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A. Karunakaran
A. Karunakaran (born 25 December 1971) is a Telugu film director known for '' Tholi Prema'' (1998), '' Happy'' (2006), and ''Ullasamga Utsahamga'' (2008). Career Karunakaran began his career as a clap director for ''Kadhal Desam'' (1996) after Sasi introduced him to Kathir. He worked as an assistant to Bhagyaraj and Shankar before making his directorial debut with '' Tholi Prema'' (1998). He conceived the script while in Madras and cast Pawan Kalyan after seeing him in a magazine. ''Tholi Prema'' was a box office success. His second film ''Yuvakudu'' was Bhumika Chawla's first film. The film was unsuccessful. His next film ''Vasu'' (2002) was not very successful at the box office, but garnered a cult following over the years. Karunakaran collaborated with Pawan Kalyan for ''Balu ABCDEFG'' (2005), but the film was a failure unlike ''Tholi Prema''. The following year, '' Happy'' (2006), based on the Tamil film ''Azhagiya Theeye'' (2004) released and was a box office success. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devakottai
Devakottai is a first-grade municipality in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Located in the Sivaganga district, the town is situated close to the Karaikudi, near Rameswaram National Highway Road (NH-210). It is one of the major cities comes under the Chettinad area with rich heritage of houses built with limestone called "Karai Veedu". This Region is one of the towns in Chettinad belt. The town is famous for its ancient temple Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple also known as Nagara Sivan Kovil. As of 2011, the town had a population of 76,037. History The name "Devakottai" is derived from the Tamil word "Devi Kottai", meaning ''the fort of a Goddess''. Devakottai was an active town in the Indian Independence Movement. The municipal court of Devakottai was burned to the ground during the Quit India Movement. This leads to the town becoming one of the historical landmarks of Tamil Nadu with typical building structures and monuments. Devakottai is now under the Karaikudi constitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling (2010 Film)
''Darling'' is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by A. Karunakaran. It is produced by B. V. S. N. Prasad under his studio Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra. The film stars Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal. The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. It turned out to be a ''Hit'' at the box-office and was one of the highest grossing Telugu movies in 2010. Released on 23 April 2010, the film received generally positive reviews and was commercially successful. The film later was remade in Kannada as ''Bulbul'' (2013) starring Darshan and Rachita Ram. Plot This movie starts in the late 1980s when a group of friends celebrate their farewell party. They promise each other to keep in touch. Among them are Hanumanta Rao, who has a son named Prabha, and Vishwanath who has a daughter named Nandini. To reach their professional goals, Vishwanath and Nandini travel to Switzerland, while Hanumanta Rao becomes a criminal lawyer and settles in India. Thus, Prabha and Nan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandi Award Winners
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Telugu Film Directors
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Tamil Film Directors
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Living People
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Nandi Award For Best Screenplay Writer ...
The Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer was commissioned by the Nandi Awards committee in 1977. The winner is awarded a "Copper Nandi", a cash award of ₹10,000 and a commendation certificate. Most number of Awards were received by Srinu Vaitla who won the award three times, followed by A. Karunakaran, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, and Neelakanta with two. Winners See also * Cinema of Andhra Pradesh * Nandi Awards References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nandi Award For Best Screenplay Writer Screenplay Writer A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Feature Film In Telugu
The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The National Film Awards, established in 1954, are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema. The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages. Awards for films in seven regional language (Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955. Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted. The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tej I Love You
''Tej I Love You'' is a 2018 Indian Telugu cinema, Telugu romantic drama film directed by A. Karunakaran and produced by K. S. Rama Rao under Creative Commercials banner. It stars Sai Dharam Tej and Anupama Parameswaran in lead roles. Plot Tej as a child goes to prison for killing a person to protect a woman. Serves 7 years in a juvenile home. As a grown up Tej is a singer in crazy boys band. Tej is very attached to his family. He along with his sisters go to home on summer vacation. In home, one of his sister's marriage is fixed within family. But Tej helps his sister to elope with her lover. The family then come to know Tej is the one who helped his sister to elope. All of the family is shocked to know the truth. Some of the family member insults Tej and his dead parents due to which the family is broke. He gets thrown out of the family as he goes against family values by breaking his sisters arranged marriage within family. Moves to live with his so called musician uncle. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinnadana Nee Kosam
''Chinnadana Nee Kosam'' () is a Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by A. Karunakaran. The film features Nithiin and Mishti, marking the latter's debut in Telugu cinema. The film's title was taken from a song in Nithin's 2012 film ''Ishq''. The film was produced by Nithin's father N. Sudhakar Reddy and sister Nikhita Reddy under the banner Sresht Movies. Harsha Vardhan wrote the film's dialogues. Anup Rubens composed the film's soundtrack and background score. I. Andrew and Prawin Pudi were the film's cinematographer and editor respectively. Production began on 21 May 2014. Principal photography began on 2 June 2014. The film released on 25 December 2014 with mixed reviews and was moderately successful. Plot Nithin (Nithiin) is a happy-go-lucky boy with a happy family. He saves a girl from goons in a train and happens to befriend Reddy Garu (Nassar), who happens to be traveling in the same train. Afterwards, Nithin sees Nandini (Mishti) in a chance encounte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endhukante Premanta
''Endukante... Premanta!'' () is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language fantasy romantic comedy film written and directed by A. Karunakaran. Produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore, the film stars Ram Pothineni and Tamannaah Bhatia. It features music scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar and dialogues by Kona Venkat. The film is released theatrically on 8 June 2012. The film deals with love between two souls across two different eras. Both Ram and Tamannaah play dual roles in the film, with each of those pairs of roles set in 1980 and 2012 respectively. This film's plot is inspired by the American film ''Just like Heaven'' (2005). ''Endukante... Premanta!'' was simultaneously shot in Tamil as ''Yen Endral Kadhal Enben!'' () but the Tamil version never saw a theatrical release. Plot In Vizag, 1980 : Krishna is in love with Srinidhi, and has been standing outside her college bus stop everyday for three years, hoping she would look at him. Srinidhi also likes Krishna but does not reveal it, as she f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian "newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
