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Mounamelanoyi
''Mounamelanoyi'' () is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Shyam Prasad and starring Sachin and Sampada Vaze. The film's title is based on the song of the same name from ''Sagara Sangamam'' (1983). Cast * Sachin as Bobby *Sampada Vaze as Mounika * Devan as Mounika's father *Chalapathi Rao as Mounika's uncle *Tanikella Bharani as Mounika's uncle *Sivaji Raja as Mounika's uncle * Kavitha as Mounika's mother *Annapurna as Mounika's aunt *Delhi Rajeswari as Mounika's aunt * Sri Lakshmi as Mounika's aunt *Saraswathamma as Mounika's grandmother *M. S. Narayana as Lecturer *Ali as Srinu *Babloo as Bobby's friend *Aditi Govitrikar (special appearance in the song "Dancheti Ammalakkalalo") *Rajyalakshmi Roy (special appearance in the song "Idi Benaras") Production Sachiin Joshi made his debut with this film. He landed the role through producer Hamid Bhai. To learn his dialogues, Sachin wrote his dialogues in English. Soundtrack Reception A critic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagara Sangamam
''Sagara Sangamam'' () is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language dance film written and directed by K. Viswanath and produced by Edida Nageswara Rao. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Jaya Prada, Sarath Babu, S. P. Sailaja and Chakri Toleti. Upon release, the film received positive reviews and became a box office hit. The film has received two National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze). The film was dubbed into Tamil and Malayalam and released as ''Salangai Oli'' and ''Sagara Sangamam'' respectively. Kamal Haasan had lent his voice for all three versions. The film was premiered at the 9th IFFI in 1984, and retrospectively at the 45th IFFI in the ''Celebrating Dance in Indian cinema'' section. The film was dubbed into Russian, and was screened at the Moscow International Film Festival, Asia Pacific Film Festival and AISFM Film Festival. ''Salangai Oli'' was released on the same day as ''Sagara Sangamam''. Plot Balakrishna, fon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aditi Govitrikar
Aditi Govitrikar (born 21 May 1976) is an Indian actress, physician and former model. She is the first Indian woman to win the Mrs. World title in 2001. From 1997 to 2004, Govitrikar remained the only Indian supermodel with both a medical doctor and a psychologist qualification. She has been touted by ''Hindustan Times'' as "Beauty with Brains". She is a vegetarian and ardent Vipassana practitioner. She was a contestant on '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 1'' and '' Bigg Boss 3''. Govitrikar won the Gladrags Megamodel Contest in 1996 and the Gladrags Mrs. India in 2000, subsequently winning Mrs. World Contest in 2001. She ventured into acting when she played a prominent role in '' Thammudu'' (1999), a movie that was a runaway hit. She went on to act in many movies including '' Paheli'' (2005) India's official entry to the 79th Academy Awards and ''De Dana Dan'' (2009), that won an award at the International Indian Film Academy Award. She also played a leading role in several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavitha (actress)
Kavitha Dasaratharaj, known professionally as Kavitha, is an Indian actress and politician who predominantly works in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada film industries, she also acted in few Malayalam movies as well. She has done supporting roles in Telugu-language movies like ''Meenakshi'' (2005), ''Chethilo Cheyyesi'' (2010), ''Yugalageetham'' (2010) and ''Aada Paandavulu'' (2013). Personal life She is a Telugu and hails from Andhra Pradesh. She joined the Telugu Desam Party in 2008. Her husband and her son died due to COVID-19 in 2021. Awards Filmography ''This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.'' Telugu * '' Siri Siri Muvva'' (1976) as Savithri – Debut in Telugu * ''Seeta Geeta Daatithe'' (1977) as Seetha * '' Adavi Ramudu'' (1977) * '' Lawyer Viswanath'' (1978) as Gowri * '' Cheppindi Chestha'' (1978) * '' Punadhirallu'' (1979) as Radha * '' Andadu Aagadu'' (1979) as Padma * ''Captain Krishna'' (1979) * '' Iddaru Asadhyule'' (1979) * '' Aarani Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan (actor)
Devan Sreenivasan (born 8 January 1952) is an Indian film and television actor and politician. He is known for his character roles, mostly as villain, in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and a few Kannada and Hindi films. He has starred in over 380 films. He began his film career as a producer with '' Vellam'' (1985). Before its release, he turned into an actor. He made his breakthrough in the 1987 film ''New Delhi''. He played lead roles in films like '' Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam'' (1987), ''Oozham'' (1988), ''Simon Peter Ninakku Vendi'' (1988) and ''Aranyakam'' (1988). In his later career, he mostly played prominent supporting roles, mostly as villain. His well-known such films include '' Vietnam Colony'' (1992), '' Ekalavyan'' (1993), '' Honest Raj'' (1994), '' Baashha'' (1995) and '' Indraprasdham'' (1996). Devan founded the political party Kerala People's Party in 2004. He relaunched the party as Nava Kerala People's Party in 2020, which was merged with the Bharatiya Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivaji Raja
Sivaji Raja (born 26 February 1962) is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Telugu films and television series. He appeared in more than 400 films. He is also known for his work in TV serials '' Amrutam'', ''Alasyam Amrutham Visham'', ''Mr.Romeo'', ''Pandu Mirapakai'', ''Papam Padmanabham'' and '' Moguds Pellams''. He has won four Nandi award The Nandi Awards are annual awards presented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to recognise excellence in Telugu cinema, theatre, and television, as well as lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. The awards are named after the monolithic s ... and a Santosham Film Award. Filmography Films Television References External links * Telugu comedians Indian male film actors Telugu male actors Living people Indian male comedians Male actors in Telugu cinema 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors People from West Godavari district Male actors from Andhra Pradesh 1962 births Santosham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramana Gogula
Ramana Gogula is an Indo-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, music composer and singer of film music and Indian pop. His notable film compositions include '' Premante Idera'' (1998), '' Thammudu'' (1999), '' Badri'' (2000)'', Johnny'' (2003)'', Lakshmi'' (2006)'', Annavaram'' (2006)'', Yogi'' (2007). He is known for his collaborations with Pawan Kalyan with whom he worked for four films. He is currently the Vice President, Clean Technology Innovation at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc and a venture partner at Anthill Ventures. Early life and career In 1996, his band ''Misty Rhythms'' released the Indie Pop studio album ''Aye Laila'' along with a music video which became a chart buster on major music channels MTV and Channel in India. He then ventured into Telugu cinema and composed songs and background score for around 25 films predominantly in Telugu with a few films in Kannada and Tamil languages. As an entrepreneur, Ramana Gogula founded startups like Liqwid Kryst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali (actor)
Ali (born 10 October 1967) is an Indian actor, comedian, and television presenter who works predominantly in Telugu films and television. He acted in more than 1000 films in Telugu. He is a recipient of two Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South. Personal life Ali was born in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. His father was a tailor and his mother was a home maker. He has one younger brother named Khayyum, who is also an actor. Ali married Zubeda Sultana in 1994. The couple has two daughters and a son. Career Ali came into the movie industry with the help of Jit Mohan Mitra, Rajahmundry's musical company. He went to Chennai when director Bharathi Raja was looking for child actors for his movie '' Seethakoka Chiluka'', and was given a role. As a child Ali acted in several movies. When he was too old to be a child actor he struggled to get roles and later became a comedian in Telugu cinema. Director S. V. Krishna Reddy gave him comic roles in his movies, creating new ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Indian Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. Except for a period of around two years, when Siddharth Varadarajan, S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, senior editorial positions of the paper have always been held by members of the original Iyengar family or by those appointed by them under their direction. In June 2023, the former chairperson of the group, Malini Parthasarathy, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idlebrain
Idlebrain.com is an Indian entertainment website dedicated to Telugu cinema. Established in 1999 by G. V. Ramana, popularly known as Jeevi, a graduate of BITS Pilani, the site is among the oldest websites on the Internet focused on Telugu films. The site features film reviews, news, box office updates, trailers, interviews, photo galleries, and movie schedules. Jeevi's film reviews, starting with '' Iddaru Mitrulu'' (1999), have made the site particularly popular, with an archive of over 1,000 reviews as of April 2023. It is regarded as a prominent online resource for Telugu cinema. History G. V. Ramana (born ), popularly known by his nom de plume Jeevi, is a graduate of BITS Pilani who had short stints in software and finance firms. While he was working in a private firm in Mumbai, his only connection with Telugu cinema was stray magazines. At that time, for a cinephile like him staying outside Andhra Pradesh, latest information related to Telugu films was scarce and har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veturi
Veturi Sundararama Murthy (29 January 1936 – 22 May 2010), known mononymously by his surname Veturi, was an Indian poet and lyricist who is known for his works in Telugu literature and cinema. Veturi is a recipient of the National Film Award, various Nandi Awards, Filmfare Awards, and other state honors. His career in Telugu cinema spanned more than four decades. Early life Veturi was born to Chandrasekhar Sastry and Kamalamba in Pedakallepalli, near Challapalli, Krishna into a Telugu Brahmin family. Veturi was a nephew of the Telugu Research Scholar Veturi Prabhakara Sastri. His grandfather Veturi Sundara Sastry was also a poet. Education Veturi completed his schooling in Diviseema, Jaggayyapeta, near Vijayawada in Krishna district, and SSLC in his grandmother's village. Later, Veturi went to Chennai for his intermediate studies and came back to Vijayawada where he completed his degree at S.R.R. Government College. He was a student of the legendary Viswanatha Satyanaray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lakshmi (actress)
Aishwarya Lakshmi Priya, popularly known as Sri Lakshmi, is an Indian actress who is known for her comic roles in Telugu films. She has also appeared in Tamil films. More than 500 films to her credit, she later turned her attention towards television serials. Lakshmi has received four Nandi Awards for Best Female Comedian. Early life Aishwarya Lakshmi Priya was born and brought up in Madras into a Telugu family from Rajahmundry, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. Her father Amarnath and brother Rajesh were actors. Rajesh's daughter Aishwarya is also a film actress. Career Daughter of veteran Telugu actor/Producer Dr. Amarnath, Aishwarya Lakshmi Priya entered the film industry to support her family after her father had fallen sick. Initially, she did minimal and unnoticeable characters. After noticing her spark in playing comedic roles, director Jandhyala offered her a meatier role in '' Rendu Jella Sita'', which turned her career. In the Telugu film industry, she ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
