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Sirivennela
''Sirivennela'' (Telugu language, Telugu :సిరివెన్నల) () is a 1986 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language romance film written and directed by K. Viswanath. The film stars Suhasini Maniratnam, Suhasini, Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, Sarvadaman Banerjee and Moon Moon Sen. The film has music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film won five Nandi Awards. The film was screened at the Asia Pacific Film Festival, the International Film Festival of India, the Moscow Film Festival and the Annapurna International School of Film and Media, AISFM Film Festival. The film was shot in Jaipur and Kerala. The film has Hariprasad Chaurasia's flute rendering and a cameo of drummer Sivamani (percussionist), Sivamani. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Raaga Devathai''. Lyricist Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Seetharama Sastry derived his stage name Sirivennela from this film. Plot Hari Prasad (Sarvadaman Banerjee), a blind flutist lives along with his younger sister Samyuktha "Samyu", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirivennela Sitaramasastri
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (born Chembolu Seetharama Sastry; 20 May 1955 – 30 November 2021) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acquired the stage name Sirivennela after writing the lyrics for the 1986 film of same name. Sastry has garnered several awards including eleven Nandi Awards and six Filmfare Awards South for his work the most by any south Indian lyricist. He had penned lyrics for over 3,000 songs until 2020. In 2019, he was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in India, for his contributions to the field of arts and aesthetics. Early life Seetharama Sastry was born on 20 May 1955 in Anakapalli in Andhra Pradesh. He spent his early years in Kakinada, where he developed his literary skills under the guidance of his father, Chembolu Venkata Yogi, a polyglot. Kakinada's vibrant literary scene also influenced his growth through interactions with local writers. He completed his schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (born Chembolu Seetharama Sastry; 20 May 1955 – 30 November 2021) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acquired the stage name Sirivennela after writing the lyrics for the 1986 film of same name. Sastry has garnered several awards including eleven Nandi Awards and six Filmfare Awards South for his work the most by any south Indian lyricist. He had penned lyrics for over 3,000 songs until 2020. In 2019, he was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in India, for his contributions to the field of arts and aesthetics. Early life Seetharama Sastry was born on 20 May 1955 in Anakapalli in Andhra Pradesh. He spent his early years in Kakinada, where he developed his literary skills under the guidance of his father, Chembolu Venkata Yogi, a polyglot. Kakinada's vibrant literary scene also influenced his growth through interactions with local writers. He completed his schooling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandi Award For Best Lyricist
The following is a list of recipients of the Nandi Award for Best Lyricist since 1977.(in Telugu language, Telugu) Winners References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nandi Award For Best Lyricist Nandi Awards, Lyrics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon Moon Sen
Moon Moon Sen, also credited as Moonmoon Sen (born Srimati Sen; 28 March 1954), is an Indian actress, known for her works in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Marathi films. She eventually starred in Bollywood films. She has appeared in 60 films and 40 television series. She has received Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1987, for her role in the film ''Sirivennela''. Early life Moon Moon Sen was born in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata) to Bengali actress Suchitra Sen and Dibanath Sen. Her father, of Ballygunge Place, was the son of one of the wealthiest businessmen of Kolkata, Adinath Sen. Her great-grandfather Dinanath Sen was the Diwan or a Minister of the Maharaja of Tripura. She was educated at Loreto Convent, Shillong and at Loreto House, Calcutta. She completed her graduation from Somerville College, Oxford and received her master's degree in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University, Calcutta. As a child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainath Thotapalli
Sainath Thotapalli (born 27 April 1956) is a well-known writer from the Telugu film industry (also known as Tollywood) and has written for 98 Telugu movies so far including Sitara, Swathimutyam, Swarnakamalam, Swayamkrushi, Sirivennela, Prema, Challenge, Marana Mrudangam, Pavitra Prema and Rakhi among others. He was also long associated with the Mumbai film industry (also known as Bollywood) for movies such as Criminal and Gundagardi. He worked on Padiappa, Veetilo Viseshamga, Madrasi and Villain for the Chennai film industry (also known as Kollywood). Sainath's contribution to Kannada language films (Years 1995-2000) include the only two films that the ex-chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde acted in – Prajashakthi and Marana Mrudanga. His association with the Kannada film industry has been for 14 Kannada films so far including Halunda Tavaru, Lion Jagapathi Rao among others. Biography Sainath is the fourth born to TSS Sharma and Susheela in Ananthapur from their seven children. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakshi Ranga Rao
Sakshi Ranga Rao (born Rangavajhula Ranga Rao; – 27 June 2005) was an Indian character actor who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre, theatre. He appeared in about 450 films over a career spanning four decades, majority of which were comedies. Ranga Rao made his film debut in 1967 with Sakshi (1967 film), ''Sakshi'' from which he derived his stage name. He then went onto to appear in successful films like ''Sirivennela'', ''Swarna Kamalam'', ''April 1st Vidudhala'', ''Joker'' and ''Swarabhishekam''. Life and career Rangavajhula Ranga Rao in Kalavakuru village in Prakasam district, was born to Lakshmi Narayana and Ranganayakamma. As his father died when he was young, he was raised by Buchchi Ravamma, his mother's sister in Machilipatnam. He began his career as a stenographer in Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. As Ranga Rao was interested in film and theatre, he worked as an assistant to the stage artist Kuppili Venkateswara Rao. He was encouraged by some his frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1 July 1938) is an Indian music director and classical flautist, who plays the bansuri, in the Hindustani classical tradition. Early life Chaurasia was born in Allahabad (1938) (present day Prayagraj) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. His mother died when he was six years old. He had to learn music without his father's knowledge, as his father wanted him to become a wrestler. Chaurasia did go to the Akhada and trained with his father for some time, although he also started learning music and practising at his friend's house. He has stated, Career Chaurasia started learning vocal music from his neighbour, Rajaram, at the age of 15. Later, he switched to playing the flute under the tutelage of Bholanath Prasanna of Varanasi for eight years. He joined the All India Radio, Cuttack, Odisha in 1957 and worked as a composer and performer. Much later, while working for All India Radio, he received guidance from the reclusive Annapurna Devi, daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarvadaman Banerjee
Sarvadaman D. Banerjee (born 14 March 1965) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu and Hindi language films and television series. He is best known for playing Krishna in Ramanand Sagar's hit television series ''Krishna'' (1993-99). He played the title role in the films '' Adi Shankaracharya'' (1983), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and ''Swami Vivekananda''. In the 1986 film ''Sirivennela'', he played a blind flutist. He played the role of PKR in the 2022 Telugu film, '' Godfather''. Personal life Banerjee was born into a Bengali Brahmin family on 14 March 1965, in Magarwara village of Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh. He went to St. Aloysius School, Kanpur and graduated from Pune Film Institute. He was married to Sunita Banerjee, a doctor by profession. The couple has a daughter, Aalika Banerjee, and their marriage ended in divorce. Currently he teaches yoga and meditation iKrishna Ganga Light House Rishikesh Rishikesh, also spelt as Hrishike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivamani (percussionist)
Anandan "Drums" Sivamani (born 1 December 1959) is an Indian percussionist. He plays many instruments including drums, octoban, darbuka, udukai, ghatam and kanjira. He performed drumming during the Indian Premier League in 2008 Indian Premier League, 2008 and 2010 Indian Premier League, 2010. He is affiliated with the Chennai Super Kings team, but gained recognition through his role as A. R. Rahman's lead percussionist. They have been close friends since childhood. In 2019, he was conferred with Padma Shri. Career Sivamani is a Chennai-based percussionist. He began drumming at the age of seven. Sivamani started his musical career at the age of 11, and later shifted to Mumbai. He was inspired by Noel Grant and Billy Cobham. He has played for M. S. Viswanathan, M.S.Viswanathan, K.V. Mahadevan, G. Devarajan, Illayaraja, A. R. Rahman and others. In 1990, he shared the stage with Billy Cobham at Mumbai's Rang Bhavan. He has stated that S. P. Balasubrahmanyam is his godfather. Sivaman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandi Award For Best Supporting Actress
The Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress was institute since 1981: See also * Nandi Awards * Cinema of Andhra Pradesh 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. Based in Film Nagar, Hyderabad, Telugu ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nandi Award For Best Supporting Actress Supporting Actress Film awards for supporting actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nithya Ravindran
Nithya Ravindar is an Indian actress and dubbing artist who works primarily in Malayalam and Tamil films and television. Background and career Her father was a government employee and mother was a house wife. Her father had a drama troupe and she started as child artist in her father's dramas. She has one younger sister, Jayasree and one elder sister, Kalyani . She had her primary education from Stella Matutina College of Education, Chennai till eighth grade. Due to shortage in attendance she shifted to Government girls high school. She dropped her studies at ninth grade since she became busy with movies by then. Nithya started her film career as a child artist in ''Kuruthikkalam'', a Malayalam movie in 1969. She went on to act in few movies as a child artist and later became a heroine in Malayalam cinema. She had acted in few Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandi Award For Best Male Playback Singer
The 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 ... for Best Male Playback Singer was commissioned in the year 1977. (in Telugu) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam holds the successful record of winning the most Nandi Awards in this category: 19. From 2004 onwards, this award was known as Ghantasala Venkateswararao Award for Best Male Playback Singer. Winners References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nandi Award For Best Male Playback Singer Male Playback Singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
