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Pasivadi Pranam
''Pasivadi Pranam'' is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language thriller film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy, starring Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Raghuvaran. The film was produced by Allu Aravind under Geetha Arts banner. It was a remake of the Malayalam film '' Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal'' (1986). Released on 17 July 1987, the film was an ''Industry Hit'' and became the highest-grossing Telugu film at the time, collecting a distributors' share of over . Plot Chakravarthy is a famous business tycoon. One night, he kills his general manager Sundaram with the help of his henchman Ranjith. This murder is seen by a woman Lakshmi and her infant son. Chakravarthy has Ranjith kill Lakshmi and tries to kill the son, but he runs away. Madhu is a painter by profession and a drunkard. On his way home from a bar, he sees the kid sleeping on the road and takes him home. He names him Raja and takes care of him. One day, Raja sees Ranjith on the street so Ranjith and Chakravarthy become aware ...
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Geetha Arts
Geetha Arts is an Indian film production and distribution company known for its works in Telugu cinema. It is one of the largest and most successful production houses in South Indian cinema. It was established in 1972 by Allu Aravind. It has produced around 60 films majority of them in Telugu in addition to a few films in Hindi, Tamil, and Kannada languages. Geetha Arts marked its beginning through the 1974 Telugu film '' Bantrothu Bharya''. The company has produced films featuring actors such as Chiranjeevi, Rajinikanth, Aamir Khan, Pawan Kalyan, Ram Charan, Allu Arjun, Ganesh, Nani, Ravichandran, Govinda and Kartik Aaryan. It has also expanded its presence into film distribution, exhibition and digital content. History Geetha Arts is an Indian film production and distribution company established in 1972 by Dasari Satyanaraya Murthy, Vegi Veera Raju and Allu Aravind, the son of veteran Telugu comedian Allu Ramalingaiah. The company was named after the Hindu philosophica ...
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The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ...
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Acharya Aatreya
Acharya Aatreya (born Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu ; 7 May 1921 – 13 September 1989) was an Indian poet, lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He received the state Nandi Award for Best Lyricist in 1981 for "Andamaina Lokamani" from the film ''Tholikoodi Koosindi''. He is popularly known as ''Manasu Kavi (''). Life Athreya was born on 7 May 1921 in Mangalampadu village near Sullurpeta, Nellore district of the Madras Presidency of British India. His birthname was Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu. He took ''Acharya'' from his birth name and ''Aatreya'' his Gotra name, combined them as ''Acharya Aatreya'' and adopted it as his pen name. As a student in Nellore and Chittoor he wrote several plays. He abandoned his studies to participate in Quit India Movement and was jailed. After being released from jail, he had worked as a clerk in a settlement office and worked as an assistant editor of the journal ''Zamin Rai ...
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Prasad Babu
Prasad Babu is an Indian actor who acts predominantly in Telugu language, Telugu films and also TV serials. Filmography Telugu * ''Anthuleni Katha'' (1976) as Thilak * ''Mana Voori Pandavulu'' (1978) * ''Dongala Veta'' (1978) as Anand * ''Pottelu Punnamma'' (1978) as Gupta * ''Punadhirallu'' (1979) * ''Maa Voollo Mahasivudu'' (1979) as Gopal * ''Yugandhar'' (1979) as Ramesh * ''I Love You (1979 Telugu film), I Love You'' (1979) as Sathyam4 * ''Kaali (1980 film), Kaali'' (1980) * ''Jathara'' (1980) as Rebellious Villager * ''Aarani Mantalu'' (1980) as Inspector Madhu * ''Jeevitha Ratham'' (1981) as Dasu * ''Krishnavataram'' (1982) * ''Bobbili Puli'' (1982) * ''Nivuru Gappina Nippu'' (1982) * ''Bangaru Koduku'' (1982) * ''Nijam Chepithe Nerama'' (1983) as Subbudu * ''Kanchu Kagada'' (1984) as Commander * ''Kondaveeti Nagulu'' (1984) as Rudrayya * ''Kongumudi telugu movie, Kongumudi'' (1985) as Sekhar's lecherous friend * ''Ide Naa Samadhanam'' (1986) as Sivam *''Vijrumbhana' ...
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Jaggayya
Kongara Jaggayya (31 December 1926 – 5 March 2004) was an Indian actor, littérateur, journalist, lyricist, dubbing artist and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was known as ''Kanchu Kantam Jaggayya'' (Telugu language, Telugu) for his booming voice. In a film career spanning forty years as a matinee idol, he starred in eighty films, as a lead actor, and lead antagonist in a variety of genres. In 1967, he was elected as a member of the fourth Lok Sabha, from the constituency of Ongole, becoming the first Indian film actor to be elected as a member of the Parliament of India, Parliament. During his early career he portrayed breakthrough characters in works such as ''Donga Ramudu (1955 film), Donga Ramudu'' (1955), which was archived by the Film and Television Institute of India, He starred in award-winning works such as ''Bangaru Papa'' (1954), ''Ardhangi'' (1955), ''Edi Nijam'' (1956), ''Todi Kodallu'' (1957), ''Doctor Chakrava ...
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Giribabu
Yerra Seshagiri Rao, popularly known as Giri Babu, is an Indian actor, producer, and director who primarily works in Telugu films. His son, Raghu Babu, is also a notable actor-director. Career Giri Babu hails from a middle-class agricultural family in Ravinuthala village of the Prakasam district. He moved to Madras to pursue a career in films. Babu started his career as a lead actor but later started portraying antagonistic and comic roles. Filmography Director Producer Actor #''Jagame Maya'' (1973) #''Chandee'' (1974) #'' Dorababu'' (1974) as Shankar #'' Zamindarugari Ammayi'' (1975) as Sundar #'' Annadammula Anubandham'' (1975) #''Jyothi'' (1976) as Shankara #'' Maa Daivam'' (1976) #''Vadhu Varulu'' (1976) #''Swami Drohulu'' (1976) #''Raaja'' (1976) as Jimmy #'' Kurukshetram'' (1977) as Dushasana #''Premalekhalu'' (1977) #''Manassakthi'' (1977) #''Indra Dhanussu'' (1977) #'' Devathalara Deevinchandi'' (1977) #''Kalpana'' (1977) as Seshu #'' Indradhanussu'' (1 ...
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Gummadi (actor)
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao (born 9 July 1926 – 26 January 2010), known mononymously by his surname Gummadi, was an Indian actor and producer, who worked predominantly in Telugu cinema. Known as one of the finest supporting/character actors in Telugu cinema, Gummadi acted in around five hundred feature films. He received critical recognition for his work in '' Thodu Dongalu'' (1954) and '' Mahamantri Timmarusu'' (1962), for which he received the erstwhile Rashtrapati Award. Gummadi was an official member of the Indian delegation from South India to the ''Tashkent Film Festival'' in 1978 and 1982. Gummadi served as a jury member thrice for the 28th, 33rd and 39th National Film Awards. He served twice on the state Nandi Awards Committee. In 1977, he was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honor Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema. He is widely known for his roles in films such as '' Mayabazar'' (1957), '' Maa Inti Mahalakshmi'' (1959), ''Kula Daivam'' (1960) ...
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Allu Ramalingaiah
Allu Ramalingaiah (1 October 1922 – 31 July 2004) was an Indian character actor, comedian, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. In 1990, he was honoured with the Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema. In 1998, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award - South, and the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award in 2001. Ramalingaiah appeared in over 1000 films in a variety of roles. The "Allu Ramalingaiah National Award" was instituted in his memory by the "Allu Ramalingaiah Academy of Arts". The award is presented every year to a Telugu film personality for lifetime achievement. Early life Ramalingaiah was born on October 1, 1922, in Palakollu, Andhra Pradesh, India into a Telugu speaking family. Allu Ramalingaiah National Award recipients *Dasari Narayana Rao *K. Raghavendra Rao *Kota Srinivasa Rao *Trivikram Srinivas Awards * Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for the year 2001 * Padma Shri award by the Government of India for his outstanding contribution to Te ...
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Rajyalakshmi
Rajyalakshmi Chandu, better known by her stage name Sankarabharanam Rajyalakshmi (born 18 December 1964) is an Indian actress. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. She was well noted for her performance in the Telugu movie '' Sankarabharanam'' in which she starred as the female lead alongside Chandra Mohan at the age of fifteen. Since her success from ''Sankarabharanam'', Rajyalakshmi has acted as a heroine with many prominent actors from all corners of the Indian film industry including N. T. Rama Rao, Nageswara Rao, Rajinikanth, Balakrishna, Shankar, Mohanlal, Dilip, Jeetendra, Mammooty and Vishnuvardhan. Currently she is acting in Telugu and Tamil television shows with guest appearances in movies. Family and personal life Rajyalakshmi was born in Tenali, Andhra Pradesh. As a child she acted in small plays with her mother as part of an acting troupe where she was eventually discovered. In 1980 she was cast to ...
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Cameo Appearance
A cameo appearance, also called a cameo role and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief guest appearance of a well-known person or character in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly either appearances in a work in which they hold some special significance (such as actors from an original movie appearing in its remake) or renowned people making uncredited appearances. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes or musicians are common. A crew member of the movie or show playing a minor role can be referred to as a cameo role as well, such as director Alfred Hitchcock who made frequent cameo appearances in his films. Concept Originally, in the 1920s, a "cameo role" meant "a small character part that stands out from the other minor parts". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' connects this with the meaning "a short literary sketch or portrait", which is based on the lite ...
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Brahmanandam
Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956) is an Indian actor and comedian known for his work in Telugu cinema. Recognised as one of India's finest and highest-paid comic actors, he holds the Guinness World Record for the most screen credits for a living actor, having appeared in over 1,000 films.Brahmanandam breaks 1000 film record
- ''The Times of India'' Dated 29 January 2015 Retrieved 10 February 2015
Brahmanandam has received numerous accolades, including six and two

Kannada Prabhakar
Tiger Prabhakar (30 March 1948 – 25 March 2001) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Kannada and Telugu cinema. He has also acted in a few Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films. He was also known as Kannada Prabhakar. Career Prabhakar started his career by appearing in small negative roles in Kannada movies and went on to become one of the most sought after villains in Kannada and Telugu movies during the late 70s and 80s. He graduated to playing full-fledged action hero roles in Kannada movies 1983-84 onward and remained one of the most sought after heroes until 1993-94. He made a successful pair with all the top Kannada heroines of the time like Jayamala, Aarathi, Bharathi, Lakshmi and Jayanthi. Prabhakar has also directed more than 10 films in Kannada in which he starred as the hero. Acting style Prabhakar's unique acting style, his physique helped him become extremely popular amongst the masses. He excelled in action sequences. He even excelled in his comedic ti ...
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