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Pravarakhyudu
''Pravarakhyudu'' is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language romance film written and directed by Madan and produced by Ganesh Indukuri on Tolly 2 Holly films banner. The film stars Jagapati Babu and Priyamani. The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography by T. Surendra Reddy and editing by M. R. Varma. The film released on 4 December 2009. Plot The film begins with Sasi Kumar, an eminent zoology professor from Harvard, returning from abroad after several years. Forthwith, he pays attention to his nuptial and goes on bride-hunting. However, he dislikes them, reminds his one-time sweetheart Sailaja and moves rearward to their college days. Sailaja is a meritorious student who has faith in tradition, love, and romance with conceit. In those days, Sasi had a strange mindset and failed to feel any emotion. He views the world as versatile, which confuses Sailaja, but later, she comprehends the reality and loves Sasi. At that point, Sasi states that she is under vacillating on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunitha Upadrashta
Sunitha is an Indian playback singer and voice actor who primarily works in Telugu films. She is a recipient of nine Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South in various categories. She also received a National Award from All India Radio under light music category when she was 15 years old. She received her first Nandi award in the year 1999 and bagged Nandi Awards in a row for the years 2002 to 2006 and again for the years 2010 to 2012. She was also honored with Lata Mangeshkar Best Singer Award for 2011 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. In the year 2019, Sunitha was honored with New Jersey state recognition award by the Senate and General assembly of the state of New Jersey passing a resolution to salute her excellence and contributions to the world of music and Indian Cinema, a rare felicitation given to an Indian artist by the state of New Jersey. Sunitha's commercial singing career began in the year 1995 with the movie Gulabi and has established herself as a leading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyamani
Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer (born 4 June 1984), known by her professional name Priyamani, is an Indian actress and former model, who works in the South Indian film industry. She is a recipient of Several Awards. Priyamani made her acting debut through the 2003, Telugu film '' Evare Atagaadu''. She gained widespread recognition for her role as a village girl Muththazhagu in the Tamil romantic drama '' Paruthiveeran'' in 2007, receiving a National Film Award for Best Actress and a Filmfare Award for Best Actress in Tamil for her performance. Her notable works include '' Raam'' (2009), ''Raavan'' (2010), '' Raavanan'' (2010), '' Pranchiyettan & the Saint'' (2010), '' Chaarulatha'' (2012) and '' Idolle Ramayana'' (2016). Apart from appearing in films she has also judged several dance reality shows across South Indian languages. Early life Priyamani Iyer was born and raised in Bangalore, Karnataka. She is from a Tamil Palakkad Iyer family. Her father, Vasudeva Mani Iyer, owns a pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madan (film Director)
Ramigani Madan Mohan Reddy (died 19 November 2022), better known as R. R. Madan or simply Madan, was an Indian Telugu film director, writer and producer. He was born and brought up in Madanapalle, Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. He has done his graduation from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi at Annie Besant Theosophical College, Madanapalli. He used to write short stories and direct play-lets during his college days. Later he moved to Hyderabad where the regional Film Industry in Telugu language is located. He worked for 2 years as an assistant cameraman under Mr. S. Gopal Reddy, a popular film cameraman. Later he has worked as a co-writer for few films. He is currently regarded as one of the promising Script writers and Directors in the Telugu Film Industry for his creative thinking, innovative subjects and intellectual content. In 2004, he became popular by the film Aa Naluguru one of the classic Telugu films, as a script writer. He penned story, screen play and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalapathi Rao
Chalapathi Rao (8 May 1944 – 24 December 2022) was an Indian actor and producer known for comedy and villainous roles in Telugu cinema. He acted in different roles in more than 600 films. Personal life and death Rao hailed from Baliparru, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. His son Ravi Babu is an actor, director and producer in Tollywood. Rao died from a heart attack on 24 December 2022, at the age of 78. Partial filmography As actor #Gudachari 116 (1966) # Sakshi (1967) # Buddhimantudu (1969) #Takkari Donga Chakkani Chukka (1969) # Kathanayakudu (1969) #Mayani Mamata (1970) # Pettandarulu (1970) # Sampoorna Ramayanam (1971) #Adrusta Jathakudu (1971) #Kalam Marindi (1972) #Desoddharakulu (1973) # Andalaramudu (1973) #Doctor Babu (1973) #Tatamma Kala (1974) #Yamagola (1975) #Annadammula Anubandham (1975) #Manushulanta Okkate (1976) #Yamagola (1977) #Daana Veera Soora Karna (1977) #Yuga Purushudu (1978) #Driver Ramudu (1979) #Vetagadu (1979) #Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kaly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunil (actor)
Indukuri Sunil Varma (born 28 February 1974), known mononymously as Sunil, is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. Noted for his comic roles, Sunil has appeared in over 180 films in his career, including around 1IFC0 films in lead role. He has won three state Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South. Sunil played a lead role in '' Andala Ramudu'' (2006) and later went on to star in several films including commercial successes like '' Maryada Ramanna'' (2010), '' Poola Rangadu'' (2012), and '' Tadakha'' (2013). Career Sunil started his career in 1996 when first worked as an extra in the film ''Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi'', however, Sunil's scenes did not make it to the final cut of the film. His career began on a slow note with movies like ''Second Hand'' (which was stopped from production), and ''Peruleni Cinema''. ''Prema Katha'' and ''Swayamvaram'' were his first real opportunities in the industry. '' Chiru Navvutho'' and '' Nuvve Kavali'' were the first films that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamsa Nandini
Hamsa Nandini (born Poonam Bartake) is an Indian model, dancer, and actress known for her works in Telugu cinema. She has modeled for ''MaaStars'' magazine, Celebrity Cricket League, and Hyderabad International Fashion week 2011 and 2013. Her birth name is Poonam, under which she appeared in her first few films, but since there were too many people named Poonam in the film industry, director Vamsy rechristened her Hamsa Nandini. In 2015, she played the warrior princess Madanika in the Telugu historical ''Rudhramadevi''. She mainly appears in item numbers in Telugu film industry. Early life Hamsa Nandini was born and brought up in Pune. Later she moved to Mumbai to become a model . She has been in the modeling industry since 2002, and has modeled for MaaStars magazine, Celebrity Cricket League, Hyderabad International Fashion week 2011 & 2013, and various television commercials. She graduated in commerce and had enrolled in a PG (postgraduate) course in human resources in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Films
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards). Evaluation of the year Film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' said that 2009 "began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: ''The Reader'', '' Che'', '' Slumdog Millionaire'', '' Frost/Nixon'', ''Revolutionary Road'', '' The Wrestler'', '' Gran Torino'', '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being ''New Moon'', the latest in Stephenie Meyer's '' Twilight'' saga, the best th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geetha Madhuri
Geetha Madhuri is an Indian playback singer and voice artist. Madhuri has sung over 1800 songs in several languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. She is a recepeint of numerous Nandi Awards and Filmfare awards. Personal life Madhuri was born to Prabhakar Sastry, a State Bank of India official, and Lakshmi. Madhuri is their only daughter. Her family moved from Palakollu, West Godavari District to Hyderabad when she was very young. Madhuri was schooled at Loyala Model High School, Vanasthalipuram and Little Flower Junior College. She graduated in B Com A Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated BComm or BCom; also, ''baccalaureates commercii'') is an undergraduate degree in business, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, ... at Aurora College. She was trained in classical and light music by Kocharlakota Padmavati and Ramachari. Madhuri made her debut as a playback singer with Kul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedala Hemachandra
Vedala Hemachandra is a Telugu Independent Artist, playback singer, and music director who works in the Telugu film industry. Personal life Hemachandra is born on June 2, 1988. Hemachandra's mother Sasikala Swamy Vedala is a singer and music teacher, father Swamy Vedala is an advocate. Hemachandra has a sister Himabindu, she is a playback singer and music teacher.Hemachandra married singer Sravana Bhargavi on 14 February 2013. They have a daughter named Shikhara Chandrika, who was born on 2 July 2016. Hemachandra started his own YouTube channel in the year 2017. Hemachandra composes independent music as Hemachandra originals for his own YouTube channel. He sung the jingle A jingle is a short song or tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses. Jingles are a form of sound branding. A jingle contains one or more hooks and meaning that explicitly promote the product or service being advertised, usually ... "Hook Aipodam" along with Sahithi Chaganti, in September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjith (singer)
Ranjith K. Govind (born 21 February 1977), also known as K.G. Ranjith, is an Indian playback singer, working in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada film industries and has sung more than 2500 songs. Early life Ranjith was born in Chennai, India into a Malayali family, hailing from Kalluvazhi, Kerala. He grew up listening to various kinds of music. He used to stay in a locality where there were many Keralites, and had a chance to participate in the local programs there. Later, a family friend suggested that he be trained in classical music. He learned Hindustani music and Carnatic music. He was trained by Vidwan Cuddalore Subramanian, K. S. Kanakasingam, Trichur P. Ramankutty and P. S. Narayana Swamy. He became popular when he won the Sun TV Saptha Swarangal singing contest in 2001. He is married to a trained Bharata Naatiyam dancer, Reshmi Menon. He has a daughter and a son. Career Mani Sharma introduced Ranjith as a playback singer, calling him to sing the song "Adugu A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rama Rama Krishna Krishna
''Rama Rama Krishna Krishna'' is a 2010 Telugu language action drama film directed by Sriwass of '' Lakshyam'' fame and produced by noted producer Dil Raju. It stars Ram Pothineni, Arjun Sarja, Priya Anand, and Bindu Madhavi, in the lead roles, whilst Vineet Kumar, Nassar, Brahmanandam, Pragathi, and Sayaji Shinde play pivotal roles. The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography by Sekhar V. Joseph and editing by Marthand K. Venkatesh. Upon the film's release on 12 May 2010, it received mixed reviews with critics mainly praising Ram's and Sarja's performance. It fared well at the box office. Plot The movie starts in Mumbai when mafia leader Ashok Deva is on an unending war with his opponent Pawar. Deva has a cute family with two sisters Sirisha and Priya, wife Gauthami, and right-hand man Shiva. Gauthami is killed by Pawar and his group on her birthday, and she takes a last word from her husband to leave this violence and lead a peaceful life away from mafia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magadheera
''Magadheera'' () is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind's Geetha Arts, on a story by V. Vijayendra Prasad. The film stars Ram Charan, Srihari, Kajal Aggarwal and Dev Gill. It is themed on reincarnation and eternal love. Made on a budget of 3544 crore (US$710 million), ''Magadheera'' was the most expensive Telugu film at the time. The film's production began on 2 March 2008 while principal photography commenced on 19 March 2008. The soundtrack was composed by M. M. Keeravani while the cinematography was done by K. K. Senthil Kumar. The action sequences were choreographed by Peter Hein and the duo of Ram–Lakshman. It was the first Telugu film to list a "visual effects producer" in its credits. ''Magadheera'' was released on 31 July 2009 to critical acclaim and commercial success. It collected a distributors' share of 73.6 crore and gross collections of ₹150 crore at the end of its theatrical run. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
