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Sippikkul Muthu
''Swathi Muthyam'' () is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath and produced by Edida Nageswara Rao. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Raadhika, while Gollapudi Maruti Rao, J. V. Somayajulu, Nirmalamma, Sarath Babu, and Y. Vijaya play supporting roles. The soundtrack and background score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. ''Swathi Muthyam'' depicts the plight of a young widow who is rescued by an autistic man. ''Swathi Muthyam'' was a box office success. The film was screened at the Moscow Film Festival, the Asian and African film festival in Tashkent, the 11th International Film Festival of India in the inaugural mainstream section. The film received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, three Nandi Awards and the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu. The film was selected by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1986, but was not nominated. The film was later dubbed into Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edida Nageswara Rao
Edida Nageswara Rao (24 April 1934 – 4 October 2015) was an Indian film producer in Telugu cinema. He owned the film production house Poornodaya Movie Creations in Tollywood. He produced '' Sankarabharanam'', ''Swayam Krushi'', ''Siri Siri Muvva'' and '' Swati Mutyam'', which were showcased at the Moscow Film Festival. He won five Nandi Awards. Career Rao produced films with a classical and realistic touch, in the 1970s and 1980s. Almost all of the films he produced went on to win National Film Awards. He was born to Sattiraju Naidu, in a Telugu Naidu family. Some of his most memorable films, in Telugu cinema, are his collaborations with K. Viswanath, Bharathiraja, and Vamsy. These were films that showed the artistic values of Telugu cinema, such as, '' Sankarabharanam'' (1980), '' Seethakoka Chilaka'' (1981), ''Sagara Sangamam'' (1983), ''Sitaara'' (1984), and '' Swathi Muthyam'' (1986). Most of the films he produced won big at the Nandi Awards, Filmfare Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Indian Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
India has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (formerly Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film) since 1957, a year after the incorporation of the category. The award is given annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The "Best Foreign Language Film" category was not created until 1956; however, between 1947 and 1955, the Academy presented a non-competitive Honorary Award for the best foreign language films released in the United States. The Film Federation of India (FFI) appoints a committee to choose one film among those released that year to be submitted as India's official entry to the Academy for a nomination for "Best Foreign Language Film" the following year. The chosen films, along with their English subtitles, are sent to the Academy, where they are screened for the jury. The 1957 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepa (actress)
Unni Mary (born 12 March 1962) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Malayalam films. She has also worked in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films, where she had used the screen name Deepa. Personal life Unnimary was born to Augustine Fernandes and Victoria on 12 March 1962. She had her primary education from St. Teresa's Convent School, Ernakulam. She has a brother, Joseph Martin. She started learning classical dance from the age of three. Her mother used to own a ballet troupe and she performed in many stages in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ... and abroad. She married Rejoy, a professor at St. Albert's College, Ernakulam on 12 March 1982, and they have a son, Nirmal. Their son Nirmal is married to Ranjini and they have a son, Rihan. Filmography Mala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Sundarrajan
Srinivasan Sundarrajan (17 March 1925 – 28 February 2003), popularly known as Major Sundarrajan, was an Indian actor and director who performed predominantly in Tamil language films and plays. He was well known for his sophisticated and urbane way of delivering dialogues, often mixing English and Tamil sentences. Early life Sundarrajan was born on 17 March 1925 in a middle-class Brahmin family in Periyakulam, Madurai. His father Srinivasa Iyengar was a stage actor. Sundarrajan's first stint with acting came when he was in the sixth grade; at this point he was cast in a Hindi play of his school. He went on to act in numerous school and college plays. After graduating with a degree in science, Sundarrajan went to Madras (now Chennai), where his uncle Veeraraghavan was an amateur actor in the Triplicane Fine Arts theatre troupe. Sundarrajan played minor roles in this troupe's plays, and simultaneously managed a full-time career at Madras Telephones. Career Sundarrajan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allu Arjun
Allu Arjun (born 8 April 1982) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. One of the highest paid actors in India, Arjun is also known for his extraordinary dancing skills. He is a recipient of several awards, including six Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards. Allu Arjun made his debut with ''Gangotri'' in 2003. He rose to prominence starring in Sukumar's cult classic'' Arya'' (2004), for which he earned a Nandi Special Jury Award. He consolidated his reputation with the action films ''Bunny'' (2005) and '' Desamuduru'' (2007). In 2008, he starred in the romantic drama '' Parugu'', for which he won his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. Allu Arjun went on to star in notable films such as ''Arya 2'' (2009), ''Vedam'' (2010), ''Julayi'' (2012), ''Race Gurram'' (2014), '' S/O Satyamurthy'' (2015), '' ''Rudhramadevi'''' (2015), ''Sarrainodu'' (2016), '' DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham'' (2017), ''Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo'' (2020), and '' Pushpa: The Rise'' (2021). H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gollapudi Maruthi Rao
Gollapudi Maruti Rao (14 April 1939 – 12 December 2019) was an Indian actor, screenwriter, dramatist, playwright, columnist and dialogue writer known for his works in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu Literature. Rao acted in over 250 Telugu films in a variety of roles. His noted literary works and plays, like ''Rendu Rellu Aaru'', ''Patita'', ''Karuninchani Devatalu'', ''Mahanatudu'', ''Kaalam Venakku Tirigindi'', ''Aasayaalaku Sankellu'', won numerous State Awards. He was a member of the Script Scrutiny Committee of National Film Development Corporation and served as a Jury Member at International Film Festival of India for ''Indian Panorama'' section in 1996. He was known for scripting landmark films like Doctor Chakravarthy, ''Tharangini'', ''Samsaram Chadharangam'', Kallu etc. He garnered six Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards. In 1997, he established the Gollapudi Srinivas Memorial Foundation, which presents the Gollapudi National Award, for the best first fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsi
''Ocimum tenuiflorum'', commonly known as holy basil, ''tulsi'' or ''tulasi'', is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and widespread as a cultivated plant throughout the Southeast Asian tropics. ''Tulsi'' is cultivated for religious and traditional medicine purposes, and also for its essential oil. It is widely used as a herbal tea, commonly used in Ayurveda, and has a place within the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, in which devotees perform worship involving holy basil plants or leaves. The variety of ''Ocimum tenuiflorum'' used in Thai cuisine is referred to as Thai holy basil ( th, กะเพรา ''kaphrao'') and is the key herb in phat kaphrao, a stir-fry dish; it is not the same as Thai basil, which is a variety of '' Ocimum basilicum''. In Cambodia, it is known as ''mreah-prov'' ( km, ម្រះព្រៅ). Morphology Holy basil is an erect, many-branched subshrub, tall with hairy stems. Leaves are g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Rama Navami
Rama Navami () is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birthday of Rama, the seventh avatar of the deity Vishnu. people from different parts of Jharkhand attended the world famous international Hazaribagh procession organized in the city every year on the occasion of Ram ramnavmi birt anniversary of Rama amid chants of Jai shri ram. Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. The festival celebrates the descent of Vishnu as the Rama avatar, through his birth to King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya in Ayodhya, Kosala. This festival is a part of the Chaitra Navaratri in the spring, and falls on the ninth day of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of Chaitra, the first month in the Hindu calendar. This typically occurs in the months of March or April by the Gregorian calendar. Rama Navami is an optional holiday for government employees in India.Holiday Calendar< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swathi Muthu
''Swathi Muthu'' () is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by D. Rajendra Babu and written by K. Vishwanath. This film starred Sudeep and Meena. This film is a remake of Telugu film ''Swati Mutyam'' (1986). Plot Shivaiah (Sudeep), an autistic, lives in a village with his grandmother. All he is good at is obeying what his trusted grandmother. In an attempt to do good to Lalitha (Meena), a destitute young widow with a 5-year-old son, marries Shivaiah during an auspicious village festival. The villagers are shocked and try to harm him as his act goes against traditional societal norms. In the meantime, Shivaiah's grandmother dies. Lalitha wants to save her new husband's life and so moves with him and her son to a city in search of better prospects. With support from a few of their acquaintances, the family of three settle down. Life for them, thereafter, looks good and promising. Lalitha begins to appreciate Shivaiah's innocence and warmth. She grows closer to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eeshwar (1989 Film)
''Eeshwar'' is a 1989 bollywood film written, and directed by K. Vishwanath. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Vijayshanti. The film is a remake of the Telugu cult classic ''Swati Mutyam'' which starred Kamal Haasan. The film received the Filmfare Award for Best Story. Cast * Anil Kapoor as Ishwarchand Vishnuchand Brahmanand Verma 'Ishwar' * Vijayshanti as Lalita * Shammi as Ishwar's grandmother * Saeed Jaffrey as Masterji (Guest Appearance) * Asha Sachdev as the Village Washerwoman * Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Tolaram * Vinod Mehra as Ramesh (Lalita's Brother) * Bharati Achrekar as Ramesh's Wife & Lalita's Sister-In-Law * Sukanya Kulkarni as Tolaram, Sister In law * Vikram Gokhale as Chaudhary Lalita's father-in-law (father of her first husband) * Jayshree Gadkar as Rajeshswari Chaudhary Lalita's mother -in-law (Mother of her first husband) * Gulshan Grover as Natwarlal * Shama Deshpande as Rani, Housemaid of eeshwar * Rakesh Pandey as Balkrishna (Balu), as son of Eeshwar * Agha a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India.. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). A. K. Ramanujan described it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
