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Gaami
''Gaami'' () is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language epic adventure thriller film written and directed by debutant Vidyadhar Kagita. The film features Vishwak Sen, Chandini Chowdary, Abhinaya, Harika Pedada and Mohammad Samad in primary roles. Initially started with a crowd-funding campaign, it was produced by Karthik Sabareesh, under Karthik Kult. It released on 8 March 2024 to positive reviews from critics and audiences, with critics praising the cast's performances, concept, production design and technical aspects.The film was a major commercial success at the box-office by grossing over ₹22 crore against the budget of ₹6 crore. Gaami has been screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam, becoming the first Telugu film to do so. Plot Aghoras of a secluded Ashram condemn Shankar, an amnesiac Aghora with haphophobia, who was dropped off at the Ashram as a teen by an admired Aghora Kedar Baba, to banishment, as they misconstrue his phobia to be a curse set on by him by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishwak Sen
Vishwak Sen (born Dinesh Prasad Naidu on 29 March 1995) is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He made his debut as a lead actor in 2017 with the film ''Vellipomakey''. He made his debut as a director in 2019 with the film ''Falaknuma Das''. His notable works are ''Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi'' (2018), ''HIT: The First Case'' (2020), ''Ashoka Vanamlo Arjuna Kalyanam (2022),'' ''Ori Devuda'' (2022), ''Gaami'' (2024) and his second directorial, ''Das Ka Dhamki'' (2023). Early life Vishwak Sen was born as Dinesh Naidu on 29 March 1995 in Hyderabad, India. He changed his name to Vishwak Sen prior to entering the film industry, as per numerology, on the suggestion of his father, who believed he would never achieve success with his birth name. Career Vishwak Sen made his acting debut with ''Bangaru Babu (2009 film), Bangaru Babu'' (2009) and his lead acting debut with ''Vellipomakey'' (2017). The latter was released to above-average reviews, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandini Chowdary
Chandini Chowdary is an Indian actress who works in Telugu cinema. Her notable works include '' Colour Photo'' (2020), '' Sammathame'' (2022) and '' Gaami'' (2024). Early life Chandini Chowdary was born in a Telugu speaking family in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. She graduated in mechanical engineering from Global Academy of Technology, Bengaluru. Career Before making her film debut, Chowdary acted in many short films while studying in Bengaluru. One of her short films with actor Raj Tarun, ''The Blind Date'' brought her recognition. Mullapudi Vara and K.Raghavendra Rao, who saw Chandni's performance in the short film Madhuram in 2013, gave her an opportunity in the film '' Kundanapu Bomma''. The movie's production started in January 2015 but her first introduction as a lead to the Telugu film screen in 2015 was with the movie ''Ketugadu''. She played small roles in ''Life is Beautiful'' before starring in '' Kundanapu Bomma'' (2016), '' Shamanthakamani'' (2017) and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweekar Agasthi
Sweekar Agasthi is an Indian music composer, playback singer, guitarist and audio engineer, who works predominantly in Telugu music. He is best known for composing score and soundtrack of '' C/o Kancharapalem'' (2018) and '' Middle Class Melodies'' (2020). Early life and career Sweekar was born in Vijayawada, India into a Telugu-speaking family. He started his career as a vocalist in the ''Niraval'' band. In 2014, he started playback singing with the song "2010 Summerlo" from the film '' Doosukeltha''. Before making debut in playback singing, he has worked as an audio engineer. '' C/o Kancharapalem'' (2018) was his breakthrough film. Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of ''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 India ...'' quoted, "Sweekar Agasthi's music stayed with me long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haphophobia
Haphephobia (also known as aphephobia, haphophobia, hapnophobia, haptephobia, haptophobia, thixophobia, aphenphosmphobia) is a specific phobia that involves the fear of touching or of being touched. Signs and symptoms As with other phobias and anxiety conditions, haphephobia may come with anxiety and stress-related symptoms that vary among those that suffer from it. A non-exhaustive list of potential symptoms that those suffering from haphephobia may have includes: *Chest pain * Choking sensation *Cold or hot flushes *Cholinergic urticaria * Dissociation *Dizziness *Fear of dying *Fear of loss of control *Feeling of being trapped *Heart palpitations *Hyperventilation *Nausea *Sense of impending danger *Sweating *Tingling and shivering sensations *Trembling Popular culture *In the 1987 teen film ''Three O'Clock High'', the main antagonist Buddy Revell physically assaults anyone who physically touches him. *In the 1989 manga ''Berserk'', the main character Guts suffers from haphep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhinaya (actress)
Abhinaya is an Indian actress and model who mainly works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. She is both hearing and speech impaired. She made her acting debut in ''Naadodigal'' (2009) and then she has appeared in many Tamil and Telugu films. Personal life Abhinaya got engaged to her long-time boyfriend Vegesana Karthik on 9 March 2025 and married him on 16 April 2025 in Hyderabad. Career She was spotted by director Samuthirakani and cast in his film Naadodigal. The film became a commercial success and was later remade into three languages. The success of ''Naadodigal'' and critical acclaim for Abhinaya's performance led him to cast her in the Telugu remake ''Shambo Shiva Shambo'', while she was signed to play the same role in its Kannada remake ''Hudugaru'' as well. She won two Filmfare Awards for her performances in ''Naadodigal'' and ''Shambo Shiva Shambo'' the following year. She was cast in an important role in '' Easan'' (2010) directed by Sasikumar. In 2011, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Samad
Mohammad Samad (born 7 May 2000) is an Indian actor, who works predominately in Hindi films, including ''Gattu (2012)'', '' Haraamkhor (2015)'', ''Tumbbad (2018)'' and '' Chhichhore'' (2019). He played the lead role of Manju Kumar in the Netflix series '' Selection Day'' (2018). Early life Mohammad Samad was born in Roorkee, Uttarakhand. His parents run a grocery shop in Roorkee. He has one elder brother and four elder sisters. He did his schooling from St. Gabriel's Academy, Roorkee. Career His first breakthrough performance was in the movie Gattu where he played the titular lead role for which he won the Best Child Actor Award at the 12th New York Indian Film Festival. He has acted in films Haraamkhor and Tumbbad. In 2018, he played the lead role in the web series Selection Day on Netflix. In the 2019 film Chhichhore, he played the role of the teenage son of the characters played by lead actors Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor Shraddha Kapoor (born 3 Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumbh Mela
Kumbh Mela (, ; ) is an important Hinduism, Hindu pilgrimage, celebrated approximately every 6 or 12 years, correlated with the partial or full orbital period, revolution of Jupiter. It is the largest peaceful gathering of people in the world. A ritual dip in the waters marks the festival. It is also a celebration of community commerce with numerous fairs, education, religious discourses by saints, mass gatherings of monks, and entertainment., Quote: "The special power of the Kumbha Mela is often said to be due in part to the presence of large numbers of Hindu monks, and many pilgrims seek the darsan (Skt., darsana; auspicious mutual sight) of these holy men. Others listen to religious discourses, participate in devotional singing, engage Brahman priests for personal rituals, organise mass feedings of monks or the poor, or merely enjoy the spectacle. Amid this diversity of activities, the ritual bath at the conjunction of time and place is the central event of the Kumbha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostitution
Prostitution is a type of sex work that involves engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, manual sex, oral sex, etc.) with the customer. The requirement of physical contact also creates the risk of transferring infections. Prostitution is sometimes described as sexual services, commercial sex or, colloquially, hooking. It is sometimes referred to euphemistically as "the world's oldest profession" in the English-speaking world. A person who works in the field is usually called a prostitute or '' sex worker'', but other words, such as hooker and whore, are sometimes used pejoratively to refer to those who work in prostitution. The majority of prostitutes are female and have male clients. Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms, and its legal status varies from country to country (sometimes from region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddhist
Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century Before the Common Era, BCE. It is the Major religious groups, world's fourth-largest religion, with about 500 million followers, known as Buddhists, who comprise four percent of the global population. It arose in the eastern Gangetic plain as a movement in the 5th century BCE, and gradually spread throughout much of Asia. Buddhism has subsequently played a major role in Asian culture and spirituality, eventually spreading to Western world, the West in the 20th century. According to tradition, the Buddha instructed his followers in a path of bhavana, development which leads to Enlightenment in Buddhism, awakening and moksha, full liberation from ''Duḥkha, dukkha'' (). He regarded this path as a Middle Way between extremes su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lobotomy
A lobotomy () or leucotomy is a discredited form of Neurosurgery, neurosurgical treatment for mental disorder, psychiatric disorder or neurological disorder (e.g. epilepsy, Depression in childhood and adolescence, depression) that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex. The surgery causes most of the connections to and from the prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the human brain, brain, to be severed. In the past, this treatment was used for handling mental disorder, psychiatric disorders as a mainstream procedure in some countries. The procedure was controversial from its initial use, in part due to a lack of recognition of the severity and chronicity of severe and enduring Mental disorder, psychiatric illnesses, so it was said to be an inappropriate treatment. The originator of the procedure, Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz, shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine of 1949 for the "discovery of the therapeu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conversion Therapy
Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to align with heterosexual and cisgender norms. Methods that have been used to this end include forms of brain surgery, surgical or chemical (hormonal) castration, aversion therapy treatments such as electric shocks, nausea-inducing drugs, hypnosis, counseling, spiritual interventions, visualization, psychoanalysis, and arousal reconditioning. There is a scientific consensus that conversion therapy is ineffective at changing a person's sexual orientation or gender identity and that it frequently causes significant long-term psychological harm. An increasing number of jurisdictions around the world have passed laws against conversion therapy. Historically, conversion therapy was the treatment of choice for individuals who disclosed same-sex attractions or exhibited gender nonconformity, which were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern India
South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area () and 20% of India's population. It is bound by the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Arabian Sea in the west and the Indian Ocean in the south. The geography of the region is diverse, with two mountain ranges, the Western and Eastern Ghats, bordering the plateau heartland. The Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Penna, Tungabhadra and Vaigai rivers are important non-perennial sources of water. Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Coimbatore and Kochi are the largest urban areas in the region. The majority of the people in South India speak at least one of the four major Dravidian languages: Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. During its history, a number of dynastic kingdoms ruled ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
