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Ontari Poratam
''Ontari Poratam'' ( ''Lonely Battle'') is a 1989 Telugu-language film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, produced by B. V. S. N. Prasad, under Sri Krishna Prasanna Enterprises. It stars Venkatesh, Farah (credited as Swetha), and Rupini, with the music composed by K. Chakravarthy. The film was recorded as hit at the box office. The movie was dubbed in Tamil as ''Jeyithu Kattuvein''. Plot Raja, an uneducated, intelligent guy, works as a laborer. Priyanka, the daughter of Sudarshan Rao, a multimillionaire, has a lot of arrogance and ego. Raja Rajeswari Devi, Priyanka's lecturer, always instigates her ego. Indu, an unemployed, educated woman, lives in a small room opposite Priyanka's house along with two more unemployed, educated guys, a Scientist and an Engineer. Indu and her gang meet Raja, and they become good friends. Raja and Priyanka always have silly fights and quarrels with each other. One day, Raja Rajeswari Devi bets with Priyanka to resolve the problem at a shopping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marudhuri Raja
Marudhuri Raja is a Telugu people, Telugu film writer, director. He worked as a dialogue writer for more than 350 films. He worked with noted Telugu film directors like E. V. V. Satyanarayana, S. V. Krishna Reddy, K. Raghavendra Rao. Raja made his debut as a dialogue writer with the film ''Navabharatam''. Personal life Raja was born in Guntur and studied in Ongole. He was interested in theater arts since his childhood. One of five siblings, his elder brother, M. V. S. Haranatha Rao, was a noted film and stage writer and artist. His father Rangacharyulu was a clerk and mother was a carnatic music professional. He used to go to mythological dramas along with his father. When his mother got transferred to Ongole, Raja also went there and joined Sarma College. Raja wrote, directed and acted in stage plays since child hood. Before entering into the film industry he wrote 18 stage plays while schooling. Later he moved Hyderabad, found loved of his life Kasturi and is married to her ... [...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] |
1980s Telugu-language Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and regent * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Films
The year 1989 involved many significant films. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million. Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp., in 1993 after being forced to file for bankruptcy when a California judge ordered her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film '' Boxing Helena''. * A director's cut of '' Lawrence of Arabia'' is released with a 227-minute length. The restoration was undertaken by Robert A. Harris under the supervision of director David Lean. * May 24 – '' Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' is released by Paramount Pictures. It is the third installment of the '' Indiana Jones'' franchise. * June 13 – The ''James Bond'' film '' Licence to Kill'' is released. It would be followed by years of legal wrangling ... [...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] |
Jonnavithhula Ramalingeswara Rao
Jonnavithula Ramalingeswara Rao is an Indian film lyricist, politician and a poet known for his works in Telugu Cinema. He is also known for his parody songs. He won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for the film '' Sri Rama Rajyam'' (2011). He wrote 56 poems about Telugu language in the name of Telugu Sankharavam. Personal life Jonnavithula was born on 7 July 1959 in Vijayawada Vijayawada ( ), formerly known by its colonial name Bezawada, is the second largest city and a major commercial hub in the Andhra Pradesh state of India. The city forms an integral part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is situated on th ... to Subbarao and Lakshmi Narasamma in a Telugu family. His father a teacher in an elementary school. He was also active participant in the mythological dramas. In June 2023, he established political party Jai Telugu Party. In May 2024, he contested in Andhra Pradesh assembly elections in Vijayawada Central constituency as an independent cand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay (1989 Film)
''Vijay'' is a 1989 Indian Telugu-language action film, produced by Venkat Akkineni under the Annapurna Studios banner and directed by B. Gopal. It stars Nagarjuna, Vijayashanti and music composed by Chakravarthy. Cast *Nagarjuna as Vijay *Vijayashanti as Latha *Mohan Babu as Puligolla Pasupathi *Nutan Prasad as Puligolla Parameshwara Rao *Jayasudha as Yamuna Devi *Jaggayya *Sarath Babu as Giridhar *Allu Ramalingaiah *Suthi Velu *Narra Venkateswara Rao *Chalapathi Rao as Kaka Rao *Vijayaranga Raju * P. L. Narayana *Ramana Reddy *Chidatala Appa Rao * Chitti Babu *Gowtham Raju * Jenny as Defence Council *Sandhya *Tatineni Rajeswari * Y. Vijaya *Nirmalamma Nirmalamma (18 July 1920 – 19 February 2009) was an Indian actress in the Telugu cinema. She appeared in more than 1000 films and was well known for her grandmother roles in several films. She won two Nandi Awards. Early life She was born in ... Soundtrack The music was composed by Chakravarthy. Music was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simha Swapnam
''Simha Swapnam'' () is a 1989 Indian Telugu-language crime film, produced by V. B. Rajendra Prasad under the Jagapathi Art Pictures banner and directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. It stars Krishnam Raju, Jayasudha, Jagapathi Babu, Vani Viswanath and Shantipriya, with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film is a remake of the Hindi film '' Khatron Ke Khiladi'' (1988). This film is the debut of Jagapathi Babu as a hero, with double role performance, both the roles of Sanjay Dutt and Chunky Pandey are done by Jagapathi Babu in Telugu. Plot ''Simha Swapnam'' is a rebel under the veil and uproars against savage bits with capital punishment. However, outwardly, he is a respectable industrialist, Krishnarjun. Now he rearwards, his true self is Balaram, one accustomed to a jollity life with his pregnant wife Annapurna and his devoted younger Sivaram. The sibling works as a truck driver for a company owned by Raghupati & Rangapati. He is unbeknownst to their actual shadow of honorabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubbing Janaki
Dasari Janaki, known professionally as Dubbing Janaki, is an Indian actress and voice artist. She has appeared in several films and television shows in various South Indian languages. Early life Janaki was born in Peddapuram, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. She started acting in stage shows from the age of 9. She studied up to 7th standard. Though her birthname is Dasari Janaki, she was called Dubbing Janaki by the media to distinguish Janaki from her contemporaries, actress Sowcar Janaki and singer S. Janaki. She married Ramakrishnan, a military employee, in 1964 and relocated to Chennai. The couple have two sons and a daughter. Her husband died in 1997. She is currently living with her children family in Chennai. Career She started appearing in films since 1958. Her first film was '' Bhookailas'' produced by AVM. She dubbed for the role of Kasturba in the Telugu 'ndhi. She played an important character in the film ''Sankarabharanam'' (1980) in which she played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shubha (actress)
Shubha is an Indian actress who acted prominently in Malayalam films. She was a lead actress during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She also acted in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi films. She was the second lead in the cult Kannada classic ''Naagarahaavu'' (1972)''.'' For this, she received Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the year 1972–73. Personal life She was born to Telugu film actor and director Vedantam Raghavayya and Suryaprabha, who was also an actress, in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. She has five sisters and a brother. Her aunt Pushpavalli (Hindi actor Rekha's mother) was also a Telugu actress and was married to Gemini Ganeshan. That makes Shubha a cousin of Hindi film actress Rekha. Filmography Malayalam * '' Varavaay'' (2000) * ''Avalude Janmam'' (1994) * '' Sarovaram'' (1993) as Balamani * '' Amina Tailors'' (1991) as Pathumma * ''Avalkkoru Janmam Koodi'' (1990)) as Maheswariyamma * ''Samarppanam'' (1987) * ''Kaathi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annapoorna (actress)
Annapurna (born Umamaheswari; 23 August 1954), also credited as Annapurnamma, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu films. She is known for her portrayal as mother, mother-in-law, grand mother, aunt, etc. She started her film career as an actor alongside Mohan Babu (debut film) in the blockbuster Telugu film '' Swargam Narakam'' directed by Dasari Narayana Rao in 1975. She appeared in over 900 films and won three Nandi Awards. Early life Annapurna was born as Umamaheswari on 23 August 1954 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh to Prasad Rao and Sitaravamma. Though she was initially credited as Uma, lyricist C. Narayana Reddy changed it when she did Dasari Narayana Rao-directed '' Swargam Narakam''. Career Annapurna has started her film career in 1975. She is well remembered for her character roles in '' Samsaram Oka Chadarangam'', '' Muthyamantha Muddu'', '' Swargam Narakam'', '' Assembly Rowdy'' and acted in almost all of the 1980s movies with Chiranjeevi as lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mada Venkateswara Rao
Mada Venkateswara Rao (4 June 1935 – 24 October 2015) was an Indian actor from Andhra Pradesh. He acted in more than 600 films. He played notable roles in the films ''Mutyala Muggu'', '' Lambadolla Ramdasu'', and '' Mayadari Malligadu''. He was known for his comedy roles. He worked as an engineer in the state civil department before becoming an actor. He entered theater as a stage artist and also worked as a cine journalist. Later, he made his debut in films with Sudigundalu. He became popular with the eunuch role he played in the 1977 film '' Chillara Kottu Chittemma'', directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. He played similar roles in subsequent films. He died on 24 October 2015, while undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Hyderabad. Filmography * '' Sudigundalu'' (1968) * '' Andala Ramudu'' (1973) * ''Mayadari Malligadu'' (1973) * ''Meena'' (1973) as Picheswara Rao * '' Mayadari Malligadu'' (1973) as Schoolmaster * '' Peddalu Maarali'' (1974) * ''Galipatalu'' (1974) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |