like Three Angels Studio and Swapna Cinema.

• He produced a few Telugu films like ‘Bhooloka Veerudu’ and ‘Daud’ which got shelved.

• Dutt has started a few other film production companies named Vyjayanthi Entertainments & Properties Private Limited And Vyjayanthi Pictures LLP.

• He enjoys travelling with his family and reading books in his leisure time.

  

• He is a religious person and often visits various temples.

  

• In 2024, during the promotions of the Telugu-Hindi film ‘Kalki 2898 AD,’ Amitabh Bachchan touched his feet.

  

• Later, Dutt took to his Twitter to share a gratitude note for Bachchan’s act.

  

• Dutt once demanded Rs 1.50 crore from the Indian film director Vikram Kumar for not directing his film. Vikram had failed to direct a film for Dutt for which Dutt had paid him some amount. After around a year, when Vikram failed to do so, Dutt demanded money as a refund.