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Indraja (other)
Rajathi, better known by her stage name Indraja, is an Indian actress who works in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films, in addition to television shows. Early life Indraja was born as Rajathi in a Telugu Brahmin family in Chennai. She is the eldest of three sisters and comes from a Carnatic music family. During school days, she won prizes in singing and drama competitions. A trained classical singer and dancer, she learned Kuchipudi dance form Madhavapeddi Murthy. She was preparing to be a journalist. Career Indraja was cast as a child actress in Rajinikanth-starrer Uzhaippali movie. With Jantar Mantar, her first movie as a grown-up, she adopted the name of her character in that movie, 'Indraja' as her stage name. Later, S. V. Krishna Reddy's ''Yamaleela'' catapulted her to instant stardom. The film ran for over a year. She acted in ''Thadayam'' and ''Rajavin Parvaiyile'' but she was not able to make much headway in Tamil movies, as both movies failed to make an impact at the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sify
Sify Technologies Limited (formerly Satyam Infoway) is an Indian information and communications technology (ICT) company providing telecom services, data center services, cloud & managed services, transformation integration services, and application integration services. Sify Technologies Limited played a role during the early spread of Internet and e-commerce in India. It has been listed on NASDAQ as SIFY since October 1999. Merrill Lynch was the underwriter for Sify's IPO on the NASDAQ. Sify was founded and led to IPO by R. Ramaraj. History In November 1999, Sify paid crore for a 24.5% stake in IndiaWorld Communications. It acquired the remaining shares for crore on 30 June 2000. In 2000, Sify sponsored the India Olympics team. In January 2002, Sify announced prizes for most emails sent under a 6-week contest called "Sify Greenmail," promoting emails as an eco-friendly way of communication. In March 2002, Sify made an agreement with Makemytrip to run Sify's tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronic Bachelor
''Chronic Bachelor'' is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy drama film, written and directed by Siddique. It is about the life of Sathyaprathapan, a bachelor. It features Mammootty, Mukesh, Rambha, Indraja, Bhavana, Innocent, Lalu Alex and Biju Menon. Jyothika was signed as the lead actress but later was replaced by Rambha. The movie was produced by Fazil. The film was a commercial success. It was later remade in Tamil as '' Engal Anna'' starring Vijayakanth and in Telugu as '' Kushi Kushiga'' with Jagapati Babu. Plot The film opens with a flashback showing the family feud between families of Sathyaprathapan and Bhavani. Sathyaprathapan's sister and Bhavani's cousin are in love. The murder of Bhavani's cousin Vishnu, is wrongly accused on Balagangadharan, father of Sathyaprathapan. Sathyaprathapan's sister commits suicide and Sathyaprathapan turns against his father, who dies soon. He starts to help Bhavani's family and mortgages his own house to finance he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Actress – Telugu
The Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972. The year indicates the year of release of the film. Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Superlatives * Vanisri won the award the most times in the 70's with three wins. Vijayashanti won the most in the 80s and 90s with three wins each decade. In the 90s, Soundarya had three wins. Trisha Krishnan won the award three times in 2000s, while Anushka Shetty has the most wins in 2010s with two wins. * Jayasudha and Tabu are the two actress who have won both Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu. * Seven actresses have won the awards in consecutive years: Vanisri (1973–1975), Jayasudha (1976–1977), Vijayashanti (1989–1990), Soundarya (1998–1999), Trisha Krishnan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa
''Sogasu Chooda Tarama!'' () is a 1995 Telugu language romance film directed by Gunasekhar. The film stars Naresh, Indraja, Tanikella Bharani, Mallikarjuna Rao, and Ramana Murthy. The film won four Nandi Awards. It was not commercially successful. The film is an unofficial remake of 1993 American film ''Indecent Proposal''. Cast * Naresh as Venkat Rao *Indraja as Neelima *Tanikella Bharani * Mallikarjuna Rao *Ramana Murthy *Devadas Kanakala Soundtrack Awards ;Nandi Awards * Best Feature Film - Gold - K. Ram Gopal * Best Dialogue Writer - Ajay Shanti * Best Costume Designer - Koteswara Rao * Best Screenplay Writer - Gunasekhar Gunasekhar (born 2 June 1964) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has directed films in action, romance, mythological, and historical drama genres. He has won a National Film Award, multiple Nand ... References External links * 1995 films 1990s Telugu-language films Indian romance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaidhi Padai
''Amaidhipadai'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language political satire film, written and directed by Manivannan. The film stars Sathyaraj (in a dual role), Ranjitha, Kasthuri and Sujatha. It revolves around a politician who builds his career through unethical means, while his son, an honest law enforcer, seeks to take him down. ''Amaidhipadai'' was released on 13 January 1994. It went on to run more than 25 weeks and was a silver jubilee hit. The film has since developed a strong cult following. It was remade in Telugu as '' M. Dharmaraju M.A.'' (1994), and in Hindi as '' Jallaad'' (1995). A spiritual successor, '' Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA'' was released in 2013, with Sathyaraj returning. Plot In 1968, Amavasai is a lazy and transient, but shrewd man. He gets acquainted with politician Manimaran "Mani", an MLA of the Palladam constituency belonging to the ruling party. Amavasai helps Mani with some petty tasks during his election campaign. He later becomes Mani's close associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamaleela
''Yamaleela'' () is a 1994 Indian Telugu-language fantasy comedy film written, directed, and composed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. It stars comedian Ali in his debut as a lead actor, alongside Indraja, Satyanarayana, Manju Bhargavi, Bramhanandam, and Tanikella Bharani. The film was a major box office success. The film was remade in Hindi as '' Taqdeerwala'' (1995) and in Tamil as '' Lucky Man'' (1995). A spiritual successor, '' Yamaleela 2'', was released in 2014. Additionally, a sequel television series, '' Yamaleela Aa Taruvatha'', aired from 2020 to 2022, continuing the events of the original film. Plot Suraj, a mischievous young man, frequently disappoints his mother with his behaviour. He later discovers her past: his father was a zamindar and the owner of Swarna Palace, who passed away under the burden of debts, causing them to lose their estate. Determined to restore his mother’s happiness, Suraj vows to reclaim their palace at any cost. Meanwhile, he falls in love w ... [...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] |
Hello Brother (1994 Film)
''Hello Brother'' is a 1994 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film, produced by K. L. Narayana and directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. It stars Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna and Soundarya, with music composed by Raj–Koti. The film is loosely based on the Hong Kong action comedy ''Twin Dragons'' (1992) starring Jackie Chan. In turn, ''Hello Brother'' spawned several of its own remakes, twice in Hindi as '' Judwaa'' (1997) and its reboot '' Judwaa 2'' (2017), in Kannada as '' Cheluva'' (1997) and in Bengali as ''Bhaijaan Elo Re''. The film was the highest grossing Telugu movie of 1994. Plot Misra, a dacoit, is arrested by SP Chakravarthy. Misra wounds himself and is taken to the hospital, where Chakravarthy is waiting for his wife Geetha, who is pregnant and gives birth to twins. The doctor says that both children have a reflection mentality (if one person is hurt, the other is also hurt) depending on the distance. Misra escapes and takes one of the twins with him, hurting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purusha Lakshanam
''Purusha Lakshanam'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language drama film, written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar from a story by P. Vasu. The film stars Jayaram and Khushbu. It was released on 3 December 1993. The film was remade as '' Bhale Pellam'' in Telugu and in '' Mangalya Bandhana'' in Kannada. Plot Nandagopal works as a managing director in a company. Abhirami "Ammu", a carefree college student, falls in love with Nandagopal at first sight, while Anju also loves him, but it is one sided. Finally, Nandagopal accepts to get married with Ammu. Raja was Ammu's classmate and was in love with her, so he wants to take revenge on her. Raja begins to compel Ammu, and challenges to marry her. One day, Raja hugs Ammu in front of Nandagopal, Nandagopal thinks that his wife has an affair with Raja and he expels Ammu. What transpires later forms the crux of the story. Cast Production P. Vasu wrote the story with Khushbu in mind, and she accepted. Though Khusbhu had fever on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzhaippali
''Uzhaippali'' ( ) is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, written and directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Rajinikanth and Roja. It was released on 24 June 1993 and became a box office success. Plot Rajini works as a coolie in a factory. He is asked by three brothers to feign to be a foreign-returned rich man, the heir of a property. Rajini acts, but always escapes as he doesn't want to face consequences. But then he discovers that he is indeed the heir to the property, his father was killed by the three brothers to take away the property and his mother became a mental patient. He avenges the death of his father by killing the villains. At last, he says he doesn't want to be an heir to money and always remains a coolie. Cast Production ''Uzhaippali'' marked the comeback of Vijaya Productions who stopped producing for 20 years. This was P. Vasu's third collaboration with Rajinikanth after ''Panakkaran'' and '' Mannan''. Unlike those films, this was not a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalabhavan Mani
Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a Impersonator, mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in over 250 films, including Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, Tamil cinema, Tamil, Kannada cinema, Kannada, and Telugu cinema, Telugu films, and was renowned for his humorous characters and villain roles. Mani won National Film Awards, National Film Award – Special Jury Award and Kerala State Film Awards for his performance as Ramu in ''Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum'' (1999). He was the first actor from kerala who won the National Film Award – Special Jury Award (feature film), National Film Award - Special Jury Award in the history of Malayalam film industry. Personal life Kalabhavan Mani was born as Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani in Kerala to Chenathunad Kunnisseri Veettil Raman and Ammini at Chalakudy, Thrissur dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Johnson (film)
''Ben Johnson'' is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Anil C. Menon, written by T. A. Shahid, and produced by Milan Jaleel. It stars Kalabhavan Mani in dual roles as father and son, alongside Indraja, Siddique, Harisree Ashokan and Vijayaraghavan in supporting roles. The songs were composed by Deepak Dev. ''Ben Johnson'' was released on 24 June 2005, and was a commercial success at the box office. The film was dubbed in Odia under the same title. Plot Amarakkadan Pathrose is a local goon in the Muthangakuzhi village. He is the monarch of all that he surveys, thanks to his rough and ready methods. Fear stalks the village whenever he gets into ‘action’. His son, Johnson is everything that the fear-inspiring father is not. He goes out of his way to be nice to one and all, in an effort to erase the bad reputation set by his father. Johnson has always cherished the dream of becoming a policeman. Ever since his childhood, Johnson has been good ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
