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Sivaji (Telugu Actor)
Sontineni Sivaji (born 30 June 1971), is an Indian actor and voice actor who works in Telugu cinema. He had won the Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for '' Dil''. His notable performances include '' Missamma'' (2003), '' Adirindayya Chandram'' (2005), ''Satyabhama'' (2007), ''Mantra'' (2007), ''Taj Mahal'' (2010), and ''Court – State vs a Nobody'' (2025). In 2023, he participated in the reality show '' Bigg Boss 7'', and emerged as the second runner-up. Beside acting, Sivaji is politically active as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He embarked on a hunger strike to demand special status for Andhra Pradesh. Early life and career Sivaji is from Andhra Pradesh, a town near Chilakaluripet in Palnadu district. Sivaji started his stint as an editor in Gemini TV He was offered a role in a TV serial and from then he started getting offers in Telugu movies. He acted in minor roles in notable films such as '' Kushi'' and ''Indra Indra (; ) is the Hindu god of wea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and the List of states and union territories of India by population, tenth-most populous in the country. Telugu language, Telugu is the most widely spoken language in the state, as well as its official language. Amaravati is the state capital, while the largest city is Visakhapatnam. Andhra Pradesh shares borders with Odisha to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the north, Karnataka to the southwest, Tamil Nadu to the south, Telangana to northwest and the Bay of Bengal to the east. It has the Coastline of Andhra Pradesh, third-longest coastline in India at about . Archaeological evidence indicates that Andhra Pradesh has been continuously inhabited for over 247,000 years, from early archaic Hominini, hominins to Neolithic settlements. The earliest r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indra (2002 Film)
''Indra'' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by B. Gopal and produced by C. Aswani Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies banner. The film stars Chiranjeevi in the title role, alongside Sonali Bendre, Aarthi Agarwal, Mukesh Rishi, Sivaji, and Prakash Raj in key roles. The music for the film was composed by Mani Sharma. The film was released on 24 July 2002. Made on a budget of , it grossed over , becoming the highest-grossing Telugu film at the time, surpassing previous records, and the highest-grossing South-Indian film, overtaking ''Padayappa'' (1999). It was also the second highest-grossing Indian film of 2002, after ''Devdas''. ''Indra'' received critical acclaim and won several awards, including three Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South. Chiranjeevi received both the Nandi Award for Best Actor and Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu for his performance. The film was dubbed into Hindi as ''Indra: The Tiger'' and was remade in Indian Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends (2002 Film)
''Friends'' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Bandi Ramesh and starring Sivaji, Ali, Sri Harsha, Navin, Amritha and Nivi. Cast Soundtrack The music was composed by Shashi Preetam. The lyrics were written by Bhuvana Chandra, Kulasekhar, Venigalla Rambabu, and Vijayaditya. Reception A critic from ''The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the India ...'' wrote that "It is more a time pass drama, but for those last few reels. The dialogue and scenic structure are meant more for entertainment". A critic from '' Idlebrain.com'' rated the film 2 out of 5 and wrote that "The story of the film is good. Bandi Ramesh, the director, did the justice in portraying friendship in a very believable way. But the director failed to maintain the grip on the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandravamsam
''Chandravamsam'' () is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language family drama film directed by V. Umakant. The film features an ensemble cast starring Krishna, Suman, Naresh, Sivaji, Rohit, Jayaprada, Radhika Varma, Rupa, Sridevi, Eepshitha and Saipriya. ''Chandravamsam'' is a remake of the Kannada film '' Habba'' (1999), which itself is based on the Pandavas and the Virata Parvam from the Mahabharata. The film was released to negative reviews with Krishna's performance considered as the film's saving grace. The film was a box office failure. Plot Four of the five brothers are married. When Krishna, the youngest brother falls in love with Priya, the brothers make sure she doesn't get married since she is their sister and their dead father was to give his property to her kids. Cast Production Kannada director V. Umakant made his Telugu debut with this film. The five brother characters are a modern take on the Pandavas with Krishna, Suman and Rohit's characters based on D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priya Nestama
''Priya Nestama'' () is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by R. Ganapathi starring Venu Thottempudi, Shama Sikander and Malavika. The film released to negative reviews and was a box office failure. Cast Production R. Ganapathi, a Tamilian, made his directorial debut through this film. The film was shot in Ooty on 1 August 2001. Soundtrack The songs for the film were composed by Bharani, in his Telugu debut, and Devi Sri Prasad, while the background score was composed by Vidyasagar. The soundtrack was released under the music label Mayuri Audio. Reception Gudipoodi Srihari of ''The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the India ...'' wrote that "Yet another love story from Usha Kiron Movies. The script is poor with routine situations" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiranjeevulu (2001 Film)
''Chiranjeevulu'' () is a 2001 Telugu action drama film written and directed by Radha Krishna in his debut. The film stars Ravi Teja, Sanghavi, Sivaji, Brahmaji, and Shiju. The music was composed by A. B. Murali, and the film released on 2001. The title is based on the 1956 Telugu film of the same name starring N. T. Rama Rao and Jamuna. The film is a remake of the Tamil film '' Putham Pudhu Payanam'' (1991). Plot Charan, Kiran, Giri and Chanti are best friends. Charan and Kiran are orphans, while Giri and Chanti, who are being treated at a hospital, are diagnosed with a terminal disease. One day, at the home of the hospital nurse Sudha, the friends witness a local MLA and his brother misbehaving with her. In saving her, they accidentally kill him, and, fearing that the police may not buy their story, flee to an unknown village as fugitives. There, the friends get embroiled in the rivalry between the village president Satyamurthy and the late erstwhile president Nagendra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyamaina Neeku
''Priyamaina Neeku'' () is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Balasekaran. The film stars Tarun, Sivaji, Sneha (in her Telugu debut) and Preetha, while Ali, Venu Madhav and Tanikella Bharani played supporting roles. The film and the soundtrack received positive reviews upon release, and was a box office success. The film, owing to its success, was eventually reshot and released in Tamil under the title ''Kadhal Sugamanathu'' () in December 2002, with Pyramid Natarajan playing Tarun's father and Livingston playing the comedy tracks portrayed by Ali in the Telugu original. The Tamil version was also successful. Plot Ganesh ( Tarun) is a carefree college youth from Hyderabad, whose life revolves around friends and doing good deeds for them which upsets his father Raja Shekar (Tanikella Bharani). One day, Ganesh fumbles upon a red diary in Raja Shekar's auction shop. It is actually a diary left behind unknowingly by Sandhya ( Sneha) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College (2000 Film)
''College'' is a 2000 Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Ravi Chavali and produced by Taranga Subramanyam under the banner of Taranga Films. The film stars Sivaji, Manya, Lahari, and Sadanand in lead roles, with music composed by Sashi Preetam. The story revolves around a college student, Suri, who embarks on a journey to discover the identity of an anonymous admirer, eventually learning valuable lessons about love. Upon release the film received positive reviews but was not commercially successful. The song "Maayadari Mysamma" became particularly popular. Plot Suri, a final-year undergraduate student, is initially uninterested in love and believes it is a waste of time. However, his perspective begins to change when he receives a letter from an anonymous admirer who expresses her love for him and provides a clue about her identity. Despite dismissing the letter at first, Suri's curiosity is piqued, and he embarks on a quest to find out who the gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuvaraju (2000 Film)
''Yuvaraju'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed and produced by Y. V. S. Chowdary. The film stars Mahesh Babu, Simran and Sakshi Shivanand in lead roles. The film was a failure at the box-office. Plot Srinivas has just returned to India and joins a college in Hyderabad. There, he meets his classmate Srivalli, a young beautiful girl with whom he falls in love. Srivalli has a childhood friend, Vamsi abroad, whom she regards as her best friend and keeps him close to her heart as when a plane crashed 20 years back, these two are the only survivors of the tragedy. Finally Srinivas and Srivalli learn that they are in love with each other. They break the news followed by a lavish engagement ceremony. For the placid viewers then comes the excitement in the form of Srilata, who arrives in nick of time to attend the engagement. Srivalli learns that Srinivas and Srilata know each other since they met in abroad few years ago, from the brief observation at he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premante Idera
''Premante Idera'' () is 1998 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee, and produced by Burugupalli Siva Rama Krishna and K. Ashok Kumar under the Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Art Films banner. The film stars Venkatesh and Preity Zinta (in her Telugu film debut), with music composed by Ramana Gogula, in his first composition. ''Premante Idera'' was commercially successful and the music album was a chartbuster. The film won Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer for Jayanan Vincent. It was remade in Kannada as '' O Premave'' (1999) with Ravichandran. Plot Murali and his friends go to a village to attend their friend's marriage. There Murali meets a girl Sailu, the bridegroom's friend, they begin to have fun and join in with the festivities and Murali is captivated by her attitude and beauty. Soon both fall in love, but Murali soon finds out that she is to be married to a police officer Muralidhar. Murali puts on a brave face for the ceremony but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanyadanam (1998 Film)
''Kanyadanam'' is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language drama film starring Srikanth, Upendra and Rachana Banerjee, directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana and produced by Ambica Krishna. The film's story was written by Janardhana Maharshi and music was composed by Koti. The film was released on 10 July 1998 across Andhra Pradesh. Synopsis The movie revolves around some bachelors who come into the city to find work. Upendra and Rachana fall for each other at their first encounter. But Rachana later marries Srikanth. When Srikanth learns that his wife has actually loves Upendra, he arranges a marriage for both of them. The movie has a good blend of comedy scenes with Brahmanandam, situational background score and a nice story line. The movie has depicted the lover-boy role of Upendra Upendra (Devanagari: उपेन्द्र) is an Indian masculine given name. The meaning of the Sanskrit word ' is "younger brother of Indra" and refers to either Krishna or Vishnu, who as a son of Aditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
