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Pranadaata
''Pranadaata'' () is a 1992 Telugu-language drama film, produced by P. Balaram under the Sri Anupama Productions banner and directed by Mohan Gandhi. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Lakshmi, Harish, Charmmila with music composed by Raj–Koti. Plot Dr. Chakravarthy is a foremost surgeon in India. He knits benevolent Kamala without the acceptance of his elders. So, she faces the music, but Chakravarthy leads a joyful life with her & a lovely daughter, Jyothi. Suddenly, Kamala disappears with Jyothi when Chakrakarthy's family affirms she has eloped. Distressed, Chakravarthy loses his memory in an accident. Years roll by, and Chakravarthy, as a wanderer, reaches a village where he spots its head. Bapaiah's son, Seenu, has been paralyzed. Soon, Chakravarthy regains his surgical knowledge and rudely makes him normal via an operation. Following this, Bapaiah established a hospital with Chakravarthy to service the needy, who envied local doctor Govindaraju. The wheel fortune brings Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny (actor)
Pollapragada Janardhana Rao, popularly known as Jenny, is an Indian comedian and artist, who appears in Telugu films and Telugu television. Jenny is from a Telugu Brahmin family from Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. He is a mime artist. He has performed at over 1,000 shows in India as well as abroad. He acted in comic roles in more than 400 films and on television. He also did mime in many government funded TV ads. Partial filmography *'' Padamati Sandhya Ragam'' (1987) *'' Aha Naa Pellanta'' (1987) as Server in star hotel *''O Bharya Katha'' (1988) as Priest *'' Vijay'' (1989) as Defence Council *''Paila Pachessu'' (1989) *'' Pranadaata'' (1992) *'' Hello Brother'' (1994) *'' Lucky Chance'' (1994) *''Kishkindha Kanda'' (1994) *'' Yamaleela'' (1994) *''Criminal'' (1994) *''Street Fighter'' (1995) as Subba Rao *''Khaidi Inspector'' (1995) as Subbarayudu *''Alibaba Adbhuta Deepam'' (1995) as Seth *'' Pokiri Raja'' (1995) *''Amma Durgamma'' (1996) *''Pelli Sandadi'' (1996) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakshmi (actress)
Yaragudipati Venkata Mahalakshmi (born 13 December 1952), known professionally as Lakshmi, is an Indian actress known for her works primarily in all 4 Southern Indian language film industries (distributing her acting career across all four languages almost equally). She has also acted in some Hindi cinema, Hindi films. She made her debut as actress with the 1968 Tamil film ''Jeevanaamsam''. She debuted in full-fledged lead role in the same year with the Kannada cinema, Kannada film ''Goa Dalli CID 999''. She also made her debut in Telugu cinema, Telugu in the same year with the film ''Bandhavyalu''. In 1974, her debut Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film, ''Chattakkari (1974 film), Chattakari'' went on to become a blockbuster throughout India. She has acted in over 650 films as confirmed in the popular Kannada TV Show Weekend With Ramesh on Zee Kannada channel. Her performance in ''Mithunam (2012 film), Mithunam'' (2012) is regarded as one of the ''100 Greatest Performances of the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harish Kumar (actor)
Harish Kumar (born 1 August 1975) is an Indian actor and film producer. He is known for his works in Telugu and Hindi movies, including '' Prem Qaidi'', '' Coolie No. 1'', '' Tirangaa'', '' Prema Khaidi'', '' Kranti Kshetra'', '' Ravan Raaj: A True Story'' and '' Daisy''. He has won two Nandi Awards. Career For the film '' Andhra Kesari'', he won the Nandi Award for the best child Actor of the year 1983 from then Chief Minister Late N. T. Rama Rao. He also received special jury award as the best actor in 1996 for the film '' Oho Naa Pellanta'' produced by D. Ramanaidu, and directed by Jandhyala. Harish acted as a lead at a young age of 13 in '' Daisy'', a Malayalam film directed by Pratap Pothen. The movie also starred Kamal Haasan. In Tamil, he was introduced by T. Rajendar as a lead in the film '' Pookkal Vidum Thoothu'', directed by Sreedhar Rajan. In Telugu, he was introduced as a lead actor by producer D. Ramanaidu in the film '' Prema Khaidi'' in 1990 with Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raj–Koti
Thotakura Somaraju ( – 21 May 2023) and Saluri Koteswara Rao, popularly known as Raj–Koti, were a duo of Indian film music composers, singer-songwriters, record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalist in Telugu cinema. In a notable career spanning a decade, the duo has garnered particular acclaim for redefining contemporary Telugu film music. They composed music for about 180 films. Out of their 3,000 songs, about 2,500 songs were sung by singers S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and K. S. Chithra. The Raj–Koti duo was among the many prominent South Indian composers for whom A. R. Rahman has worked as a keyboard programmer for 8 years. In a television interview aired on ABN Andhrajyothy, the duo announced that they were teaming up again in 2012 and reinstating the Raj–Koti brand. Background Thotakura Somaraju (Raj) was the son of T. V. Raju. He died on 21 May 2023, at the age of 68. Saluri Koteswara Rao (Koti) is the son of S. Rajeswara Rao. Awards ;Nandi Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charmila
Charmila (born 2 October 1974) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Apart from movies in Malayalam, she acted in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies. She completed almost 38 films in the Malayalam film industry. Early life Charmila was born to veterinary doctor Manoharan, who was also working in S.B.I., and Haise, a homemaker, in a Tamil Catholic family in Chennai. She studied in Holy Angels Convent and Ethiraj College for Women. She has a younger sister Angelina. Personal life She married Kishor Satya in 1996 and was later divorced in 1999. Later, she married Rajesh in 2006, an engineer working in Nokia and got divorced in 2014. The couple have one son. In 2024, She accused Malayalam film director Hariharan and M. P. Mohanan of sexually harassing her. Film career Charmila made her debut on the silver screen with ''Oyilattam'' and went on to act in a couple of movies including ''Kizhakke Varum Pattu''. She was recommended in Tamil movies by vete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian playwright, actor, film director, Kannada writer, and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India. For four decades Karnad composed plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He translated his plays into English and received acclaim. His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V. Karanth, Alyque Padamsee, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Satyadev Dubey, Vijaya Mehta, Shyamanand Jalan, Amal Allanaa and Zafer Mohiuddin. He was active in the world of Indian cinema working as an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hindi cinema, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada and Malayalam Cinema, Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), MLA from Vijayawada East (Assembly constituency), Vijayawada East in Andhra Pradesh, India from 1999 to 2004. He made his debut with the Telugu film ''Pranam Khareedu'' in 1978. He starred in over 750 feature films. He has received nine state Nandi Awards in various categories of villain, character actor, and supporting actor. In 2012, he has garnered the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards, SIIMA Award for his work in ''Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum''. In 2015, he received India's fourth highest Indian honours system, civilian honour Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema. He received wide critical acclaim for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayalalita
Jayalalita is an Indian character actor, who acted in about 650 films in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi. Early life Jayalalita was born in Gudivada, a town in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. She completed her Bachelor of Economics. She, with her sister, did 1000 stage shows. She was trained in classical dance. Filmography Television * ''Goranta Deepam'' as Durgamma (Zee Telugu) * ''Mutyala Muggu'' as Mukta Devi (Zee Telugu) * ''Radha Gopalam'' as Kondaveeti Jayadevamma (Gemini TV) * '' Ammamma.com'' as Ammamma (Star Maa) * ''Gruha pravesam'' (Zee Telugu) * '' Deeparadhana'' as Malini Devi (Gemini TV) *'' Alitho Saradaga'' as herself (ETV) * '' Mounaraagam'' as Temple's chief (cameo) (Star Maa) * '' Prema Entha Madhuram'' as Sharada Devi (Zee Telugu) * ''Trinayini'' as Lalitha Devi (cameo) Zee Telugu * '' Saadhana'' as Rajya Lakshmi (Gemini TV Gemini TV is an Indian Telugu language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babu Mohan
Pally Babu Mohan commonly known as Babu Mohan is an Indian actor and politician formerly from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He prominently works in Telugu films as a comedian and is a former Minister for Labour in Andhra Pradesh. He won Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian for his role in '' Mamagaru''. Early life Babu Mohan was born in Beerolu, Khammam district of Telangana, India. His father was a teacher. He worked as a government employee in the revenue department of Andhra Pradesh. He later left this job to pursue his interest in films. Film career Babu Mohan debuted in the film ''Ee Prasnaku Baduledi'', followed by ''Ahuthi'' (directed by Kodi Ramakrishna), '' Ankusam'' and then a comedy character in '' Mamagaru''. The last of these established his reputation as a comedian. After this film, Babu Mohan and Kota Srinivasa Rao developed a comedy partnership and are one of the most celebrated duos, for which many producers created special characters. The pair played in '' M ... [...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] |
Narra Venkateswara Rao
Narra Venkateswara Rao was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He hailed from Agraharam village (Ramachandrapuram) in Zarugumilli, Zarugumalli Mandal, Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Career He acted in over 500 films spanning more than three decades. Some of his hit films include ''Yuvatharam Kadilindi'' (1980), ''Neti Bharatam'' (1983), ''Karthavyam (1990 film), Kartavyam'' (1990), and ''Osey Ramulamma'' (1997). His last film was ''Mesthri'' (2009). Death Rao died of cancer on 27 December 2009 at the age of 62 years. Filmography Films * ''Chaduvu Samskaram'' (1974) * ''Sahasavanthudu'' (1978) as Police Inspector * ''Shri Vinayaka Vijayamu'' (1979) as Indra * ''Yuvatharam Kadilindi'' (1980) * ''Prema Kanuka'' (1981) * ''Pralaya Rudrudu'' (1982) as Sarvarayudu's Accomplice * ''Kalahala Kapuram'' (1982) as Whitey * ''Nivuru Gappina Nippu'' (1983) * ''Chandirani'' (1983) * ''Goodachari No 1'' (1983) * ''Dandayaatra'' (1984) * ''Merupu Dadi'' (1984) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paruchuri Brothers
Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao (born 21 June 1944) and Paruchuri Gopala Krishna (born 25 September 1947), collectively referred to as the Paruchuri Brothers, are a screenwriting duo whose work is predominant as story writers, dialogue writers, actors, directors, poets, playwrights, and novelists in the Indian Telugu cinema, Telugu film industry. They have written the stories and dialogues for over 358 films; to name a few E Charithra Ye Siratho, Naa Desam, Khaidi (1983 film), Khaidi, Eenadu, Mundadugu, Bobbili Brahmanna, Prajaswamyam, Karthavyam (1990 film), Karthavyam, Varsham (2004 film), Varsham, Sarpayagam, Major Chandrakanth (1993 film), Major Chandrakanth Samarasimha Reddy, Narasimha Naidu, Okkadu, Indra (2002 film), Indra, Tagore (film), Tagore, Manasantha Nuvve, Nee Sneham, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, Shankardada MBBS, Drushyam, Khaidi No. 150, Rudrama Devi (film), Rudrama Devi and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. Filmography As directors (1984 – Present) In 1984, both the brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
