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Naan Ee
''Eega'' () is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli. The film was produced by Sai Korrapati Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram with an estimated budget of 30–40 crore (US$6–7 million). It was filmed simultaneously in Tamil with the title ''Naan Ee'' (). The film stars Nani, Samantha, and Sudeepa. M. M. Keeravani composed the songs and the background score, while K. K. Senthil Kumar was the director of photography. Janardhana Maharshi and Crazy Mohan wrote the dialogue for the Telugu and Tamil versions, respectively. The film's narrative is in the form of a bedtime story told by a father to his daughter. Its protagonist, Nani, who is in love with his neighbour Bindu, is murdered by a wealthy industrialist named Sudeep, who is attracted to Bindu and considers Nani a rival. Nani reincarnates as a housefly and tries to avenge his death and protect Bindu from an obsessive Sudeep. The idea for the film originated in the mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Korrapati
Sai Korrapati is an Indian film producer and distributor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema . Early life and career He is born in Pallapadu. He ventured into Telugu film distribution in 1999 with Seetaramaraju. He owns a theatre Radhika in his home town Bellary. He distributed blockbuster movies in Telugu film for over fifty feature films. He ventured into film production with Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo. He is an angel investor An angel investor (also known as a business angel, informal investor, angel funder, private investor, or seed investor) is an individual who provides capital to a business or businesses, including startups, usually in exchange for convertible de ... in Sillymonks, PGO, Nalgonda Eagles in Telangana Premier Kabaddi. In 2012, he founded the film production company Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram. Film production Film distribution Awards *National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu- ''Eega'' (2012) *Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) - ''Eega'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Action Film
The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as David Bordwell suggested they were films that favor spectacle to storytelling, others such as Geoff King stated they allow the scenes of spectacle to be attuned to storytelling. Action films are often hybrid with other genres, mixing into various forms such as comedies, science fiction films, and horror films. While the term "action film" or "action adventure film" has been used as early as the 1910s, the contemporary definition usually refers to a film that came with the arrival of New Hollywood and the rise of anti-heroes appearing in American films of the late 1960s and 1970s drawing from war films, crime films and Westerns. These genres were followed by what is referred to as the "classical period" in the 1980s. This was followed by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annapurna Studios
Annapurna Studios is an Indian film studio facility founded in 1976 by the Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao. It is located on a site in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. The studio provides comprehensive production and post-production services. It is also a film production and distribution company, previously known as Annapurna Pictures. Registered in 1951 as Annapurna Pictures (P) Ltd., it was founded by Nageswara Rao and his mentor Dukkipati Madhusudana Rao. The first film made on the banner was '' Donga Ramudu'' (1955). It has produced over 60 feature films till date. In 2011, Akkineni family launched a non-profitable educational institute called the Annapurna International School of Film and Media. The family serves as directors on the company board. Annapurna Studios Background Telugu film industry was originally based in based in Madras (now Chennai) before the industry started moving to the capital of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, in the late 1970s, largely due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makuta VFX
Makuta is an Indian visual effects and animation company based in Santa Clara, CA with branches in Hyderabad, India and Universal City, CA. The company received the prestigious National Film Award for Best Special Effects, from the Indian government, in 2010 and 2012, for ''Magadheera'' and '' Eega'', respectively. History The company was founded by Pete Draper, Adel Adili, and R. C. Kamalakannan in 2010, off the success of their collaboration on ''Magadheera'' (2009), the trio brought in private investment and technical advisors from the entertainment and technology industries to their board of directors, such as Dasaradha Gude, Raja Koduri, and S. S. Rajamouli, along with long-time collaborator, A. V. Dorababu as studio lead. As per an agreement, Rajamouli exited from the board of directors after two calendar years, during the production of '' Eega'' and Kamalakannan personally exited in 2012. Draper, Adili, and Dorababu have been spearheading the studio's operations si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principal Photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the actors, director, cinematographer(s) or sound engineer(s) and their respective assistants ( assistant director, camera assistant, boom operator), the unit production manager plays a decisive role in principal photography. They are responsible for the daily implementation of the shoot, managing the daily call sheet, the location barriers, transportation, and catering. Additional typical roles during filming include the script supervisor to record changes to the script and the still photographer to produce images for advertising and documentation. Several reports are prepared each day to track the progress of a film production, including the daily production report, the daily progress report, and the sound report. Process Prepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much of Hyderabad is situated on hilly terrain around Lakes in Hyderabad, artificial lakes, including the Hussain Sagar lake, predating the city's founding, in the north of the city centre. According to the 2011 census of India, Hyderabad is the List of cities in India by population, fourth-most populous city in India with a population of residents within the city limits, and has a population of residents in the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region, metropolitan region, making it the List of metropolitan areas in India, sixth-most populous metropolitan area in India. With an output of 95 billion, Hyderabad has the sixth-largest urban economy in India. The Qutb Shahi dynasty's Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah established Hyderabad in 1591 to extend the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramanaidu Studios
Suresh Productions (also known as Suresh Movies, Vijaya Suresh Combines) is an Cinema of India, Indian film production company, production and Film distributor, distribution company known for its works in Telugu cinema. It is established in 1964 by D. Ramanaidu. It is one of India's largest film production companies with over 50 years of experience. The production house is located in Ramanaidu Studios, Hyderabad. Suresh Productions has produced more than 150 films in 13 Languages of India, Indian languages, majority of them in the Telugu language. The first film produced by the company was ''Ramudu Bheemudu'' with N. T. Rama Rao in 1964. Suresh Productions launched the careers of directors such as B. Gopal, Jayanth C. Paranjee, Muppalaneni Shiva, Thirupathisamy, Tirupathi Swamy, and Uday Shankar and four music directors. Filmography Awards References External linksRamanaidu Film School * {{Rana Daggubati Akkineni–Daggubati family, Film production companies bas ... [...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] |
Housefly
The housefly (''Musca domestica'') is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. It possibly originated in the Middle East, and Cosmopolitan distribution, spread around the world as a commensal of humans. Adults are gray to black, with four dark, longitudinal lines on the thorax, slightly hairy bodies, and a single pair of membranous wings. They have red compound eyes, set farther apart in the slightly larger female. The female housefly usually mates only once and stores the sperm for later use. It lays batches of about 100 eggs on decaying organic matter such as food waste, carrion, or feces. These soon hatch into legless white larvae, known as maggots. After two to five days of development, these metamorphosis, metamorphose into reddish-brown pupae, about long. Adult flies normally live for two to four weeks, but can hibernate during the winter. The adults feed on a variety of liquid or semi-liquid substances, as well as solid materials which have been softened by their saliva. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reincarnation
Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the Philosophy, philosophical or Religion, religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new lifespan (other), lifespan in a different physical form or physical body, body after biological death. In most beliefs involving reincarnation, the soul of a human being is immortality, immortal and does not disperse after the physical body has perished. Upon death, the soul merely becomes transmigrated into a newborn baby or into an animal to continue its immortality. (The term "transmigration" means the passing of a soul from one body to another after death.) Reincarnation (''punarjanman'') is a central tenet of Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. In various forms, it occurs as an esoteric belief in many streams of Judaism, in certain Paganism, pagan religions (including Wicca), and in some beliefs of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas and of Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedtime Story
A bedtime story is a traditional form of storytelling, where a story is told to a child at bedtime to prepare the child for sleep. The bedtime story has long been considered "a definite institution in many families".Dickson, Marguerite Stockman (1919). ''Vocational Guidance for Girls''. p. 90–93. History The term "bedtime story" was coined by Louise Chandler Moulton in her 1873 book, ''Bed-time Stories''. The "ritual of an adult reading out loud to a child at bedtime formed mainly in the second half of the nineteenth century and achieved prominence in the early twentieth century in tandem with the rising belief that soothing rituals were necessary for children at the end of the day. The practice of reading bedtime stories contributed to the growth of the picture book industry, and may also have contributed to the practice of isolated sleeping for children. Western culture Within the Western culture, many parents read bedtime stories to their kids to assist with falling a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Director Of Photography
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera and light crews working on such projects. They would normally be responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image and for selecting the camera, film stock, lenses, filters, etc. The study and practice of this field are referred to as ''cinematography''. The cinematographer is a subordinate of the director, tasked with capturing a scene in accordance with the director's vision. Relations between the cinematographer and director vary. In some instances, the director will allow the cinematographer complete independence, while in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify exact camera placement and lens selection. Such a level of involvement is less common when the director and cin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
