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Mallesham
''Mallesham'' is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language biographical film based on the life of Chintakindi Mallesham, written and directed by RajR. The film features Priyadarshi as Mallesham, alongside Jhansi, debutante Ananya Nagalla and Ananda Chakrapani in prominent roles. The film garnered positive reviews from critics upon release. Priyadarshi's performance in the film is regarded as one of the "100 Greatest Performances of the Decade" by ''Film Companion.'' Plot Chintakindi Mallesham, a school dropout, goes on to revolutionize the weaving industry by creating the Asu machine. Cast * Priyadarshi as Chintakindi Mallesham *Jhansi as Lakshmi *Ananya Nagalla as Padma * Ananda Chakrapani as Narasimhulu * Gangavva as the ceiling fan home owner * Jagadeesh Prathap Bandhari as Anji *Durgaprasad K as Electrician Kiran * Anvesh Michael as Raju *Jayasri Rachakonda as Dr. Indira, gynecologist * Thiruveer as Veera Pratap * Laxman Aelay as Padma's father *Thagubothu Ramesh as a drunk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananya Nagalla
Ananya Nagalla (born Anusha Nagalla) is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu films. She made her debut in the 2019 film ''Mallesham'' and went onto appear in films such as '' Play Back'' (2021) and '' Vakeel Saab'' (2021). She was nominated for SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu. Early life Nagalla was born in a Telugu family in Sathupalli of Khammam district in Telangana (then in Andhra Pradesh) to Venkateswara Rao and Vishnu Priya. Her father is a businessman and her family moved to Hyderabad for her studies. She completed her B. Tech in Raja Mahendra College of Engineering, Ibrahimpatnam and worked in Infosys before pursuing a career in the film industry. Career While working, Nagalla appeared in the short film ''Shaadi'' and was nominated as Best Actress at the SIIMA Short Film Awards. She was later auditioned and selected for the 2019 biographical ''Mallesham'' co-starring Priyadarshi. She was credited with her birth name Anusha Nagalla in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananda Chakrapani
Ananda Chakrapani is an Indian actor who works in Telugu-language films. He garnered acclaim for his performance in ''Mallesham'' (2019). Early life He was born in Gaddamvari Yadavalli village of Kanagal mandal in Nalgonda district of Telangana State. His family migrated to Kondrapole village in Dameracherla mandal near Miryalaguda. He started working in a printing press since his school days to support himself. Before joining films he worked in Advertising Agencies as visualizer and copy writer. Career He made his film debut with B. Narsing Rao's award-winning film '' Daasi'' (1988); but the film failed to give him a breakthrough as an actor. He landed the role in ''Daasi'' after he met Devipriya, one of the screenplay writers for ''Daasi''. Devipriya recommended him to Narsing Rao. In 2013, he began directing a documentary titled ''Waiting for Death'' about the impact of fluorosis on people living in his hometown of Nalgonda. Twenty-five years after ''Daasi'', he was sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chintakindi Mallesham
Chintakindi Mallesham (Telugu: చింతకింది మల్లేశం) has been acclaimed for his invention of the ''Lakshmi Asu machine'' that reduced the manual effort required by weavers in Pochampally. It has helped reduce the cycle time from around six hours to about ninety minutes. He is a recipient of Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India for the year 2017. He hails from Sharajpet, Aleru. In public media A biopic on his life was released in 2019 and starred Priyadarshi Pulikonda in the lead role with the eponymous title ''Mallesham ''Mallesham'' is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language biographical film based on the life of Chintakindi Mallesham, written and directed by RajR. The film features Priyadarshi as Mallesham, alongside Jhansi, debutante Ananya Nagalla and Ananda Chak ...''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mallesham, Chintakindi Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyadarshi (actor)
Priyadarshi Pulikonda (born 25 August 1989) is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Telugu films. He gained recognition for his role in '' Pelli Choopulu'' (2016). In addition to supporting roles, Priyadarshi played the lead in films such as '' Mallesham'' (2019), ''Mithai'' (2019), and ''Mail'' (2021). His performance in '' Mallesham'' (2019) appeared in the "100 Greatest Performances of the Decade" by ''Film Companion.'' Early life Priyadarshi was born on 26 August 1989 in a Telugu-speaking Telugu family in Telangana, India. His father Pulikonda Subbachary is a professor and his mother's name is Jayalakshmi. Priyadarshi's parents shifted to Hyderabad when he was 2 years old since then they have been living in Hyderabad. They lived in the Old City until he was 10, later moved to Gachibowli and now lives in Chandanagar. He did his Bachelor of Science in Statistics from MNR Degree & PG College and has a postgraduate degree in Mass Communication from the University of Hyde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th South Indian International Movie Awards
The 9th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad on 18–19 September 2021. The ceremony (9th SIIMA) recognized and honored the best films and performances from the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and music released in 2019 and 2020, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. In 2020, the awards ceremony could not take place due to COVID-19 pandemic in India. So, it was scheduled for 11–12 September 2021. Later, it was rescheduled to 18–19 September 2021. The nomination list for the main awards was announced in August 2021. Sreemukhi, Sundeep Kishan and Dhanya Balakrishna have hosted the 2019 section (first day) of the awards ceremony. A total of 112 recipients won the awards in 21 categories across the four languages on the first day (2019 section). The winners for the year 2020 were announced on the second day of the event. 2019 winners and nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anvesh Michael
Anvesh Michael is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.In 2020, Anvesh made his directorial debut with ''Kotha Poradu'' for Aha that released on 8 February 2020. He made his first appearance in 2017's ''Nirudyoga Natulu'' directed by Rohit and Sasi. Soon after which he was approached by Raj Rachakonda for a supporting role in Chintakindi Mallesham's biopic starring Priyadarshi, also titled ''Mallesham ''Mallesham'' is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language biographical film based on the life of Chintakindi Mallesham, written and directed by RajR. The film features Priyadarshi as Mallesham, alongside Jhansi, debutante Ananya Nagalla and Ananda Chak ...''. Filmography Web Films * References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Medaram, Naveen Living people Telugu screenwriters Telugu film directors 21st-century Indian film directors Indian emigrants to the United States 21st-century Indian male writers 1979 births 21st-century Indian screenwri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangavva
Milkuri Gangavva is an Indian YouTuber, comedian and actress. She used to work as a farm-worker before becoming popular on YouTube. Gangavva is known for her diction of Telangana dialect of Telugu language. In 2020, she entered the Telugu reality TV show ''Bigg Boss 4'' as one of the 19 contestants. Early life Gangavva hails from Lambadipally village of Telangana state's Jagitial district. No record exists of her birth date. Gangavva received no formal education as she dropped out during her first grade. She was married off when she was five. Gangavva had four children, three daughters and a son, including a daughter who died. Career Gangavva used to work in agriculture fields and rolled cigarettes before venturing into YouTube in 2016. She was approached by son-in-law Srikanth Sriram to feature in his channel ''My Village Show'' which focuses village culture and rural life of Telangana. She started off with guest appearances before acting full-time from 2017. Gangavva's c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jhansi (TV Anchor)
Jhansi is an Indian television presenter and film actress. She has also appeared in several Tollywood films and a few TV shows. She made her debut in Tollywood in the year 1994. She won five Nandi Awards. Filmography As an actress As a dubbing artist * '' Alludugaaru Vachcharu'' (1999) for Kausalya * ''Priyaralu Pilichindi'' (2000), '' Idi Sangathi'' (2008) for Tabu * ''Thenali'' (2000) for Jyothika * '' Kanchana'' (2011) for Devadarshini * ''jai bolo Telangana''(2011) for Smriti Irani Television career As host *Talk of the Town for Gemini TV *Sunday Sandadi for ETV Telugu *Manoyagnam serial for ETV Telugu *Sarada serial for Gemini TV *Brain of Andhra for MAA TV *Pelli Pustakam for MAA TV *Black (season 1,2&3) for ETV Telugu *Ko Ante Koti for Gemini TV *Lakku Kikku for Zee Telugu *Bangaru kutumbam for Zee Telugu *Box lo Bangaram for Gemini TV *Naveena for TV9 *Chetana for TV9 *Starmaa Parivar League for Star Maa *Start Music for Star Maa *Starmaa Parivar League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagadeesh Prathap Bandhari
Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari is an Indian actor who prominently worked in Telugu films. He made his debut with Avanti Cinema's '' Nirudyoga Natulu'' in 2018 and was seen in Raj Rachakonda's ''Mallesham'' followed by ''George Reddy'' and ''Palasa 1978''. His role as Kesava in the 2021 film '' Pushpa: The Rise'' brought him nationwide recognition. He was arrested in 2023 for allegedly abetting his ex-girlfriend's suicide. Early life Jagadeesh was born and raised in Warangal and he came to Hyderabad looking for help to finish his first unreleased short film, which eventually made him a regular at short films screenings at Prasad Labs, and eventually got him a role in '' Nirudyoga Natulu''. Arrest He was arrested and booked under Section 306 of IPC IPC may refer to: Computing * Infrastructure protection centre or information security operations center * Instructions per cycle or instructions per clock, an aspect of central-processing performance * Inter-process communica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramya Behara
Ramya Behara is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Telugu films. She has sung over 250 songs in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi films. " Dhivara" song from the Telugu film '' Baahubali: The Beginning'' (2015) was her breakthrough. Early life and career Behara was born in Narasaraopet, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India and was raised in Hyderabad. She stated that her passion for singing began when she was in seventh grade. She went to Little Music Academy and was trained under Ramachary. Behara's first song was recorded for a Telugu film ''Vengamamba''. She was introduced to films by M. M. Keeravani Koduri Marakathamani Keeravani (born 4 July 1961; credited as M. M. Keeravani) is an Indian film composer, playback singer, and lyricist, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema along with other languages including Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Ma .... Discography Awards and nominations References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anurag Kulkarni
Anurag Kulkarni is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Telugu language films. Early life and career Kulkarni was born in a Marathi family in Kamareddy, Telangana. He started learning Hindustani classical music with late Kakunoori Jangaiah, a Hindustani vocalist and guru in Hyderabad. He was trained in kirana gharana style of singing. On 24 January 2015, he won the Telugu reality singing show, I''dea Super Singer'' Season 8. In August 2021, in an interview with ''Cinema Express ''Cinema Express'' was an Indian Tamil-language entertainment fortnightly magazine published from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was a part of The New Indian Express Group, which also publishes ''Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika'' weekly as well as '' ...'', Kulkarni said that he has recorded over 800 songs in Telugu language. Discography Filmography As voice actor Awards and nominations References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kulkarni, Anurag 1993 births T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goreti Venkanna
Goreti Venkataiah (born 4 April 1965), better known as Goreti Venkanna, is an Indian poet and singer known for his works in Telugu literature. He became popular after his song "Palle Kanneru Peduthundo" in the film ''Kubusam.'' He also acted as a judge for the folk song program ''Rela Re Rela'' on Star Maa. In November 2020, Goreti was nominated as a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) in Telangana. In 2021, he won the Sahitya Akademi Award in poetry category for his work ''Vallanki Taalam''. Early life Goreti Venkataiah was born on 4 April 1965 in Gowraram village of present-day Nagarkurnool district in Telangana, India to Goreti Narasiah and Eeramam. Most of his childhood was spent in singing the native folk songs describing the lives of peasants and the farmers of Telangana. He is one of the famous singers and lyricists from Telangana. Goreti completed his postgraduate in MA and worked in Government services. He is married to Anasuya. Career Goreti Venkanna is the lyrici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
