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Bhuvanachandra
Bhuvana Chandra is an Indian lyricist, renowned for his work in the Telugu cinema. He served in the Indian Air Force for 18 years before turning into a lyricist. He penned lyrics for more than 2000 songs. He also wrote more than 100 stories, a novel, and many articles in magazines. He participated as a judge in some reality shows. He also acted in the film '' Welcome Obama'' directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. Personal life Bhuvana Chandra was born in Gullapudi, Krishna district and brought up in Chintalapudi, West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. He used to frequent the library and read a lot of books since his childhood. He learned Typing, and Shorthand and held tuition for students to make a living. Along with a friend, he went for the selections of Indian Air Force and got selected. His first posting was in Delhi. He served in the Indian Air Force and took voluntary retirement before turning into a lyricist. He participated in the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971 and rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gang Leader
''Gang Leader'' is a 1991 Indian Telugu-language action crime film written and directed by Vijaya Bapineedu, and produced by Maganti Ravindranath Chowdary. The film stars Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti, while Rao Gopal Rao, Anandaraj, Murali Mohan, and Sarath Kumar play supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Bappi Lahiri with dance choreography by Prabhu Deva. The film explores the concepts of exploitation of law enforcement by anti-social behaviour and the impact of mob psychology. The film opened to highly positive reviews from the critics and was commercially successful at the box office. It was screened at the International Film Festival of India. Later, it was dubbed in Tamil with the same title. The film was later remade in Hindi as '' Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj'' (1992) where Chiranjeevi reprises his role, and in Kannada as '' Kutumba'' (2003). Plot Raghupathi, Raghava and Rajaram are brothers. Raghupathi is the only breadwinner of the family, Raghava is preparing f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinarayudu
''Chinarayudu'' is a 1992 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by B. Gopal and produced by P. R. Prasad under Datta Sai Films. It stars Venkatesh and Vijayashanti playing the lead roles, with music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was a remake of the Tamil film ''Chinna Gounder'' Plot Chinnarayudu is the arbitrator and the most respected person in the village and sees to it that all the people live happily. Whenever injustice comes to the fore, he appears to resolve it authentically. He resolves agriculture issues as people in the village grow crops and fish in small ponds. He lives with his mother Durgamma. Chinnarayudu's brother-in-law Pasupathi is his rival. Gowri, a girl in the village, lives by rearing the goats and has funny fights with Chinnarayudu and they both silently love each other. Gowri has a debt of a large amount to Pasupathi for educating her sister Ganga; she is not able to repay the money, so the issue goes to Chinnarayudu's judgment, then a situation a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijaya Bapineedu
Gutta Bapineedu Chowdary (22 September 1936 – 11 February 2019), better known as Vijaya Bapineedu, was an Indian film screenwriter and director, known for his works predominantly in Telugu Cinema. He started his career as a magazine editor and later directed '' Maga Maharaju'' (1983), '' Gang Leader'' (1991), and '' Magadheerudu'' (1986). Personal life Bapineedu was born on 22 September 1936 to Seetha Ramaswamy and Leelavathy in the village of Chataparru near Eluru. He graduated with a B.A. in Mathematics from C.R.R. College in Eluru. Prior to film making he served as an editor for an entertainment magazine ''Vijaya''. Death Vijaya Bapineedu died after a battle with[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajan–Nagendra
Rajan–Nagendra were an Indian musical duo who were prominent composers of film music in Kannada and Telugu cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, created a niche for themselves for nearly four decades. The duo scored music for about 375 films, over 200 of them in Kannada and the remainder in other languages like Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Tulu, Hindi and Sinhala. They composed innumerable hits, hundreds of melodious tunes in their career spanning four decades. They also hold the record for the longest active musical pair in the industry. Childhood Rajan (1933–2020) and Nagendrappa (1935–2000) were born in Shivarampet of Mysore in a middle-class musical family. Their father Rajappa was a harmonium and flute player who played background music for silent movies. Within a short time, each of them attained proficiency in playing a different instrument – Rajan in violin and Nagendra in Jal tarang. Rajan used to listen to mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appula Appa Rao
''Appula Appa Rao'' is a 1992 Telugu-language comedy film, produced by B. Suresh under the Kamadhenu Creations banner, presented by Rama Prabha and directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. It stars Rajendra Prasad, Shobana and music composed by Rajan–Nagendra. The film was recorded as a ''Blockbuster'' at the box office and is widely acclaimed as one of the finest comedy films in Telugu. It was released on 24 January 1992. Plot Appa Rao is a bachelor who manages every day by living off the loans he takes from others. He manages to coerce the local MLA Nadendla Anjaiah into promising to repay his debts in exchange for the votes in Anjaiah's favor from the debtors of Appa Rao. One night, he meets a lady constable Subba Lakshmi, who slaps him for trying to protect some rowdies who tried to molest her. They meet again and spar with each other, this time over a lottery ticket for Rs. 10 lakhs, and end up tearing the ticket. The seller refuses to take it back and instead advises them to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bappi Lahiri
Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappi Da was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s and 1990s with filmi soundtracks. He also delivered major box office successes in Bengali, Telugu, and Kannada films. His music was well received into the 21st century. In 1986, he was recognised by Guinness World Records for recording more than 180 songs in one year. Early life Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri was born into a Bengali Brahmin family in Calcutta. His parents, Aparesh Lahiri and Bansuri Lahiri, both were Bengali singers and musicians in classical music and Shyama Sangeet who belong to Lahiri Mohan Family of Sirajganj, East Bengal (Now Bangladesh). His parents, were both singers who met while performing for All India Radio. He was their only child. His relatives include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teneteega
''Teneteega'' ( Honeybee) is a 1991 Telugu-language comedy film produced by J. V. Rama Rao and Uddanda Guru Prasad under the Suma Priya Creations banner and directed by M. Nanda Kumar. It stars Rajendra Prasad, Suma Priya, Rekha and Sitara , with music composed by Vidyasagar. The story was based on Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy's novel of the same name. Plot Varun Kumar (Rajendra Prasad) and Aparna (Rekha) are happily married couples who completed 7 years of married life. But after that, Varun is attracted to so many girls, finally, he tries to have an affair with a beautiful girl Tanvi (Suma Priya). The rest of the story is about how Aparna protects her husband. Cast *Rajendra Prasad as Varun Kumar *Suma Priya as Tanvi *Rekha as Aparna * Sithara as Amurtha *Brahmanandam as Gokul * Chakravarthy as Tryambakam *Kallu Chidambaram *Badi Tataji as Simham *Kutty Padmini Kutty Padmini is an Indian actress who mainly works in Tamil cinema. She was a child star in her debut mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidyasagar (composer)
Vidyasagar (born 2 March 1963) is an Indian composer, musician and singer who works predominantly in the Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu film industries. After working with several composers as assistant and conductor, Vidyasagar made his debut as a film composer in the 1989 Tamil film ''Poo Manam'' and nicknamed as Melody King Working for over 225 feature films, he is the recipient of the National Award and five Filmfare Awards. Life and career Vidyasagar was born to Ramachandra Rao, a musician, and Sooryakantham in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. He was named after the 19th century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. He was brought up in Bobbili. He underwent carnatic vocals training first and then started taking classical guitar classes in Chennai from Master Dhanraj along with A. R. Rahman and then later piano. Vidyasagar became an independent film composer with the song ''En Anbe'' in the 1989 Tamil movie ''Poomanam''. Vidyasagar started his music career with a Tamil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu
''Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu'' () is a 1989 Indian Telugu-language masala film co-written and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. Produced by Allu Aravind, the film stars Chiranjeevi, Vanisri, and Vijayashanti. The film marks Vanisri's comeback to cinema after several years. Released on 14 January 1989, the film was a major commercial success. It was eventually remade in Tamil as '' Maapillai'' (1989)'','' in Hindi as '' Jamai Raja'' (1990), in Bengali as ''Sasurbari Zindabad'' (2000) and also inspired other Indian films with similar themes. Plot Kalyan is an unemployed, lower class, but simple and humble do-gooder. Rekha is the loving daughter of arrogant businesswoman Chamundeswari. Kalyan, one day, ruins the engagement of Rekha's friend. Rekha at first thinks that Kalyan did this to her friend but later learns that her friend was getting married against her wish. Rekha and Kalyan later fall in love. Meanwhile, Rekha's mother Chamundeswari rejects Kalyan's sister's love with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donga Kollu
''Donga Kollu'' () is a 1988 Telugu-language comedy film, produced by Gutta Madhusudana Rao under the M. R. C. Movie Creations banner and directed by Vijaya Bapineedu. It stars Rajendra Prasad and Sumalatha, with music composed by Vasu Rao. The film is a remake of Malayalam film ''Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam'' (1986). Plot Allipilli Anjaneyulu is a lawyer who is struggling with heavy family debts. To escape from bankruptcy and having to give up their home he decides to sell their property in the city. A middle-class family lives there and Neeraja, the sole breadwinner, disagrees as she can't afford to find and pay rent for a new house. To get back to his house, Anjaneyulu undertakes everything, such as seeking legal advice from an advocate Lankela Shankara Rao and the help of his relative Inspector Bellam Appa Rao but fails. So, Anjaneyulu schemes a plan to smoke his tenants and enters the house by trapping Neeraja's innocent mother Tulasamma (Subha). There onwards, he makes h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prana Snehithulu
''Prana Snehithulu'' () is a 1988 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. It is a remake of the 1987 Hindi film '' Khudgarz'', which itself was based on Jeffrey Archer's 1979 novel '' Kane and Abel''. The film stars Krishnam Raju, Sarath Babu and Radha. Cast * Krishnam Raju * Sarath Babu * Radha * Suresh * Mucherla Aruna * Murali Mohan * M. Balaiah * Kota Srinivasa Rao * Murali Mohan * Saradhi * Sagarika * A. J. V. Prasad * Lakshmi Priya * Baby Prasanna Lakshmi Production ''Prana Snehithulu'', directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao, is a remake of the 1987 Hindi film '' Khudgarz'', itself inspired by Jeffrey Archer's 1979 novel '' Kane and Abel''. Shooting took place at Padmalaya Studios. Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by the duo Raj–Koti while the lyrics were written by Bhuvana Chandra Bhuvana Chandra is an Indian lyricist, renowned for his work in the Telugu cinema. He served in the Indian Air Force for 18 years before turni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raj–Koti
Thotakura Somaraju and Saluri Koteswara Rao, popularly known as Raj–Koti were Indian film music composers, singer-songwriters, record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalists duo in Telugu cinema, In a notable career spanning a decade, the duo has garnered particular acclaim for redefining contemporary Telugu film music. They composed music for about 180 films. Out of their 3000 songs, about 2,500 songs were sung by singers S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and K. S. Chithra. The Raj–Koti duo was among the many prominent South Indian composers for whom A. R. Rahman has worked as a keyboard programmer for 8 years. In a television interview aired on ABN Andhrajyothy, the duo announced that they are teaming up again in 2012 and reinstate the Raj–Koti brand. Background Thotakura Somaraju (Raj) is the son of T. V. Raju and Saluri Koteswara Rao (Koti) is the son of S. Rajeswara Rao. Awards ; Nandi Awards * Nandi Award for Best Music Director – 1994 – '' Hello Brother'' F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
