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Chatrapathi Sekhar
Chandra Sekhar, known professionally as Chatrapathi Sekhar, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema, Telugu films. He is known for his frequent collaborations with S. S. Rajamouli. Career Sekhar is a regular in S. S. Rajamouli's films and played a lawyer in ''Sye (2004 film), Sye'' (2004). He garnered acclaim for his role as Prabhas's friend in ''Chhatrapati (film), Chhatrapati'' (2005). While shooting for ''Chhatrapati (film), Chhatrapati'' on a boat thirty five kilometers into the ocean, Sekhar had almost fallen off the boat. Prabhas (actor), Prabhas caught Sekhar by his leg and pulled him back onto the boat. He has since portrayed notable roles in several Telugu films including ''Vikramarkudu'' (2006), ''Magadheera'' (2009), the bilingual ''Eega'' (2012), ''Rangasthalam'' (2018), the bilingual film ''U Turn (2018 film), U Turn'' (2018). He made his Tamil-language debut with ''Viswasam'' (2019), in which he portrayed Ajith Kumar's Muslim friend. He portraye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simhadri (2003 Film)
''Simhadri'' is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language action film co-written & directed by S. S. Rajamouli from a story written by V. Vijayendra Prasad. The film was produced by V. Vijay Kumar Varma under VMC Productions and stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as the title character alongside Bhumika Chawla, Ankitha, Mukesh Rishi, Nassar, and Rahul Dev playing supporting roles. The film has music composed by M. M. Keeravani while the cinematography and editing are done by Ravindra Babu and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao respectively. Released on 9 July 2003, the film was widely praised for its story, direction, and emotional scenes, and received positive reviews. The film was the highest-grossing Telugu film of the year , and all time highest grossing at that time in Telugu movies. The film was on a budget of ₹8.5 crore (US$1.8 million) and collected a gross of 56 crore (US$12 million). The film was subsequently remade in Tamil as '' Gajendra'' (2004) and in Kannada as '' Kanteerava'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aagadu
''Aagadu'' () is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Srinu Vaitla. Written by Anil Ravipudi, Upendra Madhav and Praveen Varma, the film was jointly produced by Ram Achanta, Gopi Achanta and Anil Sunkara under their banner 14 Reels Entertainment. It stars Mahesh Babu, Tamannaah Bhatia and Sonu Sood in lead roles while Rajendra Prasad, Ashish Vidyarthi, Nassar, and Brahmanandam play supporting roles. ''Aagadu'' was Thaman S 50th film as a music composer, with K. V. Guhan as the cinematographer and M. R. Varma as the editor. Mahesh played Shankar, an encounter specialist who becomes the circle inspector of police in Bukkapatnam. He is tasked with stopping the power plant construction by Damodar (Sonu Sood), a crime boss, due to its environmental impact. Shankar later learns that Damodar is responsible for his brother Bharath's death, leading him to seek revenge. Principal photography for ''Aagadu'' began on 28 November 2013 and concluded on 5 Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend (2014 Film)
''Legend'' is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Boyapati Srinu and produced by 14 Reels Entertainment and Varahi Chalana Chitram. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna in a dual role, alongside Jagapathi Babu, Sonal Chauhan and Radhika Apte. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad, while the cinematography and editing were handled by C. Ram Prasad and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao ''Legend'' was released on 28 March 2014 worldwide to positive reviews from critics and became the second-highest-grossing film of 2014. The film achieved an all-time record in the Telugu film industry by running for 400 days and became the first film to run for over 1000 days in South India. Plot 1987: Jeetendra, a cruel faction leader from Kurnool, visits to fix up his alliance with local MLA’s daughter. During their return, he causes an accident and fires his gun when the villagers question him. In that region, a family shares the hardships of the public despit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balupu
''Balupu'' () is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Gopichand Malineni. The film is produced by Prasad Vara Potluri under his PVP cinema banner. The film stars Ravi Teja, Anjali, and Shruti Haasan along with Prakash Raj, Adivi Sesh, Ashutosh Rana, and Brahmanandam in supporting roles. The film soundtrack is composed by S. Thaman. Released on 28 June 2013, the film was major commercially successful at the box office. It was remade in Bengali as ''Herogiri'' (2015). Plot Ravi works as a collection agent of ICICI bank in Bangalore and leads a happy life along with his friends and his father Mohan Rao. Mohan Rao wishes to see Ravi married to a girl soon although Ravi is against it. One day, Ravi is informed that one of his friends, Seenu has attempted suicide. Upon inquiring, Ravi finds out that his friend fell in love with a girl named Shruti. Shruti and her uncle Crazy Mohan, have a habit of cheating gullible young men in the name of love - inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daruvu
''Daruvu: Sound Of Mass'' is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action comedy film written and directed and co-written by Siva, produced by Burugupalli Siva Rama Krishna under Sri Venkateswara Entertainments banner and starring Ravi Teja in dual roles and Taapsee in lead roles. The soundtrack of the film is composed by Vijay Antony, while the cinematography is handled by Vetri. Anil Ravipudi penned the dialogues and Gautham Raju handled the editing department. The film is inspired from ''Yamudiki Mogudu''. The movie was a semihit at box office. The movie was remade in Odia as ''Ashok Samrat''. Plot The film's story is similar to fantasy films like '' Yamagola'', '' Yamudiki Mogudu'', '' Yamaleela'', and '' Yamadonga''. Bullet Raja (Ravi Teja) is a small-time crook with a good heart. He bumps into Swetha ( Taapsee) at a function and falls in love with her, but she is already engaged to Harbour Babu ( Sushant Singh), a powerful local goon. One day, using Swetha's dance ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhammu
''Dhammu'' () is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action drama film co-written and directed by Boyapati Srinu. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Trisha, Karthika Nair, Nassar, Sampath Raj, Rahul Dev, Kishore, Suman, Brahmanandam, Ali, Bhanupriya, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Venu Thottempudi. ''Dhammu'' was released theatrically on 27 April 2012 and received mixed to negative reviews from critics who praised cast performance and action sequences, but criticized its screenwriting, excessive violence, and double-meaning dialogues. Despite being an average grosser at the box office, it was unofficially remade in Bengali (Bangladesh) as '' Rajababu - The Power'' starring Shakib Khan, Apu Biswas and Bobby. The film was dubbed into Tamil titled ''Singamagan''. Plot Rama Chandra is an orphan who leads a simple life along with his friend. He falls in love with Sathya, who is a rich girl. Sathya imposes a condition that Rama Chandra's family history should be important. At this ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racha (film)
''Racha'' () is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language masala film directed by Sampath Nandi and produced by Megaa Super Good Films. The film stars Ram Charan and Tamannaah Bhatia, alongside Ajmal Ameer, Mukesh Rishi, Dev Gill, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Nassar and Brahmanandam with R. Parthiban appearing in a cameo. The film marks the Telugu debuts of Ajmal Ameer and R. Parthiban. The music was composed by Mani Sharma, while cinematography and editing were handled by Sameer Reddy and Gautham Raju respectively. Principal photography commenced in June 2011 and was shot in various locations, mainly in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, apart from Sri Lanka and Bangkok. It was also shot in Anji County of China, which is the first in Telugu cinema. ''Racha'' was released worldwide on 5 April 2012 to positive reviews from critics. The film received four nominations at the 60th Filmfare Awards South, where it won the award for best choreography. It also received five nominations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakthi (2011 Film)
''Shakti'' () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film directed by Meher Ramesh. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr. alongside Ileana D'Cruz, Prabhu, Manjari Phadnis, S. P. Balasubramanyam, Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Bedi, Jackie Shroff, Sonu Sood and Nassar. The film was produced by C. Aswani Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies. Mani Sharma composed the soundtrack. The film follows Shakti (N. T. Rama Rao Jr.), a tourist guide who falls for Aishwarya (Ileana D'Cruz), as they evade Faqtooni's relentless pursuit of a powerful gem unknowingly carried by Aishwarya. ''Shakthi'' was released on 1 April 2011 and opened on more than 7000 screens worldwide. It was heavily panned by critics and audiences alike, who criticised the film's screenplay for its illogical plot points and overall execution, ultimately becoming a box office disaster. Plot Faqtooni, the wife of Egyptian King Mukhtar, sends her youngest son Bashim to India to retrieve a magical gem and weapon to avenge h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryada Ramanna
''Maryada Ramanna'' is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the script with S. S. Kanchi. Produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni under Arka Media Works, the film stars Sunil, Saloni and Nagineedu in the lead roles. The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani, with cinematography by Ram Prasad. It is Inspired by the Buster Keaton's silent comedy film '' Our Hospitality''. When Rajamouli watched ''Our Hospitality'', he liked it immensely and wanted to retell the story in his own way. He attempted to contact the original creators but discovered that the original writers had long since died and that the film's copyright had expired, as it had been over 75 years since its release. S. S. Kanchi and Rajamouli adapted the story with a Rayalaseema backdrop, focusing on the factional violence and hospitality that co-existed in the region. The film was released theatrically on 23 July 2010, the film opened to posit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalavar King
''Kalavar King'' is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Suresh starring Nikhil Siddharth and Shweta Basu Prasad. The film was released on 26 February 2010. The film was a box office failure, but was still remade in Tamil as ''Eththan'' (2011) by the same director and in Kannada as '' Melkote Manja'' (2017). Plot Rajesh ( Nikhil Siddharth) is a not-so-innocent village boy who wants to make it big in life easily and in the process ends up taking loans from every person in the village. In a parallel track, we have Shruthi ( Shweta Prasad) who is being harassed by the local goon Narender ( Ajay) who also happens to be her brother-in-law. Rajesh & Shruthi meet and a couple of misunderstandings lead to Rajesh turning over a new leaf. He then transforms into a successful loan recovery agent and decides to rescue Shruthi from the clutches of her brother-in-law. Eventually, they realize their love for each other before an insipid climax leads to a happy endi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raksha (2008 Film)
''Raksha '' () is a 2008 Telugu-language horror thriller film directed by Vamsi Krishna Akella. Produced by Azam Khan and presented by Ram Gopal Varma, the film stars Jagapati Babu and Kalyani in the lead roles, with music composed by Bappi-Tutul. It is a remake of Ram Gopal Varma's '' Phoonk'', whose story is thematically similar to the Telugu thriller novel, '' Tulasi Dalam'', by Yandamuri Veerendranath. Plot The film begins with Rajeev, owner of Raksha Construction Company, leading a delightful life with his wife, Arthi, and their children, Rahul & Raksha. Moreover, he has immense affection for his daughter Raksha. Venu, the bestie of Rajeev, works in his company with his wife, Madhu, with whom he facilitates all comforts. Rajeev is an atheist, but his wife and mother have immense belief in God and black magic (Chethabadalu). On a regular work day at the construction site, his manager Shyam finds an ancient Ganesh idol. He also advises Rajeev to construct a temple therein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
