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Santosham Best Dialogue Award
The Santosham Best Dialogues Award is given by the ''Santosham Film'' magazine as part of its annual Santosham Film Awards for Telugu film Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, H ...s. The award was first given in 2003. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. References {{Reflist Santosham Film Awards ...
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Santosham Film Awards
Santosham Film Awards, currently known as Santosham South Indian Film Awards are one of the most popular awards given for Tollywood films and Telugu Music Artistes. Background The awards first began in 2004 by the annual ''Santosham'' magazine which was started in 2003. The awards felicitate all of the technicians and actors for their contribution to Tollywood and Telugu Music Industry. Popular awards * Best Film * Best Director * Best Producer * Best Actor * Best Actress * Best Supporting Actor * Best Supporting Actress * Best Villain * Best Young Performers * Best Comedian * Best Music Director *Best Character Actor * Best Lyricist * Best Male Playback Singer * Best Female Playback Singer Technical Awards * Best Art Direction * Best Action * Best Cinematographer * Best Editing * Best Choreography * Best Story * Best Screenplay * Best Dialogue * Best Sound Recording Ceremonies * 20th Santosham Film Awards (replaced 18th and 19th ceremonies) * 17th S ...
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Telugu Film
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hyderabad, India. The nickname ''Tollywood'' is a portmanteau of the words Telugu and Hollywood. By 2021, it has emerged as the largest film industry in India in terms of box-office. Since 1909, filmmaker Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu was involved in producing short films and travelling to different regions in Asia to promote film work. In 1921, he produced the silent film, '' Bhishma Pratigna'', generally considered to be the first Telugu feature film, and hence, regarded as the ''Father of Telugu cinema''. In 1933, ''Sati Savitri'' directed by Chittajallu Pullayya received an honorary diploma at the 2nd Venice. Known for its big-ticket, and popular film genre catering to wider audience, works such as '' Pathala Bhairavi'' (1951) (only South ...
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Chintapalli Ramana
Chintapalli Venkata Ramana Babu (born in Palakol, Andhra Pradesh, India) is a Telugu film writer. His screen name is Chintapalli Ramana. Personal life Chintapalli Ramana was born in Palakol, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. His father, Chintapalli Suryanarayana Reddy, was a stage drama writer and director. Career Chintapalli Ramana worked as a dialogue writer for nearly forty films, out of which thirty were super hits. Before entering into the Tollywood, he had written and directed many stage dramas. In the early days of his film career he worked as an associate director with the name Chintapalli Ramanaareddy for many films. He had been introduced as a dialogue writer through the film ''Chinnabbulu''. After that he wrote dialogues for the film ''Suswagatham''. His third film was '' Tholi Prema'', which became a trendsetter in the Telugu film industry. Chintapalli Ramana worked with Tollywood top directors namely YVS Chowdary, Srinu Vaitla, Puri Jagannad ...
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Arundhati (2009 Film)
''Arundhati'' is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language horror fantasy film directed by Kodi Ramakrishna, and produced by Shyam Prasad Reddy, under his banner, Mallemala Entertainments. The film stars Anushka Shetty in the titular role with Sonu Sood, Deepak, Sayaji Shinde, Manorama, and Kaikala Satyanarayana. The music is composed by Koti with cinematography by K. K. Senthil Kumar and editing by Marthand K. Venkatesh. Released on 16 January 2009, the film was a major commercial success and went onto become one of the highest-grossing Telugu films in history at the time. The success of the film turned Anushka into a major movie star in Telugu cinema. The film received several accolades, including ten Nandi Awards, and two Filmfare Awards South. The film is remade in Bengali with the same name in 2014. Plot Arundhati, a modern-day and beautiful princess and descendant of a royal clan of Gadwal is engaged to Rahul and is revered by her family and believed to be the re-incarnati ...
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Kona Venkat
Kona Venkat ( born 19 February 1965) is an Indian screenwriter and producer known for his works in Telugu and Hindi cinema. He is known for his works in box office hits such as ''Alludu Seenu'', ''Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi'' '' Baadshah'', ''Dookudu'', ''Adhurs'', ''Ready'', ''Dhee'', ''Venky'', '' Geethanjali'', ''Happy'', ''Samba'', ''Ninnu Kori'' and ''Jai Lava Kusa'' and has recently completed 50 films and 20 years in the film industry. Selected filmography As a writer He started his journey in the film industry in 1997, and, before making his debut as a full-fledged screenwriter in 2003, he has worked as a "telugu dubbing" writer for Hindi films such as Satya, Dil Se.., Kaun, Mast, Jungle, Company, etc. As producer He established the production company ''Kona Film Corporation'' and produced several movies. *''Gully Rowdy'' (2021) *''Nishabdham'' (2020) *''Neevevaro'' (2018) *''Ninnu Kori'' (2017) *''Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo'' (2016) *'' Abhinetri'' (2016) *'' Shankarabhar ...
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Ready (2008 Film)
''Ready'' is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Srinu Vaitla. Produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore under the Sri Sravanthi Movies banner, the film stars Ram and Genelia while Nassar, Brahmanandam, Sunil, Chandra Mohan, Tanikella Bharani, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Jaya Prakash Reddy play other prominent roles. The music of the film is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. It turned out to be a ''Blockbuster'' at the box-office and was one of the highest grossing Telugu movies of 2008. The film received three Nandi Awards, including the Best Popular Feature Film. It was later remade in Kannada as '' Raam'' (2009), Tamil as '' Uthama Puthiran'' (2010) and in Hindi under the same name in 2011. Plot Raghupathi is the eldest of his three brothers — the other two being Raghava and Rajaram. They also have a sister Swarajyam. Chandu is the only son of Raghava. The family owns the shopping mall R S Brothers. Chandu plans the elopement of his cousin Swapna with her boyfrie ...
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Dhee
''Dhee'' () is a 2007 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language action film, action comedy film directed by Srinu Vytla and produced by Siri Venkateswara Films. The film stars Vishnu Manchu and Genelia D'Souza while Srihari and Brahmanandam play supporting roles. It was released on 13 April 2007. The film was remade into Oriya language, Oriya as ''Tu Mo Girlfriend'' (2011), in Tamil under the title ''Mirattal'' and in Bengali as ''Khokababu'' (2012). A sequel titled ''D and D: Double Dose'' has been announced in 2020. The film won two Nandi Awards. Nani (actor), Nani worked as an assistant director in this film before making his acting debut 2 years later in ''Ashta Chamma''. Plot Srinivas "Babloo" Rao (Vishnu Manchu) is a happy-go-lucky guy who likes to have fun with his friends and always gets into trouble. Because of this, his father Narayana Rao (Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor), Chandra Mohan) gets him a job with Shankar Goud (Srihari), a local mafia head don leader. Shankar ...
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Stalin (2006 Film)
''Stalin'' is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language action political drama film directed by A. R. Murugadoss. It stars Chiranjeevi and Trisha while Prakash Raj, Sharada, Khushbu Sundar, Pradeep Rawat, and Brahmanandam play supporting roles. The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section. The film released on 20 September 2006. The film producer Nagendra Babu won for Nandi Special Jury Award. The film was also dubbed and released into Tamil under the same title, and remade into Hindi as '' Jai Ho'' in 2014. The core plot of the movie was reported to be based on the 2000 movie '' Pay It Forward''. Plot The only mission in Stalin's life is to help others and make the world a better place. It turns out that he served as a Major in the Indian Army. Although a war hero, he quit the army after a rift with Lt. Col. Iqbal Kakar when he transfers him to the administrative division from the battlefield as a disciplinary action. His family i ...
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Varsham (2004 Film)
''Varsham'' () is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film produced by M.S. Raju on his Sumanth Art Productions banner and directed by Sobhan, the film stars Prabhas, Trisha, and Gopichand and the music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film was remade in Tamil as '' Mazhai'', Odia as ''Barsa My Darling'', and in Hindi as '' Baaghi''. Plot Venkat, an unemployed youngster, meets Sailaja, a middle-class beauty, on a train journey, and they are immediately attracted to each other after dancing in a rain shower. At the same time, Sailaja catches the eye of Bhadranna, a dangerous, ruthless politician who also fell in love with her. Venkat keeps bumping into Sailaja every time it rains, and they fall in love. Ranga Rao, Sailaja's father, is a typical black sheep with many bad habits. Bhadranna approaches him with the marriage proposal, and Ranga Rao jumps on that and agrees. Later, a film producer Seenayya approaches Ranga Rao with an offer for Sailaja to act in ...
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