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Andhra Pori
''Andhra Pori'' () is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Raj Madiraju and starring Akash Puri and Ulka Gupta. The Andhra Association of Telangana petitioned the court against the film's title, arguing that the word ''pori'' is an "objectionable word to degrade the self-respect of the girl". The court dismissed the plea. The film is an official remake of 2014 Marathi film '' Timepass'' starring Prathamesh Parab and Ketaki Mategaonkar which was based on author Shaiju Mathew's novel ''Knocked Up'' that released in 2010. Plot Narsingh is a boy from Telangana who gets kicked out after failing his schooling. He meets Prashanthi, the daughter of a rich man, and falls in love. He calls Prashanthi "Andhra Pori", which means girl from Andhra, and the film covers their relationship and family drama. Cast *Akash Puri as Narsingh *Ulka Gupta as Prashanti *Arvind Krishna *Poornima *Uttej * Eshwari Rao Soundtrack Reception A critic from ''The Hindu'' wrot ...
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Raj Madiraju
Raj Madiraju is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor and producer. In a career spanning about 20 years, he predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. In 2011 and 2012, he wrote and directed ''Rushi (film), Rushi'', for which he won the Nandi Award for Best Story Writer. Early life and education Raj Madiraju's family moved to Hyderabad, the state capital, in 1984 thanks to Vijayananda's transfer. Madiraju studied DECE from Govt. Polytechnic. He joined Grad IETE in 1990 but discontinued due to lack of focus. He did some odd marketing jobs and teaching jobs. His passion for music and entertainment prompted him join Hyderabad Film Talents' Guild, a renowned music group in Hyderabad. He gave stage shows between 1992 and 1996. He joined Avanthi School of Business Management, affiliated to Osmania University, in 1995 to pursue a master's degree in business administration. Film career 1994-95 was the year that satellite television started coming to Indian homes. Madiraju gave some ...
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Arvind Krishna (actor)
Chavali Venkata Arvind Krishna Sarma (born 5 January 1985), better known by his stage name Arvind Krishna, is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films. Early life and education Arvind Krishna had spent his early years in New Delhi before moving to Europe. Arvind Krishna pursued his education in the United States from the University of Southern California - MaST (Math and Science Technology) Highly Gifted High School. He then pursued BTech in Biotechnology from JNTU, Hyderabad. Arvind Krishna is a sportsman, played varsity basketball for his high school and Andhra Pradesh and India, and most recently for Telangana. Post-college education, he worked at the Satyam School of Leadership on the Leadership Development team and pursued the Global Business Leadership program with Harvard Business School and U21 Global and Satyam. Career Arvind Krishna made his foray into acting after education. Arvind's debut movies in ensemble lead and supporting roles ''Young India'' and '' Alas ...
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Telugu Remakes Of Marathi Films
Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode See also * Telugu cinema * Telugu cuisine * Telugu culture (other) Telugu people (), also called Āndhras, are an ethno-linguistic group who speak the Telugu language and are native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Yanam district of Puducherry. They are the most populous of the four ... * Telugu states * " Ma Telugu Talliki", state song of Andhra Pradesh, India * * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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2015 Films
2015 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths. Fox Film (now 20th Century Fox), Universal City, California and Universal Studios Lot celebrated their 100th anniversaries; '' The Sound of Music'' and Dolby celebrated their 50th anniversaries. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of '' The New Yorker'' described 2015 as, "one of Hollywood's worst years" but also stated that it was also "a terrific year for movies over all". He emphasized that, "The anticipated Oscarizables have mainly ranged from the blandly enjoyable to the droningly disastrous. Partly, the problem is merely one of scheduling: most of Hollywood's inspired directors, the ones whose images have a natural musical sublimity and complexity, weren't on call this year. My list reflects the unfortunate accident of a calendar year with no release by many of the best American directors working in or out of th ...
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2010s Telugu-language Films
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number, ...
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Mallemala Entertainments
Mallemala Entertainments is an Indian media and entertainment company which produces films and television programs. Its television productions include reality TV Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 199 ... shows, comedy shows, game shows, entertainment and factual programming in Telugu. Its notable productions includes TV shows like ''Jabardasth'', '' Extra Jabardasth'', '' Star Mahila'', '' Dhee,'' and '' Manasu Mamata''. It produced films like '' Ammoru'' (1995), ''Anji'' (2004), and ''Arundhati'' (2009). Mallemala Entertainments also owns the entertainment website 123Telugu.com. History Shyam Prasad Reddy made his debut as a producer in Tollywood with the film ''Thalambralu'' in 1987 under the banner M. S. Art Movies. Later in 1992, he founded Mallemala Ent ...
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The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. Except for a period of around two years, when Siddharth Varadarajan, S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, senior editorial positions of the paper have always been held by members of the original Iyengar family or by those appointed by them under their direction. In June 2023, the former chairperson of the group, Malini Parthasarathy, w ...
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Kalpana Raghavendar
Kalpana Raghavendar (born 8 May 1980) is an Indian playback singer, winner of Idea Star Singer Malayalam and participant in Bigg Boss Telugu Season 1, songwriter and actor. She started her career as a playback singer at the age of five and, by 2013, had recorded 1,500 tracks and performed in 3,000 shows in India and abroad. In 2010, she was the winner of the south Indian singing show '' Star Singer'' season 5, broadcast by the Malayalam TV channel Asianet. She is a judge of ''Super Singer Junior''. Early life and background Kalpana Raghavendar was born into a Tamil musical family. Her father, T. S. Raghavendra, was a renowned playback singer, actor and composer, and her mother, Sulochana, is also a singer. She has a younger sister, Shekinah Shawn (born Prasanna Raghavendar) who is an opera singer. Kalpana Raghavendar took her Carnatic music lessons under Madurai T. Srinivasan. She has a Master of Computer Applications degree and is pursuing a Master of Philosophy. Career Kalp ...
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Vedala Hemachandra
Vedala Hemachandra (born 2 June 1988) is an Indian independent artist, playback singer, and music director known for his works in Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of Film, motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Based in Film N .... He has won Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu in 2018 for the song "Oosupodhu" from '' Fidaa.'' Early life Hemachandra is born on June 2, 1988. Hemachandra's mother Sasikala Swamy Vedala is a singer and music teacher, father Swamy Vedala is an advocate. Hemachandra has a sister Himabindu, she is a playback singer and music teacher. Hemachandra married singer Sravana Bhargavi on 14 February 2013. They have a daughter named Shikara, who was born on 2 July 2016. He sung the jingle "Hook Aipodam" along with Sahithi Chaganti, in September 2021, for Red FM 93.5. It ...
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Eshwari Rao
Easwari Rao is a South Indian actress who works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema. She played lead roles from 1990 to 1999. She started to play supporting and character roles from 2000 onwards. Personal life Eswari Rao is married to director, actor L. Raja. The couple have two children. Career Eswari Rao's debut movie was ''Intinta Deepavali'' (1990) in Telugu. She debuted in Tamil in ''Kavithai Paadum Alaigal'' credited as Janani. Though the songs were popular, the movie was a failure at box office. She was first noticed in a character role in Thalapathy Vijay's debut film ''Naalaiya Theerpu'' in 1992. She appeared in the 1995 film ''Rambantu'', which was directed by Bapu. She got her first major break in '' Raman Abdullah'' (1997), directed by Balu Mahendra, where she was credited as Easwari Rao. She notably opted out of a project titled ''Koottaali'' as she felt the role was too glamorous. She went on to appear in Manoj Kumar's film ''Guru Paarvai'' (1998) ...
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Uttej
Uttej is an Indian actor and screenwriter who works in Telugu films. He won the Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian for the film ''Chandamama'' (2007). Personal life Uttej was born and brought up in Nalgonda district. He is the nephew of noted lyricist Suddala Ashok Teja. Uttej married Padmavathi who died in September 2021 due to cancer. Career Uttej started his career as an assistant director in Ram Gopal Varma's directorial debut '' Siva'' in 1989. He also played the role of canteen waiter in the film. He recommended JD Chakravathi to play antagonist role in Siva. He acted along with many lead actors and also worked as assistant director to Krishna Vamsi for the film '' Gulabi''. Filmography As actor As writer *'' Raatri'' (1992) *'' Money Money'' (1995) *'' Ninne Pelladata'' (1996; additional dialogue) *''Khadgam'' (2002) *'' Rakhi'' (2006; additional dialogue) *''Mahatma'' (2009; additional dialogue) *''Power'' (2014; additional dialogue) *''Bengal Tiger'' (20 ...
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Poornima (Telugu Actress)
Poornima, also known as Poornima Rao is an Indian actress who starred in many Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam film Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both the mainstream film industry ...s in the early and mid-1980s. Filmography Telugu Tamil: Credited as Poornima/Poornima Rao Malayalam: Credited as Sudha Kannada: Credited as Poornima References External links * Living people Telugu actresses Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Indian film actresses 21st-century Indian actresses People from Machilipatnam Actors from Krishna district Actresses from Andhra Pradesh Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-film-actor-stub ...
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