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Nippu Raava
''Nippu'' ( ''Fire'') is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action film produced by YVS Chowdary on his Bommarillu banner and directed by Gunasekhar. The film stars Ravi Teja and Deeksha Seth, and the music was composed by S. Thaman. Plot The story begins with Surya, who owns a gym center and has a good friend named Sriram. Surya is in love with Sriram's sister Meghna, and after some cat-and-mouse games, she also falls in love with Surya. After a while, Sriram goes to Saudi Arabia for a job and falls in love with Vaishnavi. The story takes a turn when Surya also goes to Saudi Arabia to celebrate Sriram's birthday and is shocked when the police arrests Sriram on charges of murdering Vaishnavi. He is sentenced to death. The only thing Surya can do is get the signature from Vaishnavi's parents to acquit Sriram, but Vaishnavi's father is Raja Goud, the bad guy whom Surya has been fighting all along. What happens from there forms the rest of the story. Cast Production Ravi Teja, Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Nandi Awards, a Filmfare Award South, and a Gaddar Award. Gunasekhar directed the historical epic film ''Ramayanam'' (1997), which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film and was screened at the International Children's Film Festival of India. His 2003 action film, '' Okkadu'' was huge commercial success becoming the highest grossing Telugu film of that year and was remade into various Indian languages. His other notable films include '' Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa'' (1995), '' Choodalani Vundi'' (1998), '' Manoharam'' (2000)'','' and '' Rudhramadevi'' (2015). Career Before venturing into mainstream film direction, Gunasekar worked as an associate director to D. V. Narsaraju, Kranthi Kumar, and Ram Gopal Varma. Gunasekhar made his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukul Dev
Mukul Dev Kaushal (; 17 September 1970 – 23 May 2025) was an Indian television and film actor. He was renowned for his roles in Hindi and Punjabi films, TV series, and music albums, and also appeared in Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu films. He received the 7th Amrish Puri Award for Excellence in Acting for his performance in the film '' Yamla Pagla Deewana''. He died at the age of 54 on 23 May 2025, following a brief illness. Early life Mukul Dev was born in New Delhi into a Punjabi family with roots in a village near Jalandhar and grew up in Delhi. He was the younger brother of actor and model Rahul Dev. They also have a sister. He studied at St. Columba's School, Delhi. Mukul stated that he was exposed to Afghan culture through his father, who could speak Pashto and Persian. His father, Hari Dev, a former Assistant Commissioner of Police, died on April 17, 2019, at the age of 91. In class 8, he won his first pay cheque when he impersonated Michael Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeeva (Telugu Actor)
Kocharla Dayarathnam (born 30 November 1952), better known as Jeeva, is an Indian actor who works primarily in Telugu language, Telugu and Hindi films. He has been working in films since 1978 and is well known for his negative roles in various Ram Gopal Varma films, particularly ''Satya (1998 film), Satya'' (as Jagga), ''Ab Tak Chhappan'' (as Commissioner Suchak) and ''Sarkar (2005 film), Sarkar'' (as Swami Virendra). He has acted in around 250 films in Telugu and Hindi languages. Personal life He was born as Kocharla Dayaratnam. He belongs to Cobaldpet in Guntur. K. Balachander changed his name to Jeeva after his first film, changing his fortunes forever. He named his son as K. Balachander. His son is a director of Telugu movies. He has seven siblings. Career He made his debut as an actor with the film ''Swargam Narakam'' (1975) before acting in the film ''Tholi Kodi Koosindi'' (1981), directed by K. Balachander. He was selected for this role from a number of aspirants. Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam (20 September 1954 – 7 December 2013) was an Indian actor, comedian and film director who worked in Telugu cinema. He was established as one of the highly paid and top most leading comedians in Telugu film industry. Dharmavarapu had huge fan following among Telugu audience for his unique style and dialogue modulation. He hosted several popular television shows. Dharmavarapu has received two state Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian, Nandi Awards for best male comedian for his roles in ''Yagnam (2004 film), Yagnam'' (2004) and ''Aalasyam Amrutam'' (2010). Early life Dharmavarapu was born in a Traditional Telugu Brahmin, Telugu Aruvela Niyogi Brahmin family at Komminenivaripalem in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. Career Dharmavarapu originally worked as a government employee. He became popular through his comedy serial "Anando Brahma" which he both acted in and directed. It was aired on Doordarshan in the 1980s becoming a sensational hit show in And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish Venkat
Fish Venkat (aka Venkat Raj) is an Indian actor who works in the Telugu film industry, playing mainly comedic and negative roles. Career Venkat was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He strongly uses a Telangana dialect A dialect is a Variety (linguistics), variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standard language, standardized varieties as well as Vernacular language, vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardize ... that is reminiscent to fishermen, thus earning him the name "Fish" Venkat. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Venkat, Fish Indian male film actors Telugu male actors Telugu comedians Male actors in Telugu cinema Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian male comedians Male actors from Hyderabad, India 21st-century Indian male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghu Babu
Yerra Raghu, known professionally as Raghu Babu, is a Telugu comedian. He has worked in many films in Telugu industry. He is the eldest son of comedian and character actor Giri Babu. His native place is Ravinuthala. He is known for his comic expressions and timing. He plays comic roles and has established himself as a dependable comedian. He is a Nandi Award nominee for a Telugu film. He is the general secretary of the Movie Artists Association since 2021. Filmography Telugu # '' Dongalu Unnaru Jagratha'' (1990) # '' Mondi Mogudu Penki Pellam'' (1992) # ''Neram'' (1994) # '' Murari'' (2001) as Erra Babu # '' Neetho Cheppalani'' (2002) # '' Aadi'' (2002) # '' Bharata Simha Reddy'' (2002) # '' Chennakesava Reddy'' (2002) as Venkat Reddy's son # '' Gemeni'' (2002) # '' Khadgam'' (2002) # ''Anveshana'' (2002) # ''Dhanush'' (2003) # '' Kabaddi Kabaddi'' (2003) # '' Golmaal'' (2003) # '' Raghavendra'' (2003) # '' Dil'' (2003) # '' Kalyana Ramudu'' (2003) as Subbu # '' Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brahmaji
Brahmaji (born 25 April 1965) is an Indian who works in Telugu cinema. He is a regular actor in director Krishna Vamsi's films. Brahmaji appeared in an important role in Krishna Vamsi's debut film as a director, '' Gulabi''. He appeared in Krishna Vamsi's second film ''Ninne Pelladata''. Krishna Vamsi made him a lead in ''Sindhooram''. Later Brahmaji continued as a character artist. He appeared in lead roles in films such as ''Samakka Sarakka'', ''Inspector'', ''Kaki'', ''Idea'', ''Andariki Vandanalu'', ''Adhyakshaa'', ''Dhoom Dham'', ''Abbo Vaada'', ''Kumbakonam'', and ''N.H-5''. He received 'Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smarakam Award' at 16th Santosham Film Awards in 2018 for his comic roles in various Telugu films. Early life During Brahmaji's college days, he was a big fan of superstar Krishna. Brahmaji's father used to work as a Tahsildar in Nellore, when J. V. Somayajulu a renowned stage actor, who was also a Deputy Collector, acted in the Telugu classic movie San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreeth
Supreeth Reddy is an Indian actor who primarily acts in Telugu-language films. He is known for his roles in films like '' Chatrapathi'' and ''Maryada Ramanna''. He played villain and supporting roles. He also acted in the Hindi film '' Rowdy Rathore'', a remake of the Telugu film '' Vikramarkudu''. He also played one of the baddies in Aamir Khan's '' Ghajini''. Career He was interested in films from his childhood. He was also a volleyball player in his childhood. He missed the auditions for the film '' Jayam''. Later he was advised by director Teja to maintain an album. He acted in Pawan Kalyan's directorial debut ''Johnny''. For the sports film '' Sye'', directed by S. S. Rajamouli, he was trained in Rugby. He was first selected in playing a friend of Prabhas in '' Chatrapathi'', but his role was changed to Katraj, a villain, later. This got him a lot of name and fame, which, after that, he was typecast in many villainous roles in Telugu films. Though he got opportunitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaya Prakash Reddy
Jaya Prakash Reddy (8 May 1946 – 8 September 2020) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Telugu films. Born in Sirvel of Andhra Pradesh, he came into the limelight with the film ''Samarasimha Reddy'' (1999) where he played the role of Veera Raghava Reddy. He acted as an antagonist in several films such as '' Jayam Manade Raa'' (2000) and '' Chennakesava Reddy'' (2002). Later in his career, he was also featured in many comic roles. He died of cardiac arrest at his home in Guntur on 8 September 2020, at the age of 74. He was honoured with Special Jury Award (Alexander) for his contribution to Tollywood at the 16th Santosham Film Awards. Selected filmography Telugu films Tamil films Kannada films Hindi films Awards *Nandi Award for Best Villain The Nandi Award for Best Villain winners since 1985: See also * Nandi Awards * Cinema of Andhra Pradesh References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nandi Award For Best Villain Villain A villain (also known as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Bharath
Bharath Kumar (born 9 April 1995), professionally known as Master Bharath, is an Indian actor who works prominently in Telugu films apart from a few Tamil films and television serials. He debuted in the film industry with the film '' Naina'' (2002). Since then he has acted in more than 62 films. He won two Nandi awards as best child actor for the films ''Ready'' (2008) and '' Bindaas'' (2010). Filmography Telugu Tamil ;Television * '' My Dear Bootham'' (2004–2007) * ''Raja Rajeshwari'' (2004–2007) Kannada *''Abhimanyu'' (2014) Awards ;Nandi Awards * Best Child Actor – ''Ready'' * Best Child Actor – '' Bindaas'' ;Government of Tamil Nadu The Government of Tamil Nadu () is the administrative body responsible for the governance of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Chennai is the capital of the state and houses the state executive, legislature and head of judiciary. Under the Const ... *Best Child Artiste – ''My Dear Bootham'' References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishnudu
Krishna, more commonly known as Krishnudu, is an actor in the Telugu film industry.Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (2011)A comic caper", ''The Hindu'', 2 July 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-12 He has mostly done supporting roles until ''Vinayakudu (film), Vinayakudu'', where he played the lead role. He is currently affiliated with YSRCP party. Early life Krishnudu was born as Alluri Krishnam Raju in a Kshatriya Raju Zamindari family and brought up in Razole, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is known for his comedy roles. His great grandfather was Alluri Varha Venkata Suryanarayana Raju, Zamindar of Chinchinada. In 1970's, as a result of the Land Ceiling act introduced by the then-Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, Krishnudu family lost 4,500 acres of land, which was the largest amount of land in Andhra Pradesh. Filmography Films TV series * ''Yuva'' (Star Maa) * ''Gangato Ram Babu'' (Zee Telugu) References External links * {{authority control Living people Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashwini Kalsekar
Ashwini Kalsekar is an Indian actress who works predominantly in the Marathi and Hindi television and film industry. She has primarily worked with Sriram Raghavan, Rohit Shetty, Ram Gopal Varma and Ekta Kapoor. After playing a cop in the popular TV show ''CID'', Kalsekar had her first lead role on television in Zee TV's 1999 series ''Mr. Gayab''. She had her breakthrough as the "first Indian Catwoman" in the cult superhero serial ''Shaktimaan'' and rose to fame with negative characters in ''Kasamh Se'', '' Afsar Bitiya'', '' Jodha Akbar'', '' Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar'' and '' Kavach''. She also featured as a judge in the Marathi reality show ''"Fu bai fu"'' in 2011. Kalsekar debuted in Tollywood like her husband Murali Sharma with ''Badrinath''. Since 2019, she focused on OTT with Zee5's series ''"Chargesheet: The Shuttlecock Murder"'', in the MX Player web series ''"Cheesecake"'' as Chaaru, an animal communicator, which premiered in December 2019, in '' 36 Farmhouse'' on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
