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Life Before Wedding
''LBW (Life Before Wedding)'' is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language film, directed by debutante Praveen Sattaru and starring newcomers Asif Taj, Rohan Gudlavalleti, Chinmayi Ghatrazu, Abhejit Pundla, Siddhu Jonnalagadda and Nishanti Evani. Cast *Asif Taj as Varun * Rohan Gudlavalleti as Rajesh * Chinmayi Ghatrazu as Radhika *Abhejit Pundla as Jai *Siddhu Jonnalagadda as Rishi * Nishanti Evani as Anu Soundtrack Music by Anil of ''Gamyam'' fame. Reception Radhika Rajamani of ''Rediff.com'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and said that "the film strikes a perfect balance and makes for worthwhile viewing". Jeevi of ''Idlebrain.com Idlebrain.com is an Indian entertainment website that features information, news, and reviews on Telugu cinema. It is one of the oldest websites on the Internet focusing on Telugu films. The site is especially popular for its film reviews writt ...'' gave rating of out of 5 and opined that "''LBW'' is honest and pure cinema aimed at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praveen Sattaru
Praveen Sattaru is an Indo-American film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema. He made his directorial debut with the 2011 film, '' LBW: Life Before Wedding''. In 2014, he directed the critically acclaimed anthology film, ''Chandamama Kathalu'' which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year. Personal life Praveen Sattaru was born in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India. He holds MS degree in Chip Designing, and has worked as SAP consultant in IBM for about 10 years. He is an Indian immigrant to the United States. He is married to Archana. Filmography Television Awards * National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu - ''Chandamama Kathalu ''Chandamama Kathalu: Volume 1'' is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language anthology film directed by Praveen Sattaru and produced by Chanakya Bhooneti. The film has eight sub-stories revolving around love. The lives of the central characters in the su ...'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siddhu Jonnalagadda
Siddharth "Siddhu" Jonnalagadda is an Indian actor, screenwriter, playback singer and editor who works in Telugu cinema. He debuted in a lead role with the film '' Life Before Wedding'' (2011). Jonnalagadda went onto to co-write and star in films such as ''Guntur Talkies'' (2016), ''Krishna and His Leela'' (2020), ''Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma'' (2020) and ''DJ Tillu'' (2022). Early life Siddhu Jonnalagadda was born and brought up in Hyderabad. He pursued MBA before venturing into a career in films. Career Jonnalagadda made his lead debut with Praveen Sattaru's '' LBW: Life Before Wedding'' and then in between he did a Tamil film ''Vallinam'' (2014), and ''Ice Cream 2'' (2014) before playing the lead role in Sattaru's ''Guntur Talkies'' (2016). Siddu plays the lead role in ''Krishna and His Leela'', a romantic drama film starring Shraddha Srinath, Shalini Vadnikatti and Seerat Kapoor. In a review of the film by ''The Times of India'', the reviewer wrote that "Siddhu is an abso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmendra Kakarala
Dharmendra Kakarala (born 1981) is an Indian film editor who works in Telugu cinema. He is known for editing the film ''Prasthanam'' (2010). Career After few attempts of attending college for civil engineering, Dharmendra decided to study film making, at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, in Kolkata. A 2004 graduate from the film institute, he worked as an associate editor for films like ''Andhrudu'' (2005), ''Oka V Chitram'' (2006), ''Rakhee'' (2006), '' Lakshmi Kalyanam'' (2007), ''Chandamama'' (2007), '' Mestri'' (2009), and '' Bangaaru Babu'' (2009), before editing his debut film, ''Prasthanam'' (2010). This was written and directed by Deva Katta. Filmography * ''Prasthanam'' (2010) * '' LBW: Life Before Wedding'' (2011) * ''Dhada'' (2011) * ''Vennela 1 1/2'' (2012) * ''Routine Love Story'' (2012) * '' Mallela Theeram Lo Sirimalle Puvvu'' (2013) * ''Chandamama Kathalu'' (2014) * ''Bangaru Kodipetta'' (2015) * ''Asura'' (2015) * ''Padesave'' (2016) * ''Guntur Talk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Indian Express
''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu. In 1991, following the death of owner Ramnath Goenka, his family split the group into two companies. Initially, the two groups shared the ''Indian Express'' title, as well as editorial and other resources. But on 13 August 1999, the northern editions, headquartered in Mumbai, retained the ''Indian Express'' moniker, while the southern editions became ''The New Indian Express''. Santwana Bhattacharya was appointed Editor-in-Chief on July 1st, 2022, replacing G.S. Vasu. History ''Indian Express'' was first published on September 5, 1932, in Madras (now Chennai) by an ayurveda, Ayurvedic doctor and Indian National Congress member P Varadarajulu Naidu, publishing from the same Publisher, press where he ran the ''Tamil Nadu'' Tamil weekly. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JioSaavn
JioSaavn is an Indian online music streaming service and a digital distributor of Hindi, English, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri and other regional Indian music around the world. Since it was founded in 2007 as Saavn, the company has acquired rights to over 8.0 crore (80 million) music tracks in 15 languages. JioSaavn is a freemium service; basic features are free with advertisements or limitations, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality and music downloads for offline listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. On 23 March 2018, Saavn announced merger with JioMusic in a deal worth more than $1 billion. The merger was completed in December 2018, with Saavn being rebranded JioSaavn., , . History Saavn was founded in 2006 as BODVOD Network and initially distributed Bollywood content in North America in a B2B offering. Saavn later shifted its core focus to become a music destination for fans of Bollywood and other Indic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naresh Iyer
Naresh Iyer (born 3 January 1981) is an Indian playback singer. Born Mumbai, Iyer is fluent in Malayalam,Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Marathi. Naresh Iyer has rendered 2000 film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His rendition of "Roobaroo" from the movie '' Rang De Basanti'' composed by A. R. Rahman topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He won the Filmfare award in the R.D. Burman Musical Talent category. Early life Naresh Iyer was born to Shankar Iyer and Radha on 3 January 1981 and brought up in Matunga, Mumbai. He has a younger sister named Nisha Iyer, who is an upcoming self-taught Professional Artist. He attended SIES College of Commerce and Economics where he received his Degree in Commerce. After graduation he intended to become a Chartered Accountant and was practicing CA and side by side was learning Carnatic music and Hindustani classical music t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishna Chaitanya (lyricist)
Krishna Chaitanya is an Indian lyricist, writer and director. He mainly works as a lyricist for the Telugu films. Career Krishna Chaitanya debuted with writing songs for ''Sambhavami yuge yuge'' but his first big break came with the film ''Yuvatha'' in which he penned all the songs. In his career, the lyrics he penned for the songs in the movies ''Ishq'' and ''Gunde Jari Gallantayyinde'' bought critical acclaim. Krishna Chaitanya made his directorial debut in the film '' Rowdy Fellow'' starring Nara Rohit and Vishakha Singh, which released on 21 November 2014 with positive reviews. Personal life Krishna Chaitanya was born on 2 May 1983 in Eluru. He received his early education from CRR Public School. He studied ECE (2009) at Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, West Tambaram, Chennai. Filmography As Lyricist {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" , Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" , Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" , Song( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javed Ali
Javed Ali is an Indian playback singer who predominantly sings in Hindi. He has also sung in various Indian languages including Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Early life Javed Ali was born Javed Hussain in Panchkuian Road, Delhi. He studied in Ramjas School 4, Paharganj. Javed Ali started singing at a very early age with his father Ustad Hamid Hussain, a popular qawwali singer. Ghazal singer Ghulam Ali heard Ali's voice and felt that he could become a great singer in future. Ghulam Ali not only guided Javed, but also gave him chance to sing in his live concerts. As a tribute and honour to his guru Ghulam Ali, Javed changed his name from Javed Hussain to Javed Ali. Career In 2007, Javed Ali came into limelight for his song "Ek Din Teri Raahon Mein" from the film Naqaab and thereafter he sang "Jashn-e-Bahaaran" from ''Jodhaa Akbar'', "Arziyan" from ''Delhi-6'', "Kun Faya Kun" from ''Rockstar'', "Guzarish" from '' Ghajini'', "Aa J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benny Dayal
Benny Dayal (born 13 May 1984) is an Indian playback singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi and more languages films. He has sung more than 3500 songs in 19+ Indian languages. He is a member of the band S5, launched by SS Music TV channel. He made his acting debut in the Malayalam movie '' By the People'', a suspense thriller. All the songs were sung by S5 members and it was then that A.R. Rahman noticed him and took an audition. Personal life Dayal's parents hail from Kollam district in Kerala. He was born and raised in Abu Dhabi, UAE and completed his schooling there from Abu Dhabi Indian School (ADIS). He went on to complete his B.Com. and Masters in Journalism from Madras Christian College. Dayal worked as an Events Coordinator with RR Donnelley. He quit his job in BPO to accomplish his career with music. On 5 June 2016, the singer married his model girlfriend Catherine Thangam in a close-knit ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramya NSK
Ramya NSK is an Indian playback singer, who has predominantly sung for Tamil language and films. Apart from her work as a singer, she is recognised for being the granddaughter of comedian N. S. Krishnan, actor K. R. Ramaswamy and actress T. A. Mathuram. Career Ramya graduated in Visual Communication from Women's Christian College and later joined the radio station, Radio City. She was posted in Chennai where she worked for the firm as a music manager for five years. Along with Carnatic music, she trained in contemporary style music with the Emmanuel Methodist Church choir for a period of eight years. She also acted in the movie Tharai Thappattai. Having sung over 400 songs for Indian films, Ramya is best known for the song "Satru Munbu" from Gautham Vasudev Menon's '' Neethaane En Ponvasantham'', which had music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. For the song, she received the Best Female Playback Singer award for Tamil cinema during the Filmfare Awards ceremony in 2013. She later al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthik (singer)
Karthik (born 7 November 1980) is an Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung more than 8000 songs in 15 Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Bengali, Marathi and Hindi. Early and personal life Karthikeyan hails from Tiruvarur district. He is a trained Carnatic music vocalist. He was part of a college band and regularly participated in IIT Madras Fest '' Saarang''. An ardent fan of A. R. Rahman, Karthik's dream was to meet Rahman and sing for him. Playback singer Srinivas, who collaborated often with Rahman was Karthik's close friend's cousin. Srinivas encouraged Karthik to look at singing as a career, which prompted Karthik to resume his singing lessons. One year later, Srinivas recommended Karthik's name to Rahman, who needed fresh voices for backing vocalists for a song from '' Pukar''. Karthik eventually g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rediff
Rediff.com (stylized as ''rediff.com'') is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal. It was founded in 1996. It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City. , it had more than 300 employees. It is one of the earliest web portals and email providers in India. When its founder Ajit Balakrishnan launched Rediff on the NeT, the internet was barely five months old in the country, and had a total of about 18,000 users. History The Rediff.com domain was registered in India in 1996. Early products included the email service Rediffmail and Rediff Shopping, an online marketplace selling electronics and peripherals. In 2001, Rediff.com was alleged to be in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 for filing a materially false prospectus in relation to an IPO of its American depositary shares. The case was resolved by settlement in 2009. In April 2001, Rediff.com acquired the '' India Abroad'' newspaper. In 2007, Redif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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