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C. Lakshmi Rajyam
C. Lakshmi Rajyam or shortly Lakshmirajyam (1922–1987) was a South Indian film and drama actress and film producer in 1930s to 1970s.Nata Ratnalu, Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy, Second edition, 2002, pp: 594–96 She is a native of Owk. She learned music from her uncle Narasimham and Harikatha exposition from Saluri Rajeshwara Rao at a young age. She joined the drama company of Puvvula Suri Babu along with her uncle Venkata Ramaiah. She played Nalini in ''Tulabaram'', Chitra in ''Chintamani'' plays and earned fame. Her contemporaries are Pulipati Venkateswarlu and Puvvula Ramatilakam. She started her film career as a child artist in ''Sri Krishna Leelalu'' (1934) and later acted in about 35 films mostly of Telugu language. She became famous actress after playing the role of second heroine in ''Illalu'' (1940) directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam. She married K. Sridhar Rao and established Rajyam Pictures in 1951. They produced about 11 films including '' Daasi'' (1952), ''Kri ...
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Kurnool District
Kurnool district is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in the North western part of the state and is bounded by Jogulamba Gadwal district of Telangana in the north, Raichur district of Karnataka in the northwest, Bellary district of Karnataka in the west, Anantapur district in the south and Nandyal district in the east. The city of Kurnool is the headquarters of the district. It has a population of 4,053,463 of which 28.35% were urban as of 2011. History The Ketavaram rock paintings are dated back to the Paleolithic era (located at a distance of from Kurnool). Jurreru Valley, Katavani Kunta and Yaganti in the district have some important rock arts and paintings in their vicinity, which are dated back to 35,000 to 40,000 years ago. Belum Caves are geologically and historically important caves in the district. There are indications that Jain and Buddhist monks were occupying these caves centuries ago ...
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Samsaram (1950 Film)
''Samsaram'' () is a 1950 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by L. V. Prasad. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Lakshmirajyam, with music composed by Susarla Dakshinamurthi. It was produced by K. V. Krishna and C. V. Ranganatha Rao under the Sadhana Productions banner. The film was recorded as a ''Blockbuster'' at the box office. The film was later remade in Tamil with the same name, in Hindi as ''Sansar'' and in Malayalam as ''Ayodhya'' (1975). Plot Raghu (N. T. Rama Rao) is a government clerk who lives happily with his wife Manjula (Laxmirajyam) and two children. Raghu's mother Venkamma (Bezwada Kanthamma), sister Kamakshi (Surabhi Balasaraswathi), and her husband Tata Rao (Relangi) depend on him. Very soft-natured Manjula suffers in the hands of shrewd Venkamma. Venu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao), the younger brother of Raghu stays back in the village. He is an honest, straightforward gentleman. Once Venu gets acquainted with a beautiful Kamala (Pushpala ...
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Actresses From Andhra Pradesh
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ...
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People From Kurnool District
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ...
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Telugu Actresses
Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode See also * Telugu cinema * Telugu cuisine * Telugu culture (other) * Telugu states Telugu states are the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in southeastern India. An ethno-region of Telugu People, they as a collective are bordered by Maharashtra to the north, Karnataka to the west, Odisha, Chhattisgarh to the northe ... * * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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1987 Deaths
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing everyone except a little girl; The King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator Flashover, flashes-over; The MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker, drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina (1987), Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw, taking the lives of all aboard; The USS Stark is USS Stark incident, struck by Iraq, Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf; President of the United States, U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous Tear down this wall!, speech, demanding that Soviet Union, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tears down the Berlin Wall., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Zeebrugge disaster rect 200 0 400 200 ...
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1922 Births
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Magaadu (1976 Film)
''Magaadu'' () is a 1976 Indian Telugu-language action drama film produced by Lakshmi Rajyam, Sridhar Rao, Srikanth Nahata under Rajyam Productions banner and directed by S. D. Lal. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao, Ramakrishna, Manjula, Latha and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. It is a remake of the Hindi film ''Deewaar'' (1975). Plot The film begins with a protest under the strong leadership of trade unionist Anand Babu to enhance the struggling life of laborers. Anand Babu lives with his wife, Shantamma, and two sons, Vijay & Ravi. The factory management takes a stab bribe him but in vain. So, they are done by putting his family at risk. Upon which furious, the laborer batters declaring him a traitor resulting into become a wanderer. Shantamma also departs the town with children where she strives hard to civilize Ravi and Vijay aids her. Parallelly, Vijay turns into an atheist who never accesses the temple only accompanies his mother and sits on its steps. Years roll by, ...
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Shakuntala
Shakuntala (Sanskrit: ''Śakuntalā'') is the wife of Dushyanta and the mother of Emperor Bharata. Her story is told in the '' Adi Parva'' of the ancient Indian epic ''Mahabharata'' and dramatized by many writers, the most famous adaption being Kalidasa's play ''Abhijñānaśākuntala'' (''The Sign of Shakuntala''). Legends Birth Once, Vishvamitra started to meditate to earn the status of a Brahmarshi. The intensity of his penance frightened Indra. He feared that Vishvamitra might want his throne. To end his penance, Indra sent Menaka, an apsara, to lure him and bring him out of his penance. Menaka reached Vishwamitra's meditating spot and started to seduce him. Vishvamitra could not control his lust and desire and his penance was broken. Vishvamitra and Menaka lived together for a few years and a daughter was born to them. Later, Vishvamitra realized that all those things were Indra's tricks. He realized that he needed to control his emotions. Vishvamitra left Menaka and Me ...
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Iruvar Ullam (1963 Film)
''Iruvar Ullam'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language romance film, directed by L. V. Prasad and written by M. Karunanidhi. Based on Lakshmi's novel ''Pen Manam'', the film stars Sivaji Ganesan and B. Saroja Devi, while M. R. Radha, S. V. Ranga Rao, T. R. Ramachandran, T. P. Muthulakshmi, Sandhya and Padmini Priyadarshini play supporting roles. The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, while the lyrics were written by Kannadasan. K. S. Prasad and A. Sanjeevi handled cinematography and editing respectively. The filming was held in places like Kodaikanal, Kanyakumari and Bangalore. ''Iruvar Ullam'' was released on 29 March 1963 and became a box office. Clips of the film were used to portray the younger Ganesan and Saroja in the 1997 film '' Once More'', which Saroja Devi considered a sequel to ''Iruvar Ullam''. Plot Selvam, the younger son of a prosecutor Neethimanickam, is a medical student studying in Bangalore. Unlike his righteous father, he is a playboy. Vasanthi, a sch ...
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Kongunattu Thangam
''Kongunattu Thangam'' () is a 1961 Indian Tamil-language action adventure film directed by M. A. Thirumugam and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar. The film stars M. R. Radha, C. L. Anandan and Pushpalatha. It was released on 14 April 1961. Plot ''Kongunattu Thangam'' is the story of a young woman named ''Thangam'' and her boy friend Rajavel rescuing Muthurathina Boopathy, Zamindar of Kongu Naadu, from the clutches of his concubine Amutha and uniting the Zamindar with his wife. Cast ;Male cast *M. R. Radha *C. L. Anandan *Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar *Kuladeivam Rajagopal ;Female cast *Pushpalatha *Pandari Bai *Tambaram Lalitha *''Thilakam'' R. Rajakumari ;Support cast *Iqbal – Dilip (Horse) *Benny (Dog) ;Dance *Lakshmirajyam *Kalaimathi Devi Production After producing ''Thaikkupin Tharam'' in 1956, there was a misunderstanding between M. G. R. and Devar who were good friends from the very beginning. Devar produced some films without MGR. However, ...
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