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Aadarsam
''Aadarsam'' () is a 1993 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by C. Venkataraju, G. Sivaraju under the Sri Vijaya Lakshmi Productions banner and directed by Mouli. It stars Jagapathi Babu, Ashwini Nachappa, Raghu and music composed by M. M. Keeravani. Later dubbed into Tamil as ''Aananenna Pennenna''. Plot The film begins at an orphanage where Jyothi a plucky naughty girl defies the rules. One day, Jyothi gets out that she has a family. Suryanarayana, her father an alcoholic, and his benevolent wife Savitri. The couple already has two daughters Lalitha and Vani. Suyarnarayana always subject Savitri to oppression for continuously giving birth to baby girls for which he admitted Jyothi to the asylum. Now Jyothi proceeds toward her father and coercively hangs with him. Subsequently, she takes on household responsibilities and also boosts the courage of her sisters to strive for their goals. Years roll by, and Jyothi toils and molds her sisters. Lalitha becomes well educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanikella Bharani
Tanikella Bharani (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, poet, playwright and director who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has worked as an actor in more than 750 films, including some in Tamil and Hindi; while he was also screenwriter for 52 films. He has won three Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards. Early life Tanikella Bharani's ancestry includes poets and literary figures of Telugu literature. Diwakarla Venkatavadhani and Viswanatha Satyanarayana were his grand uncles. Divakarla Tirupati Sastry one of the Telugu poet duo Tirupati Venkata Kavulu was his great-grand-uncle. He is born into a Telugu Brahmin family. He is fluent in Telugu, English, Hindi, Tamil. He is a religious Hindu who is known for singing devotional songs in praise of Sri Shiva and Devi Parvati, and propagates to his fellow Hindus to not just read the ''Bhagavad Gita'' but to follow what it teaches. He is also a supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and has endorsed cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashwini Nachappa
Ashwini Nachappa (born 21 October 1967) is an Indian former track and field athlete and actress from Karnataka. Nachappa gained fame around the start of the 1980s, when she outran P.T. Usha on two occasions. She has been referred to as India's FloJo. In 1988 she received the Arjuna award. Career Ashwini Nachappa began her career in track and field as a hurdler before making the switch to sprints. She performed well at the 1981 Inter-State Championship in Bangalore in the under-16 category and won the 'most promising athlete of the meet' award. She trained under many coaches during the time till the late 1980s, when Sunil Abraham began to coach her. Nachappa represented India in three South Asian Federation Games in 1984 (in Nepal; two silver medals), 1986 (in Bangladesh; two silver medals) and 1988 (in Pakistan, three gold medals). She participated in two Asian Games, one held in 1986 at South Korea (6th in long jump) and the other in 1990 at Beijing, China (silver medal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananth Babu
Punyamurthula Anant, known by his stage name Ananth Babu, is an Indian actor and comedian, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is the brother of noted comedians Raja Babu and Chitti Babu. Personal life Ananth Babu was born in Injaram, Andhra Pradesh, to Punyamurthula Umamaheswara Rao and Ramanamma. Ananth Babu did his schooling in Rajahmundry Rajahmundry, officially known as Rajamahendravaram, is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and District headquarters of East Godavari district. It is the sixth most populated city in the state. During British rule, the District of Rajah ..., Andhra Pradesh. He is a graduate in commerce (B.com) Filmography Ananth Babu acted in more than 380 films. Below are his selected filmography. References External links MaaStars.comComedian Ananth Babu Exclusive Interview {{DEFAULTSORT:Babu, Ananth Telugu male actors Telugu comedians Indian male comedians Indian male film actors Living people Yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhuvanachandra
Bhuvana Chandra is an Indian lyricist, renowned for his work in the Telugu cinema. He served in the Indian Air Force for 18 years before turning into a lyricist. He penned lyrics for more than 2000 songs. He also wrote more than 100 stories, a novel, and many articles in magazines. He participated as a judge in some reality shows. He also acted in the film ''Welcome Obama'' directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. Personal life Bhuvana Chandra was born in Gullapudi, Krishna district and brought up in Chintalapudi, West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. He used to frequent the library and read a lot of books since his childhood. He learned Typing, and Shorthand and held tuition for students to make a living. Along with a friend, he went for the selections of Indian Air Force and got selected. His first posting was in Delhi. He served in the Indian Air Force and took voluntary retirement before turning into a lyricist. He participated in the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971 and recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayalalita
Jayalalita is an Indian character actor, who acted in about 650 films in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. Early life Jayalalita was born in Gudivada, a town in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. She completed her Bachelor of Arts. She, with her sister, did 1000 stage shows. She was trained in classical dance. Filmography Tamil movies *'' Periya Marudhu'' (1994) - Sevventhi flower shop goundamani *''Aval Varuvala'' (1998) - Ammukutty Television * ''Goranta Deepam'' as Durgamma (Zee Telugu) * ''Mutyala Muggu'' as Mukta Devi (Zee Telugu) * ''Radha Gopalam'' as Kondaveeti Jayadevamma ( Gemini TV) * ''Ammamma.com'' as Ammamma (MAA TV) *''Alitho Saradaga'' as Herself (ETV) * Mounaraagam as Temple's chief (cameo) ( Star Maa) * Prema Entha Madhuram as sharadha devi Zee telugu * Trinayini as Lalitha Devi (cameo) Zee telugu Zee Telugu is an Indian Telugu-language general entertainment pay television channel in India. It was launched on 12 Sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hema (actress)
Hema (born Krishna Veni) is an Indian actress and comedian who predominantly appears in Telugu films. She has acted in more than 250 films as of 2014. She won Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian for her performance in ''Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam''. Early life She was born as Krishna Veni in a family from Razole, East Godavari district. She studied until seventh class, then discontinued her studies. She had an interest in films from her childhood. After acting in some, she got married. She made her comeback to film with '' Murari'', and is now continuing her film career. She changed her name to Hema after coming to the film industry. Filmography Telugu Telugu films # ''Chinnari Sneham'' (1989) # ''Koduku Diddina Kapuram'' (1989) # ''Swathi Chinukulu'' (1989) # ''Muddula Mavayya'' (1989) # ''Bala Gopaludu'' (1989) # ''Palnati Rudraiah'' (1989) # ''Dharma Yudham'' (1989) # ''Paila Pachiis'' (1989) # ''Vintha Dongalu'' (1989) # ''Ayappa Swami Mahathyam'' (1989) # ''Bhale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamuna (actress)
Yamuna is an Indian actress who has appeared primarily in Telugu films in addition to a few Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil films. She appeared in films like '' Mamagaru'', ''Mouna Poratam'', and '' Yerra Mandaram''. She also acted in TV shows. Personal life Yamuna was born as Prema in Bangalore, Karnataka into a Telugu-speaking family. Their native is Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh but her family later moved to Bangalore. Director Balachander changed her name to Yamuna after film debut. Career Yamuna made her debut in film in a lead role through Kannada film ''Modada Mareyalli'' (1989) alongside Shiva Rajkumar. She acted in over 50 Kannada and Telugu movies as the female lead. She shot into fame in 1989 with award-winning Telugu film ''Mouna Poratam'' which is based on the real-life story of Sabita Badhei, which gained massive media coverage. Yamuna played the role of Durga who is betrayed by a government officer and fights for her conjugal rights, seeking marital recognition to gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saranya Ponvannan
Saranya Ponvannan (born Sheela Christina) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam language films. Saranya made her debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's ''Nayakan'' (1987) and went on to play lead roles from 1987 to 1996. Following an eight-year sabbatical, she returned to films in 2003 as a character actor roles. Career Saranya made her Tamil debut in Mani Ratnam's production ''Nayakan,'' as the female lead opposite Kamal Haasan in 1987. She made her first Telugu appearance in 1988 film ''Neerajanam;'' her Malayalam debut was a year later in the 1989 film ''Artham'' starring opposite Mammootty. In 1996 almost during the end of her career as a lead actress she debuted in Kannada cinema in '' Appaji''. After marriage in 1995, she quit from acting. However,in 1996 she acted with Ananthnag movie SAMAYAKKONDU SULLU in 2000 she appeared playing the lead role in the comedy television series, ''Veettukku Veedu Lootty'', and subsequently accepted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujatha (actress)
Sujatha (10 December 1952 – 6 April 2011) was an Indian actress who performed and staggered in a number of unique and variety of characters in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films- in addition to few in Kannada and Hindi languages as well. The actress was best known for restraint and subtlety in portrayal of varied emotions. After starring in numerous Malayalam films in her mother-tongue, Sujatha later got introduced to the Tamil film industry by veteran director K. Balachander and producer P.R. Govindarajan as a protagonist in her first Tamil film, ''Aval Oru Thodar Kathai'' (1974). It was a critically acclaimed film and launched the actress's first commecrical breakthrough in her acting career. Whereas, her first Telugu picture happened to be a Telugu/Tamil bilingual titled as ''Guppedu Manasu'' (1979) in Telugu and was simultaneously shot as Nool Veli in Tamil of the same year. She died of a cardiac arrest on 6 April 2011 in Chennai (aged 58). Early life Sujatha wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny (actor)
Pollapragada Janardhana Rao, popularly known as Jenny, is an Indian comedian and artist, who appears in Telugu films and Telugu television. Jenny is from a Telugu Brahmin family from Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. He is a mime artist. He has performed at over 1,000 shows in India as well as abroad. He acted in comic roles in more than 400 films and on television. He also did mime in many government funded TV ads. Partial filmography *'' Dabbu Bhale Jabbu *''Anandam'' (2001) *''Pandurangadu'' (2008) *''Preminchukunnam Pelliki Randi'' *''Parama Veera Chakra'' (2011) *''Shubhapradam'' (2010) *'' Hello Brother'' (1994) *'' Aha Naa Pellanta'' (1987) *''Ready'' (2008) *''Namo Venkatesa'' (2010) *''Anaganaga Oka Roju'' (1997) *''Annamayya'' (1997) *''Gunshot'' *''Shirdi Sai'' (2012) *'' Aagadu'' (2014) *''Ayyare'' (2012) *'' Sevakudu'' (2013) *''Naayak'' (2013) *''Cash'' *''Inspector'' *''Inspector Ashwini'' *''Master'' (1997) *'' Nenu'' (2004) *''Pedababu'' (2004) *''Nenunnanu'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakshi Ranga Rao
Sakshi Ranga Rao (born Rangavajhula Ranga Rao; 15 September 1942 – 27 June 2005) was an Indian character actor who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He appeared in about 450 films over a career spanning four decades, majority of which were comedies. Rao made his film debut in 1967 with ''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 Prakasham 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 Rao was interested in film and theatre, he worked as an assistant to the stage artist Kuppili Venkateshwara Rao. He was encouraged by some his friends at Andhra Vishw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Ravindra
Raja Ravindra is an Indian actor predominantly appears in Telugu films and TV serials. Apart from Telugu films, he has acted in several Tamil films and a few Kannada and Malayalam movies. He started his career with TV serials and entered into films. Career His first film as an actor is ''Paccha Toranam'' (1994). After acting in films like ''Pedarayudu'' (1995), he ventured into film production and dates management of heroes. Family His daughter got married in April 2014. Filmography Telugu Tamil Malayalam * One film (name unknown) TV series * ''Vasundhara:Andam'' (ETV) * ''FIR'' (ETV) * ''Krishnadasi'' ( Sun TV); 2000-2001 * ''Janaki Kalaganaledu'' (Star Maa Star Maa (formerly Maa TV) is an Indian Telugu language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The channel telecasts Telugu language programmes such as serials, reality ...); 2021 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Raja Ravindra Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |