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Achyuth
Kunapareddy Achyutha Vara Prasad, better known as Achyuth (1960 – 26 December 2002) was an Indian actor who primarily worked in Telugu films and television. He acted in over 50 films and 50 television shows. His accolades include five Nandi Awards. He is notable for his supporting roles in films including '' Thammudu'' and ''Bavagaru Bagunnara?'' He played lead roles in the popular Telugu TV serials ''Sthree'', ''Seethapathi'', ''Antharangalu'' and ''Anveshitha''. Personal life Achyuth was born in Machilipatnam, Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh to Kunapareddy Rama Rao and Kunapareddy Sujatha. He had two brothers and two younger sisters. He was married to Ramadevi and had two daughters, Sai Sujatha and Sai Sivani. Acting career Achyuth made his debut as an actor with the film ''Taj Mahal'', but the first release was '' Mangalyabalam''. He was quite popular with serials like Himabindu, Sthree, Seethapathi, KranthiRekha, Antarangalu, and Anveshitha. He acted with sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anveshitha
Anveshitha is an Indian Telugu-language supernatural drama television series written by Ilyas - Jyotsna and directed by Ilyas Ahmed under the pseudonym Pradyumna. The serial premiered on ETV on 16 July 1997. The show ran for 100 episodes, and by the time of the telecast of its last episode on 9 June 1999. The serial was based on a paranormal novel of the same name written by the director Ilyas Ahmed. It became hugely popular among Telugu audience, winning eight Nandi Awards in different categories. Each of its episodes lasted for about 18–24 minutes and drew in the elements of the paranormal, black magic, fantasy, horror, mystery and drama. It was produced by Ramoji Rao, the head of the Ramoji Group and the then head of ETV. The serial portrays several supernatural elements like witchcraft, black magic, the Astral world, Astral travel, demonic possessions, spirits, ghosts, working of the Ouija board, extrasensory perception, spirit guides, zombies, telepathy and Séance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swati Kiranam
''Swathi Kiranam'' () is a 1992 Telugu-language musical drama film directed by K. Viswanath. Produced by V. Madhusudhana Rao, the film starred Mammootty in his Telugu debut, Master Manjunath and Raadhika, along with Achyuth, Jayanthi, Sakshi Ranga Rao, Dubbing Janaki and Dharmavarapu Subramanyam in supporting roles. The film is about an egotistical music teacher envious of the immense talent of his prodigious young disciple. It is loosely based on the English-language film ''Amadeus.'' Swathi Kiranam was featured in the Indian panorama section of the 24th IFFI, the Asia Pacific Film Festival, the Moscow Film Festival and the AISFM Film Festival. The film has garnered the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer, Filmfare Award for Best Music Direction and the Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film. Over the years, the film has accumulated a cult following for its music. Plot The film starts with a shabby old man living as a recluse near a famous tem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thammudu (film)
''Thammudu'' () is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language sports action film written and directed by P. A. Arun Prasad. The films stars Pawan Kalyan, Preeti Jhangiani, and Aditi Govitrikar. Bhupinder Singh, Achyuth, Brahmanandam, Ali, and Kitty play supporting roles. ''Thammudu'' was produced by Burugupalli Sivaramakrishna under the Sri Venkateswara Art Films banner. The music is composed by Ramana Gogula with cinematography by Madhu Ambat and editing by Marthand K. Venkatesh. The film released on 15 July 1999 and went on to become a commercial success with the film's soundtrack by Ramana Gogula becoming a trendsetter. ''Thammudu'' was inspired from the 1979 American film, ''Breaking Away'', as well as Aamir Khan's '' Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander''. The film was remade in Tamil as '' Badri'' (2001), in Kannada as ''Yuvaraja'' (2001) and in Bengali as ''Champion'' (2003). Plot Subrahmanyam aka Subbu aka Subhash is the youngest son of a family. He is a wastrel and gypsy and spends his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machilipatnam
Machilipatnam (), also known as Masulipatnam and Bandar, is a city in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Krishna district. It is also the Tehsil, mandal headquarters of Machilipatnam mandal in Machilipatnam revenue division of the district. The ancient port town served as the settlement of European traders from the 16th century, and it was a major trading port for the Portuguese Empire, Portuguese, British people, British, Dutch people, Dutch and French people, French in the 17th century. Etymology During the 17th century, it was known by the names ''Masulipatnam'' and ''Masulipatam'', in local Telugu language, 'Masuli'/'Machili' means fish and 'Patnam' means city. ''Masula'' and ''Bandar'' (Bandar translates to 'port' in Persian language). The port town in the ancient times was also referred with the name ''Maesolia''. History The town has existed since at least the 3rd century BCE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasu (film)
''Vasu'' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language musical romantic comedy film written and directed by A. Karunakaran, and produced by K. S. Rama Rao under the Creative Commercials banner. It stars Venkatesh and Bhumika Chawla with music composed by Harris Jayaraj. ''Vasu'' marked Venkatesh's 50th film as an actor. The film won two Nandi Awards. Later, the film was dubbed into Tamil as ''Vetri'' and Hindi as ''Cheetah The Leopard''. Plot After graduation, Vasu Venkatesh Daggubati runs a college canteen, and music school and teaches music for seven years to make his living. His father is an IPS officer and he wants Vasu to appear for Civil Services examinations to take up an IPS career. But Vasu has different plans for his future. He dreams of becoming a musician and a singer. One fine day, a young IPS officer Brahmaji comes to Vasu's place to seek the blessings of Vasu's father. He admits that Vasu's father is the source of inspiration for him to become an IPS officer. Vasu's father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayalaseema Ramanna Chowdary
''Rayalaseema Ramanna Chowdary'' is a 2000 Telugu film directed by Suresh Krissna. The film stars Mohan Babu, Jayasudha, Priya Gill and Chandra Mohan. Cast * Mohan Babu as in a dual role as Rayalaseema Ramanna Chowdary / Murali * Jayasudha as Seetha, Ramanna's wife *Tarun master as Bhikshupathi, Ramanna Chowdhary's cousin brother *Priya Gill as Murali's lover and wife * Prema as Naga Sulochana * Chandra Mohan as Venkata Sastry "Venkanna" *Achyuth as Murali's brother, Ramanna's Younger son * Jaya Prakash Reddy as Sambasiva Rao *Narra Venkateswara Rao as Subbarayudu * Ranganath as Siva Rama Krishnayya, Ramanna's father *Giri Babu as Jagannadham, Siva Rama Krishnayya's brother * Rallapalli as Lokeswara Rao *Napoleon as Jatadhara Swamiji *Brahmanandam as Annavaram, Murali's servant *Kovai Sarala as Venkamma, Annavaram's wife Soundtrack The Music was Composed by Mani Sharma and Released by Aditya Music Awards *Kovai Sarala won the Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oke Maata
''Oke Mata'' is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language film, directed by Muthyala Subbaiah and produced by Ambhika Krishna. The film stars Upendra, Ramya Krishna, Raasi, Nagendra Babu, and Babu Mohan. Plot Sooryam, the president of a fisherman's community, protests against the discharge of toxic wastes into the sea by an industrialist's factory. As the protest turns violent, Sooryam gets arrested and jailed. Later, during the trial, the truth about Sooryam's dark past comes out. Cast * Upendra as Sooryam *Ramya Krishna as Sirisha * Raasi * Nagendra Babu as Gangaraju *Babu Mohan * M. S. Narayana *Achyuth Kunapareddy Achyutha Vara Prasad, better known as Achyuth (1960 – 26 December 2002) was an Indian actor who primarily worked in Telugu films and television. He acted in over 50 films and 50 television shows. His accolades include five N ... Soundtrack The music was composed by Koti. References External link * 2000 films 2000s Telugu-language films Films sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalisundam Raa
''Kalisundham Raa'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Udayasankar and produced by D. Suresh Babu. It stars Venkatesh and Simran, with music composed by S. A. Rajkumar. It received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu at National Film Awards 2001. The film won four Nandi Awards by Government of Andra Pradesh. At the time of its release, it was the highest grossing Telugu movie of all time until it was broken by ''Narasimha Naidu'' (2001) the following year. The film was remade in Hindi as ''Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein'' (2002) and in Kannada as ''Ondagona Baa'' (2003). Plot Raghavayya and Ram Mohan Rao are brothers-in-law. But Ram Mohan Rao is at loggerheads with Raghavayya because of a family feud. Raghavayya is nearing his 60s and it's time for his Shastipoorti ceremony. Upon incessant requests from his wife, Raghavayya decides to invite (for the first time) his daughter-in-law and grandchildren who are staying in Bombay. Raghu is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harischandraa
''Harischandra'' is a 1999 Telugu-language romance film directed by Thulasi Kumar and starring J. D. Chakravarthy and Raasi. It was remake of the Tamil film titled '' Harichandra'' (1998). Plot Harischandra falls in love with Nandini at the first sight. In order to impress her, he lies to her that he does not drink, smoke or even eat non-vegetarian food. Soon he is caught red-handed and she, Nandini forgives him. Now enters another girl in the scene and Nandini assumes that Harishchandra has an affair with the girl. What will happen now? Cast * J. D. Chakravarthy as Harischandra "Hari" * Raasi as Nandini * Achyuth as Joseph * Ali * Uttej * Sivaji Raja * Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam * 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 ... * Sudha * Giridhar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tholi Prema (1998 Film)
''Tholi Prema'' () is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by A. Karunakaran. It stars Pawan Kalyan and Keerthi Reddy, with music composed by Deva (composer), Deva. The cinematography was done by Y. Maheedhar and Chota K. Naidu. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, six state Nandi Awards, and was featured in the ''Indian Panorama'' mainstream section at the 30th International Film Festival of India. The film was later remade in Kannada as ''Preethsu Thappenilla'' (2000), and Hindi as ''Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai'' (2001),Mamnoor, Pooja (2017-07-2419 Glorious Years for Pawan Kalyans Tholi Prema thetelugufilmnagar.com Plot Balu is the youngest son in his family and carefree. His father often scolds him, but his uncles and mother dote on him so does his brother. He has a bunch of friends to hang around. On a late Diwali night, Balu's father is angry with him and he goes out for a stroll. On this night, Balu happens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokulamlo Seeta
''Gokulamlo Seeta'' () is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah and produced by B. Srinivasa Raju under the Sri Sai Chitra banner. It stars Pawan Kalyan and Raasi.It also stars Harish Kumar in an important role. The music is composed by Koti. The film is remake of the Tamil film '' Gokulathil Seethai''. Plot Pawan Kalyan is a careless and spoiled brat of a rich man Muddu Krishnayya. Kalyan has every weakness that a rich and careless youth can have, and Baburao helps him in all his activities. Once, Kalyan and his friend/employee Bhaskar attend a function, where Kalyan spots Sirisha singing on stage, and is impressed by her beauty and tries to woo her, but doesn't succeed. At the same time, Bhaskar too is impressed by her and expresses his love to her, but is rejected by Sirisha. A disheartened Bhaskar tries to commit suicide but is saved. Sirisha accepts his love and leaves to see her mother to seek her blessings for marriage. But her mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitler (1997 Film)
''Hitler'' (stylized in the film as ''Chiranjeevi Hitler'') is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah. It stars Chiranjeevi, Rajendra Prasad, and Rambha with music composed by Koti. It is a remake of the 1996 Malayalam blockbuster film of the same name, starring Mammootty and tells the story of an overprotective brother who guards his five sisters from the outside world. Released on 4 January 1997, the film was successful at the box office, ending Chiranjeevi's series of box office flops. The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as ''Tiger''. Plot Madhava Rao's mother dies when he is a child, leaving five sisters with him. His father is arrested for killing his mother by beating her in a fit of rage. Madhava hates his father but loves his sisters with a protective attitude towards them. As they grow up, Madhava is constantly worried about his sisters and tries to keep them safe. He assaults local youths who try to flirt with or even look at them. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
