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Athanu
''Athanu'' () is a 2001 Telugu 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 Tel ...-language film directed by Sathyam Babu under the Savera Creations banner. It stars Sai Kumar and Rachana in the lead roles amongst others. Director A. S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary worked on this film as a writer. Cast Music The soundtrack composed by Chakri consists of 5 songs. 1."Navvindante" 2."Love Song Padave" 3."Paraahushar" 4."Vav Andham" 5."Maa Kem Takkuva" Reception A critic from ''Full Hyderabad'' wrote that "Badly made, with an inapt script, this flick should be given as wide a berth as possible". References {{Reflist 2001 films 2000s Telugu-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AVS (actor)
Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam (2 January 1957 – 8 November 2013), better known and credited by his initials AVS, was an Indian actor, comedian, producer, director, and journalist known for his works in Telugu cinema. A.V.S. was known particularly for his comic dialogue delivery, and expressions. He starred in over five hundred feature films and has garnered four state Nandi Awards, including Best Comedian, and Best character actor. Early life and career AVS was born on 2 January 1957 in Tenali, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. He was introduced to the film industry by director Bapu through his film '' Mister Pellam'' in 1993. With this film, he became a comedy star in the Telugu film industry. For his role he received many awards including Nandi Award by Government of Andhra Pradesh. He won many private and Government awards for both in films and in TV shows. He produced two films: ''Uncle'' and '' Ori Nee Prema Bangaaram Kanu...!'' and directed four films, namely ''Super He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telangana Shakuntala
Telangana Shakuntala (27 March 1951 – 14 June 2014) was an Indian actress who worked in the Telugu cinema. She was known chiefly for playing comedy and villainous characters in Tollywood. Her performances in movies like '' Osey Ramulamma'', ''Nuvvu Nenu'', ''Lakshmi'', '' Okkadu'' and '' Veede'' were well received. She also acted on television and in Tamil-language films, where she is known for her role as Sornakka in '' Dhool''. She was well known for her ability to speak in the Telangana and Rayalaseema dialects of the Telugu language and thus majority of her roles in Telugu cinema exhibited this. Early life She was born in a Maharastrian family in Maharashtra, India. Her father was an Army officer and her mother a housewife. She had four sisters. Career She made her stage début in a play at Ravindra Bharathi. She did many plays after that. She started her film career by playing a character role in 1979 Telugu film, '' Maa Bhoomi'' directed by Goutam Ghose. Personal l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kovai Sarala
Kovai Sarala is an Indian actress and comedian, who plays supporting roles in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian three times, for her performances in '' Sathi Leelavathi'' (1995), '' Poovellam Un Vasam'' (2001) and '' Uliyin Osai'' (2008). She has also won two Nandi Awards for Best Female Comedian and the Vijay Award for Best Comedian for her performance in '' Kanchana'' (2011). She is now part of Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam Party. She has acted with all the top comedians including Vadivelu, Brahmanandam, Goundamani, Senthil and Vivek. Her comedy tracks with Vadivelu and Brahmanandam have been especially popular. Early and present life Kovai Sarala was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (then in Madras State) in a Malayali family. She developed interest in acting after watching MGR's films. She completed her studies and entered the film industry with the support of her sister and father. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanoor Sana
Shanoor Sana Begum, known mononymously as Sana, is an Indian actress, television personality, and former model who primarily works in Telugu cinema. She has also appeared in a few Kannada cinema, Kannada and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. Known for her supporting roles, Sana has acted in over 200 films across South Indian languages. Biography She was born to a Christian father and Muslim mother in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. She was married to Sadath at her teenage even before completing her studies. Her son Syed Anwar Ahmed is a filmmaker and her daughter-in-law Sameera Sherief is a television actress. Career She initially pursued her career in Model (person), modelling. She got the opportunity in film acting from director Krishna Vamsi while she was busy with television and modelling assignments. Director Krishna Vamsi was in search for a suitable actress to play the supporting role in his 1996 film ''Ninne Pelladatha'' and signed Sana to play the supporting role and it event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachna Banerjee
Rachna Banerjee (born Jhumjhum Banerjee; 2 October 1972) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, television presenter and politician. She is known primarily for her works in Bengali and Odia films, besides a few Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. Being crowned the 1991 Miss Kolkata, she has also won five beauty contests in India including Miss Beautiful Smile at the Miss India contest. She is currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency) from West Bengal since June 2024. Early life Banerjee was born on 2 October 1972 in Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, and was her parents' only child. Her father was Rabindranath Banerjee. Her original name was Jhumjhum Banerjee, and was changed to Rachana by Sukhen Das, the director of her debut film ''Daan Pratidaan'' (1993). She completed her higher secondary education from National Girls' High School. Career Modelling career (1991-1992) Banerjee won the Miss Kolkata contest in 1991 when she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chakri (composer)
Gilla Chakradhar (15 June 1974 – 15 December 2014), known professionally as Chakri, was an Indian Music Composer, music composer and singer who worked in Telugu cinema. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu for ''Satyam (2003 film), Satyam'' (2003) & Nandi Award for Best Music Director for Simha (film), Simha (2010). Early life Chakradhar was born on 15 June 1974 in Kambalapalli, a village of the Mahabubabad district, Telangana. Career Chakradhar was known for composing music. He worked as a music director in around 85 movies. He started his career as the music director of the 2000 film Bachi (film), ''Bachi,'' directed by Puri Jagannadh. He won the best singer award for Satyam (2003 film), ''Satyam'' in the Filmfare Awards, Tollywood Filmfare Awards and a Nandi Awards, Nandi Award for Simha (film), ''Simha''. He created many musical hits for Ravi Teja and director Puri Jagannadh, working on nine films with the former and ten films with the latt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. Spoken by about 96 million people (2022), Telugu is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family, and one of the twenty-two Languages with legal status in India, scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one States and union territories of India, Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali language, Bengali. Telugu is one of the languages designated as a Classical Languages of India, classical language by the Government of India. It is the 14th most spoken native language in the world.Statistics in Modern Standard Telugu is based on the dialect of erstwhile Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idlebrain
Idlebrain.com is an Indian entertainment website dedicated to Telugu cinema. Established in 1999 by G. V. Ramana, popularly known as Jeevi, a graduate of BITS Pilani, the site is among the oldest websites on the Internet focused on Telugu films. The site features film reviews, news, box office updates, trailers, interviews, photo galleries, and movie schedules. Jeevi's film reviews, starting with '' Iddaru Mitrulu'' (1999), have made the site particularly popular, with an archive of over 1,000 reviews as of April 2023. It is regarded as a prominent online resource for Telugu cinema. History G. V. Ramana (born ), popularly known by his nom de plume Jeevi, is a graduate of BITS Pilani who had short stints in software and finance firms. While he was working in a private firm in Mumbai, his only connection with Telugu cinema was stray magazines. At that time, for a cinephile like him staying outside Andhra Pradesh, latest information related to Telugu films was scarce and har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallu Chidambaram
Kolluru Chidambara Rao (10 October 1945 – 19 October 2015), known professionally as Kallu Chidambaram, was an Indian actor 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 .... Chidambaram is one of the finest comedians of Telugu cinema. Chidambaram started his career as a theatre artist while working as an Assistant Engineer in Visakhapatnam Port Trust. He made his film debut in 1988 with Kallu (film), ''Kallu'' from which acquired his stage name. He had garnered the state Nandi Special Jury Award for the film. Early life Chidambaram was born in Vizianagaram of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was married and has two sons and two daughters. Career While working full-time as an Engineer in Visakhapatnam Port Trust, he has acted in a variety of roles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brahmanandam
Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956) is an Indian actor and comedian known for his work in Telugu cinema. Recognised as one of India's finest and highest-paid comic actors, he holds the Guinness World Record for the most screen credits for a living actor, having appeared in over 1,000 films.Brahmanandam breaks 1000 film record - ''The Times of India'' Dated 29 January 2015 Retrieved 10 February 2015 Brahmanandam has received numerous accolades, including six and two |
2001 Films
The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first installments of the ''Harry Potter (film series), Harry Potter'', ''Fast & Furious'', ''Spy Kids'', ''Monsters, Inc. (franchise), Monsters, Inc.'' and ''Shrek (franchise), Shrek'' franchises, and ''The Lord of the Rings (film series), The Lord of the Rings'' and ''Ocean's'' trilogies. Significant non-English language films released included ''Monsoon Wedding'', ''Amélie'' and ''Spirited Away''. There was one film, ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', that passed over $1 billion in a re-release of 2020. The inaugural entries of the ''Harry Potter'' and ''Lord of the Rings'' film franchises prompted a shift in both the film and literary communities by propelling fantasy into mainstream culture, popularising Young adult fiction, young adult novels, and reforming the Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbuster to promote film franchises and cater to fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
