B. V. Nandini Reddy
B. V. Nandini Reddy is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema and television. She debuted with 2011 Telugu film, ''Ala Modalaindi''. Early life Nandini Reddy was born in Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad. Her father Bharath. V. Reddy was a Chartered accountant who is originally from Chittoor district, and is settled in Bangalore. Her mother Roopa Reddy is from the "Pingle" family hailing from Warangal district. Nandini has a younger brother named Uttam Reddy. Reddy was educated at St. Ann's High School, Secunderabad, and earned a degree at Women's College, Koti. She also holds a master's degree in politic science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was active in dramatics, elocution and cricket throughout her school and college years. She is also one of the judges in a Telugu reality TV show ''Adhurs''. Career Reddy was introduced to Gangaraju Gunnam through a mutual friend and in 1995 she worked on his children's movie ''Little Soldiers' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mahanati
''Mahanati'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu cinema, Telugu-language biographical film, biographical drama (film and television), drama film based on the life of actress Savitri (actress), Savitri. It is written and directed by Nag Ashwin, and produced by Priyanka Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema. The film features Keerthy Suresh as Savitri while Dulquer Salmaan (in his Telugu debut) plays Savitri's husband Gemini Ganesan. The film also stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Vijay Deverakonda, while Rajendra Prasad (actor), Rajendra Prasad, Bhanupriya, Divyavani, Mohan Babu and Prakash Raj appear in supporting roles. The plot follows Savitri's life, depicting her turbulent rise to prominence, marriage with Ganesan, and subsequent fall from grace, which is viewed from the perspective of a journalist and a photographer, played by Samantha and Deverakonda respectively. Ashwin began working on the biopic of Savitri following the release of his directorial debut ''Yevade Subramanya ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Little Soldiers
''Little Soldiers'' is a 1996 Telugu-language children's film written, directed, and produced by Gunnam Gangaraju. The film stars Kavya, Baladitya, Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hindi cinema, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada and Ma ..., and Brahmanandam, with a soundtrack composed by Sri. Upon release, the film and the soundtrack received positive reviews. It has garnered six state Nandi Awards including the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (silver), in addition to the National Film Award for Best Child Artist (Kavya). The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India. The film has also been dubbed in Tamil as ''Kutti Sippaigal''. Plot The story starts off with Bunny aged three and Sunny aged nine, who are siblings. They quarrel a lot but love each other dearly. The chi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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ETV (India)
ETV is an Indian Telugu-language general entertainment pay television channel. The channel was launched on 27 August 1995 focusing on the state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of the ETV Network owned by Ramoji Group. It is the second-oldest Telugu satellite channel after Gemini TV. It is also one of the earliest private satellite channels in South India. Name The letter E in ETV stands as a Telugu letter "ఈ" meaning "This" collectively meaning as "This TV". The letter E also stands as a short cut form of Eenadu, a Telugu newspaper owned by Ramoji Rao. ''Eenadu'' is a polysemic word which has two meanings in Telugu language "this day" and "this land". History Launch ETV was launched on 27 August 1995 by Ramoji Group which owned Eenadu, the largest circulated Telugu-language daily newspaper. The company leased a high-quality transponder on the Intelsat satellite system, and uplinked from Padduka near Colombo, Sri Lanka. ETV began with an ambitious 18-hour service of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anni Manchi Sakunamule
''Anni Manchi Sakunamule'' () is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language romantic family drama film directed by B. V. Nandini Reddy and produced by Priyanka Dutt under Swapna Cinema and Mitra Vinda Movies. The film stars Santosh Sobhan, Malvika Nair, Rajendra Prasad, Rao Ramesh, Naresh, and Gautami in supporting roles. The music was composed by Mickey J. Meyer. Cast Production The entire film was shot at the hill station of Coonoor and few cities in Europe and USA. Release The film was released on 18 May 2023. The film's digital rights were brought by Amazon Prime Video, while the satellite rights were brought by Zee Telugu. The film started streaming on Prime Video from June 17, 2023 in Telugu along with dubbed versions in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada languages. Soundtrack The film score and soundtrack were composed by Mickey J. Meyer. The audio rights were acquired by Sony Music India Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian music record label op ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pitta Kathalu
''Pitta Kathalu'' () is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language anthology drama film consisting of four short film segments, directed by Nag Ashwin, B. V. Nandini Reddy, Tharun Bhascker and Sankalp Reddy. The film features an ensemble cast of Amala Paul, Ashwin Kakumanu, Eesha Rebba, Jagapati Babu, Satyadev, Lakshmi Manchu, Ashima Narwal, Saanve Megghana, Sanjith Hegde and Shruti Haasan, amongst others. The film was produced by RSVP Movies and Flying Unicorn Entertainment. The film premiered on Netflix on 19 February 2021. It is Netflix's first Telugu original film. Segments Plot ''Ramula'' "Ramula" is the narrative of a modest community Telangana young lady named Ramula (Saanve Megghana) and her fit-in vain boyfriend, Ram chander (Abhay Bethiganti). Once, a politician named Swaroopa Akka ( Manchu Lakshmi) witnesses Ramula trying to commit Suicide by falling from a bridge and she asks her what happened. To which she says that Ram chander broke up with her. Swaroopa Akka gives ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, 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 a 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. (BCCL), 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. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kalyana Vaibhogame
''Kalyana Vaibhogame'' () is a 2016 Indian Telugu romantic comedy film written and directed by B. V. Nandini Reddy. Produced by K.L.Damodar Prasad under Sri Ranjith Movies the film stars Naga Shourya and Malavika Nair and Raasi, Aishwarya, Raj Mudhiraj and Anand in the supporting roles. The film was released worldwide on 4 March 2016 to critical acclaim. Cast * Naga Shourya as Shourya * Malavika Nair as Divya * Raasi as Prameela Devi * Anand * Pragathi * Naveen Neni * Aishwarya * Thagubothu Ramesh as Goutham, Software Engineer * Geetha Singh as Punjabi Guest * Snigdha * Pearle Maaney as Vaidehi * Raj Madiraju * Ashish Vidyarthi as garbage vehicle driver (guest appearance) Soundtrack The film's music was composed by Kalyan Koduri and released by Madhura Audio. Release and reception ''Kalyana Vaibhogame'' was released on 4 March 2016 in 300 screens across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and received critical acclaim. The distribution rights for Nizam regions were ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jabardasth (film)
''Jabardasth'' is a 2013 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Nandini Reddy under the banner of Sri Sai Ganesh Productions. It stars Siddharth (actor), Siddharth, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Menen in lead roles. The film released on 22 February 2013 and was commercial failure at the box office. The film is inspired by 2010 Hindi film ''Band Baaja Baaraat''. Yash Raj Films, producers of the Hindi film, claimed that ''Jabardasth'' is an unofficial remake and planned to take legal action against its makers. Plot Cast * Siddharth (actor), Siddharth as Bairraju * Samantha Ruth Prabhu as Shreya * Nithya Menen as Saraswati * Srihari as Javed Ibrahim * Raghu Babu as Raghu Bairraju's friend * Sayaji Shinde as Bihar Yadav * Pragathi (actress), Pragathi as Shreya's mother * Thagubothu Ramesh as Ramesh * Vennela Kishore as Software Subramanyam * Suresh (actor, born 1963), Suresh as Vamshi Krishna * Arjunan (actor), Arjunan * Dharm ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Samantha Akkineni
Samantha Ruth Prabhu (born 28 April 1987) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil films. One of South India's highest-paid actresses, Samantha is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards South, two Nandi Awards and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award. After a brief stint as a model while pursuing a degree in commerce, Samantha made her acting debut in the Telugu romance film '' Ye Maaya Chesave'' (2010), winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. She became the second actress to win both the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil and Best Actress – Telugu in the same year, for her performances in the 2012 films '' Neethaane En Ponvasantham'' and '' Eega'', respectively. Over the next few years, she played the leading lady in top-grossing androcentric films such as ''Dookudu'' (2011), '' Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu'' (2012), '' Attarintiki Daredi'' (2013), ''Kaththi'' (2014), '' Theri'' (2016), '' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oh! Baby (2019 Film)
''Oh! Baby'' is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language fantasy comedy film directed by B. V. Nandini Reddy. The film stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Lakshmi. A remake of the 2014 South Korean film ''Miss Granny'' directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, the plot follows a woman in her 70s (Lakshmi) who magically finds herself turned into her own physical 24-year-old self (Samantha) after having her picture taken at a mysterious photo studio. Naga Shaurya, Rajendra Prasad, Rao Ramesh, and Teja Sajja play supporting roles. The music was composed by Mickey J. Meyer. Principal photography of the film began in December 2018. The film released theatrically on 5 July 2019 and received positive reviews, with praise for Samantha's performance. It was a commercial success. A Hindi remake is in development by Sajid Nadiadwala titled ''Jabudani''. Plot Lecturer Shekhar / Nani explains the behavior of old people and talks about his mother Baby. She works in a canteen of her own in the same college which i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Suresh Productions
Suresh Productions (also known as Suresh Movies, Vijaya Suresh Combines) is an Cinema of India, Indian film production company, production and Film distributor, distribution company known for its works in Telugu cinema. It is established in 1964 by D. Ramanaidu. It is one of India's largest film production companies with over 50 years of experience. The production house is located in Ramanaidu Studios, Hyderabad. Suresh Productions has produced more than 150 films in 13 Languages of India, Indian languages, majority of them in the Telugu language. The first film produced by the company was ''Ramudu Bheemudu'' with N. T. Rama Rao in 1964. Suresh Productions launched the careers of directors such as B. Gopal, Jayanth C. Paranjee, Muppalaneni Shiva, Thirupathisamy, Tirupathi Swamy, and Uday Shankar and four music directors. Filmography Awards References External linksRamanaidu Film School * {{Rana Daggubati Akkineni–Daggubati family, Film production companies bas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daggubati Suresh Babu
Daggubati Suresh Babu (born 24 December 1958) is an Indian film producer, studio owner and film distributor who serves as the managing director of Suresh Productions. He is the elder brother of popular telugu actor Venkatesh and father of another popular actor Rana Daggubati. In 2012, he received the Andhra Pradesh state Nagireddy–Chakrapani National Award for his contribution to popular cinema. He has produced several Telugu-language films under Suresh Productions banner including '' Bobbili Raja, Coolie No.1, Preminchukundam Raa, Ganesh, Kalisundam Raa, Jayam Manade Raa, Nuvvu leka nenu lenu, Malliswari, Tulasi, Drushyam and Gopala Gopala''. Early life He is the son of the producer D. Ramanaidu and elder brother of popular actor Venkatesh. He did his schooling from Don Bosco school in Madras. He completed his PUC from Loyola College, a gold medalist from College of Engineering, Guindy and graduated from University of Michigan in 1981. He is married to Laksh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |