|
Chandu (2001 Film)
''Chandu'' is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Veeru K., who also composed the music. Produced by Manepalli Manikyala Rao, the film stars Jeet (credited as "Pavan Kumar") in his cinematic debut, alongside Preethi, and Archana in lead roles. Released on 31 August 2001, the film was a failure at the box office. Following the film's failure, Jeet transitioned to the Bengali film industry, where he gained widespread success and emerged as one of its leading stars. Plot Pavan's father arranges his engagement to Preethi, the daughter of his childhood friend. Although Pavan has not seen Preethi since their childhood, he agrees to the marriage. Curious to meet her before the wedding, he visits her house secretly without informing his parents. There, he encounters Archana, a friend of Preethi, who falsely introduces herself as Preethi. Unaware of the deception, Pavan falls in love with Archana, and she reciprocates his feelings. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeet (actor)
Jeetendra Madnani (born 30 November 1978), mononymously known as Jeet, is an Indian actor, film producer and television presenter who is primarily known for his work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He owns the production houses Grassroot Entertainment and Jeetz Filmworks. Since 2022, he is the executive president of West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum. His first acting assignment was opposite Sudipta Chakraborty in Bishnu Palchoudhuri's Hindi TV series ''Vish Briksha'' (1994) which was based on Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's celebrated Bengali novel ''Bishabriksha''. After a string of roles in television, he made his big screen debut with ''Chandu (2001 film), Chandu'' (2001) which was a commercial failure. He was catapulted to stardom after he portrayed the lead in ''Sathi (2002 film), Sathi'' (2002) which became one of the List of highest-grossing Indian Bengali films, highest grossing Bengali films of all time. In a career spanning over two decades, he has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unni Krishnan
Parakkal Unnikrishnan (born 9 July 1966) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist and playback singer. Early life and background Unnikrishnan was born to K. Radhakrishnan and Dr. Harini Radhakrishnan in Palakkad, Kerala. The family home, Kesari Kuteeram, was a well-known landmark of Madras city, with great-grandfather Dr. K. N. Kesari, an Ayurvedic physician and the promoter of the Telugu women's magazine Gruhalakshmi. He went to Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School, Chennai. He later transferred to Santhome Higher Secondary School in Chennai and completed his schooling in 1984. He graduated from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai, and received his B.Com degree from the Madras University. He earned a General Law and Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations. He worked as an executive in Parry's Confectionery Ltd. from 1987 to 1994, when he quit his job to become a professional singer. Singing career Unnikrishnan was initiated into Carn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raju Singh
Raju Singh (Full name: Rajinder Singh Panesar) is an Indian film score composer, session musician, singer and a guitarist. His first collaboration was with Malkit Singh of Hai Jamalo fame. Together with Aadesh Shrivastava, Adesh Srivastav they released an album called I Love Golden Star which was quite a rage in the underground circles in Britain. Some of his early compositions include of shows are ''Dekh Bhai Dekh, Filmi Chakkar, Aahat (Indian TV series), Aahat, Boogie Woogie (Indian TV series), Boogie Woogie and CID (Indian TV series), CID''. Early life Rajinder Singh Panesar, aka Raju Singh, was born on 3 April 1969 in Mumbai, India. Son of Gursharan Kaur Panesar and Charanjit Singh (musician), Charanjit Singh Panesar; his father hails from Amritsar and Mother from Ferozepur, Punjab. Singh's family lived in Juhu, Mumbai. He attended St. Xavier's High school, Vile Parle and completed college from Mithibai college in 1986. Raju Singh has been an integral part of the music in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hema Sardesai
Hema Sardesai is an Indian playback singer and lyricist based in Goa, India. Born in Bombay, Maharashtra, she shot to fame in 1997 with songs from movies like '' Sapnay'', ''Biwi No.1'' and '' Jaanam Samjha Karo''. Early life Hema Sardesai was born to Kumudini Sardesai (hailing from Parra) and Dr Kashinath Sardesai (hailing from Savoi-Verem, who had previously been the cricket captain for Goa) and is the younger of their two daughters. Her talent was first discovered at the age of six by her school teacher, Late Mrs. Sequiera. She is an alumnus of Sharada Mandir School, and was born and brought up in Boca de Vaca, a locality of Panaji. She made her stage debut at the age of 8 years, at a Navratri Festival, where the local Gujarati Samaj encouraged her. She has accomplished the Sangeet Visharad in Indian classical music (with Pandit Sudhakar Karandikar as her first guru) and has always been passionate about Western Pop music. Career Sardesai has sung several songs for Bol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan Jha (born 1 December 1955) is an Nepali and Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has also sung in various other languages including Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil language, Tamil, Bengali language, Bengali, Sindhi language, Sindhi, Odia language, Odia, Bhojpuri language, Bhojpuri, Nepali language, Nepali, Malayalam, Assamese language, Assamese, Bagheli language, Bagheli and Maithili language, Maithili. He has won four National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards with twenty nominations among many others. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution towards arts and culture. As many as 21 of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time". He got to sing with Mohammed Rafi in his Hindi playback debut in ''Unees-Bees'' in 1980 and also with Kishore Kumar in the 1980s. He finally made his mark in the 1988 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JioSaavn
JioSaavn is an Indian music streaming service and a digital distributor of music in Hindi, Marathi, English, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Chhattisgarhi and other regional languages of India. Since it was founded in 2007 as Saavn, the company has acquired rights to over 80 million music tracks in 16 languages. JioSaavn is a freemium service; basic features are free with advertisements or limitations, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality and music downloads for offline listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. On 23 March 2018, Saavn announced merger with Jio in a deal worth more than $1 billion. The merger was completed in December 2018, with Saavn being rebranded JioSaavn. History Saavn was founded in 2006 as BODVOD Network and initially distributed Hindi Cinema content in North America in a B2B offering. Saavn later shifted its core focus to become a music destination for fans of Bollywood and other Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple Music
Apple Music is an audio and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc. Users can select music to stream to their device on-demand, or listen to existing playlists. The service also includes the sister internet radio stations Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, Apple Music Country, Apple Música Uno, Apple Music Club, and Apple Music Chill which are broadcast live to over 200 countries 24 hours a day. The service was announced on June8, 2015, and launched on June30, 2015. New subscribers get a one-month free or six months free trial with the purchase of select products before the service requires a monthly subscription. Originally strictly a music service, Apple Music began expanding into video in 2016. Executive Jimmy Iovine has stated that the intention for the service is to become a "cultural platform", and Apple reportedly wants the service to be a "one-stop shop for pop culture". The company is actively investing heavily in the production and purchasing of video cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aditya Music
Aditya Music India Private Limited is an Indian music record label company, which owns the label Aditya Music. It produces music for the Telugu cinema industry and is headquartered at Hyderabad, Telangana. Overview The company was founded by Umesh Gupta, initially as a distribution and marketing company for music labels in Andhra Pradesh. In 1996, the label Aditya Music was established, and in 2000 they began manufacturing audio cassettes. Aditya Music founder is ARUN KUMAR Hindi and Bhojpuri. Soundtrack discography Telugu cinema *'' Swathi Muthyam'' (1985) *'' Oke Okkadu'' (1999) *'' Thammudu'' (1999) *'' Gemini'' (2002) *'' Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi'' (2003) *'' Devullu'' (2000) *'' Siva Rama Raju'' (2002) *''Sri Anjaneyam'' (2004) *'' Varsham'' (2004) *'' Jai Chiranjeeva'' (2005) *'' Athadu'' (2005) *'' Bangaram'' (2006) *''Stalin'' (2006) *'' Sri Ramadasu'' (2006) *'' Desamuduru'' (2007) *'' Maharathi'' (2007) *''Guru'' (2007) *''Pandurangadu'' (2008) *'' Magad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (born Chembolu Seetharama Sastry; 20 May 1955 – 30 November 2021) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acquired the stage name Sirivennela after writing the lyrics for the 1986 film of same name. Sastry has garnered several awards including eleven Nandi Awards and six Filmfare Awards South for his work the most by any south Indian lyricist. He had penned lyrics for over 3,000 songs until 2020. In 2019, he was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in India, for his contributions to the field of arts and aesthetics. Early life Seetharama Sastry was born on 20 May 1955 in Anakapalli in Andhra Pradesh. He spent his early years in Kakinada, where he developed his literary skills under the guidance of his father, Chembolu Venkata Yogi, a polyglot. Kakinada's vibrant literary scene also influenced his growth through interactions with local writers. He completed his schooling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prematho Raa
''Prematho Raa'' ( Come with love) is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Udayasankar and produced by T. Trivikrama Rao under Vijayalakshmi Art Pictures. Starring Venkatesh and Simran in the lead roles, the film features music composed by Mani Sharma. This film marked the second collaboration between Venkatesh, Simran, and Udayasankar, following the success of '' Kalisundam Raa'' (2000). However, ''Prematho Raa'' failed to replicate the success of their previous venture and was a box office failure. It was later dubbed into Tamil as ''Kadhal Galatta''. Plot Chandu and Vijay are brothers. They belong to a wealthy family where the elder brother Vijay is responsible for taking care of the business. The younger one Chandu is a spoilt brat and a womanizer. Vijay is in love with Sandhya. Chandu happens to visit Ooty and falls for a damsel, Geeta. But Geeta remains aloof. So he plays different tricks to attract her. One fine day he expresses his love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narasimha Naidu
''Narasimha Naidu'' is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by B. Gopal and written by Chinni Krishna. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna in the titular role along with Simran, Preeti Jhangiani, Asha Saini and music composed by Mani Sharma. ''Narasimha Naidu'' was released on 11 January 2001 alongside Venkatesh's '' Devi Putrudu'' and Chiranjeevi's '' Mrugaraju'', where it received positive reviews from critics and became a huge commercial success at the box office by earning a gross of 40 crore on a budget of 6-9 crore and was an industry hit at the time. Nandamuri Balakrishna won Nandi Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film. It was remade into Tamil as ''Ezhumalai'' (2002) starring Arjun with Simran reprising her role. Plot The film begins with a feud between neighboring villages in Visakhapatnam district, where Raghupati Naidu and Appala Naidu are rivals. Since Raghupati Naidu is peace-loving, the malicious Appala Naidu tramples t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
