Bhakta Kannappa

Bhakta Kannappa () is a 1976 Indian Telugu film directed by Bapu. The film is a remake of 1954 Kannada movie "Bedara Kannappa" starring Rajkumar which was based on the life of Shaiva devotee, Kannappa Nayanar.
Production.
Krishnam Raju was inspired by "Ben-Hur" (1959) and wanted to produce a film just like it. As such, this film was influenced by the film "Ben-Hur". For songs recording, the unit went to tribal areas and composed their tunes and rhythms as songs for the film. In fact, the song "Enniyallo" was based on the research they had done.
Box-office.
The film was a blockbuster and ran for 1 year.