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Chandu (film Director)
Chandu (born Satti Chandra Sekhar Reddy, 17 October 1975) is an Indian people, Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Born in Vedurupaka near Kakinada, East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, he studied at St.anns and S.K.V.T. high school in Rajahmundry. Career Chandu started his career as an assistant director for the feature film ''Kalyana Ramudu'' which was directed by "Chirunavvutho Ramprasad", and ''Samba (2004 film), Samba'' directed by V. V. Vinayak. In 2005, producer Shyam Prasad gave Chandu his first directing opportunity with SP Entertainments's film ''10th Class''. It was released in 2006 and was a success at the box office. Later, in 2007, his second directorial venture was the film ''Note Book''. He launched the career of Rajeev (son of composer Koti (composer), Koti). In 2013, Chandu wrote and directed ''Prema Oka Maikam''. Filmography ;As director * ''10th Class'' (2006) * ''Note Book'' (2007) * ''Prema Ok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedurupaka
Vedurupaka is a village in Rayavaram mandal, East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh state, India. Geography The Tulyabhaga river flows by Vedurupaka. William Wilson Hunter described it as one of the seven estuaries of the mighty Godavari River. Culture One of the main attractions is Vijaya Durga Peetham, a place of worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. The village festival of Poleramma Jathara or Sambaram takes place each May; it is a 2-day carnival of religious fervour and traditional dances. This event was supervised by the late Sri Murthineedi Venkayya Garu for 40 years. Another festival is Dasara. The village's Hindu temples were built by the king of Peddapuram Thimma gaja pathi maharaja in 1700 AD. Education The first school in Vedurupaka was established by the Canadian Baptist Mission,''Statistical appendix of Madras State'', Superintendent, Government Press, Madras, 1935, pp.207, 405/ref> one of the early Christian mission initiatives. It was later gifted to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Godavari District
East Godavari is a district in the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its district headquarters is at Rajahmundry. As of census 2011, it became the most populous district of the state with a population of 5,151,549. In the Madras Presidency, the District of Rajahmundry was created in 1823. It was reorganised in 1859 and was bifurcated into Godavari and Krishna districts. During British rule, Rajahmundry was the headquarters of Godavari District, which was further bifurcated into East Godavari and West Godavari districts in 1925. When the Godavari district was divided, Kakinada became the headquarters of East Godavari and Eluru became headquarters of West Godavari. In November 1956, Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Andhra State with the Telugu-speaking areas of the Hyderabad State. In 1959, the Bhadrachalam revenue division, consisting of Bhadrachalam and Naguru Taluqs (2 Taluqas in 1959 but later subdivided into Wajedu, Venkatapruram, Charla, Dummugudem, Bhadrach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the north-west, Chhattisgarh to the north, Odisha to the north-east, Tamil Nadu to the south, Karnataka to the west and the Bay of Bengal to the east. It has the second longest coastline in India after Gujarat, of about . Andhra State was the first state to be formed on a linguistic basis in India on 1 October 1953. On 1 November 1956, Andhra State was merged with the Telugu-speaking areas (ten districts) of the Hyderabad State to form United Andhra Pradesh. ln 2014 these merged areas of Hyderabad State are bifurcated from United Andhra Pradesh to form new state Telangana . Present form of Andhra similar to Andhra state.but some mandalas like Bhadrachalam still with Telangana. Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Kurnool is People Capital of And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian People
Indians or Indian people are the Indian nationality law, citizens and nationals of India. In 2022, the population of India stood at over 1.4 billion people, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous country, containing 17.7 percent of the global population. In addition to the Indian population, the Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India, Indian overseas diaspora also boasts large numbers, particularly in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and the Western world. While the demonym "Indian" applies to people originating from the present-day Republic of India, it was also formerly used as the identifying term for people originating from Pakistan and Bangladesh during British Raj, British colonial era until 1947. Particularly in North America, the terms "Asian Indian" and "East Indian" are sometimes used to differentiate Indians from the indigenous peoples of the Americas; although the Native American name controversy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Cinema
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hyderabad, India. The nickname ''Tollywood'' is a portmanteau of the words Telugu and Hollywood. By 2021, it has emerged as the largest film industry in India in terms of box-office. Since 1909, filmmaker Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu was involved in producing short films and travelling to different regions in Asia to promote film work. In 1921, he produced the silent film, '' Bhishma Pratigna'', generally considered to be the first Telugu feature film, and hence, regarded as the ''Father of Telugu cinema''. In 1933, '' Sati Savitri'' directed by Chittajallu Pullayya received an honorary diploma at the 2nd Venice. Known for its big-ticket, and popular film genre catering to wider audience, works such as ''Pathala Bhairavi'' (1951) (only South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakinada
Kakinada (List of renamed places in India, formerly called Kakinandiwada, Coringa, and Cocanada; ) is the List of cities in Andhra Pradesh by population, sixth largest city of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and serves as the district headquarters of the Kakinada District. It lies on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. J.N.T.U. College of Engineering Kakinada, established in 1946, is the oldest and popular Government college in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The First Polytechnic college of Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Polytechnic was established here in 1946. It was also the origin point of Buckingham Canal where goods used to be transported by boats during the British rule. It was once home for Asia's largest Port, sea port (now near the village Coringa, East Godavari district, Coringa). Many people from the city migrated from this Port, sea port to countries like Myanmar, Burma, Mauritius, Fiji and various southeast Asian countries to work there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Godavari District
East Godavari is a district in the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its district headquarters is at Rajahmundry. As of census 2011, it became the most populous district of the state with a population of 5,151,549. In the Madras Presidency, the District of Rajahmundry was created in 1823. It was reorganised in 1859 and was bifurcated into Godavari and Krishna districts. During British rule, Rajahmundry was the headquarters of Godavari District, which was further bifurcated into East Godavari and West Godavari districts in 1925. When the Godavari district was divided, Kakinada became the headquarters of East Godavari and Eluru became headquarters of West Godavari. In November 1956, Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Andhra State with the Telugu-speaking areas of the Hyderabad State. In 1959, the Bhadrachalam revenue division, consisting of Bhadrachalam and Naguru Taluqs (2 Taluqas in 1959 but later subdivided into Wajedu, Venkatapruram, Charla, Dummugudem, Bhadrach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalyana Ramudu
''Kalyana Ramudu'' ( te, కళ్యాణ రాముడు) is a 2003 Telugu family film and remake of 2002 Malayalam film '' Kalyanaraman'', directed by G. Ram Prasad and produced by Venkata Shyam Prasad under SP Entertainments. The film stars Venu Thottempudi, Nikita and Prabhu Deva in the lead roles. Cast *Venu Thottempudi as Kalyana Ramudu "Ramu" *Nikita as Kalyani *Prabhu Deva as Rajesh * Suman as Shiva *Nassar as Kalyani's father * Sunil as Chari *M. S. Narayana as Pahilwan *Lakshmipati *Raja Ravindra as Madan *Raghu Babu as Subbu *Gundu Prasad *J. V. Somayajulu *Allu Ramalingaiah as Kalyana Ramudu's grandfather * Vajja Venkata Giridhar as Student *Devi Charan *Sana as Kalyani's mother Music The music of the film was composed by Mani Sharma Mani may refer to: Geography * Maní, Casanare, a town and municipality in Casanare Department, Colombia * Mani, Chad, a town and sub-prefecture in Chad * Mani, Evros, a village in northeastern Greece * Mani, Karnataka, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samba (2004 Film)
''Samba'' is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by V. V. Vinayak and produced by Kodali Nani. The film stars Jr. NTR, Bhumika Chawla, Genelia D'Souza, and Prakash Raj while Vijayakumar, Ali, Sithara, Sukumari, Sukanya, and Brahmaji play supporting roles. The music was composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography by K. Ravindra Babu and editing by Gautham Raju. The film released on 9 June 2004. The film was a moderate success at the box office. It was remade in Kannada as ''Mandya'' and in Bengali Bangladesh as '' Ek Rokha''. It was dubbed in Hindi as the same name. Plot Dharmayya Naidu is an underworld kingpin who lost his wife because he is uneducated. Hence, he wants to felicitate education in his Seema area by constructing schools. He realizes that the quarry he owns has good quality granite deposits. Samba is Dharmayya Naidu's son, while Pasupathi is Dharmayya Naidu's son-in-law. Pasupathi plays the game in such a way that Dharmayya Naidu is force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SP Entertainments
SP Entertainments is an Indian Film production company, started by Venkata Shyam Prasad in 1998. Films Produced The company produced several films, such as ''Swayamvaram (1999 film), Swayamvaram'', ''Chirunavvutho'', and ''Kalyana Ramudu''. Company Formation SP Entertainments formed as a S.P.Entertainments Pvt ltd in the year 2005 with Venkata Shyam Prasad and Venu Thottempudi Filmography Awards References External links SP Entertainments at IMDb. Film production companies of Andhra Pradesh Indian companies established in 1998 1998 establishments in Andhra Pradesh {{film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Class
'' 10th Class '' is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language romance film directed by Chandu and produced by Venkata Shyam Prasad under SP Entertainments. The film stars Bharath and Kadhal Saranya. Cast * Bharath as Srinu * Saranya as Anjali * Sunaina as Sandhya * Jayalalitha * Ali * Krishna Bhagavaan * Ravali * Ashok Kumar K. Soundtrack The music was composed by Mickey J. Meyer and Released by Aditya Music Aditya Music India Private Limited is a music company in India, which owns the label Aditya Music. It produces music for the Telugu cinema industry and is headquartered at Hyderabad, Telangana. Overview The company was founded by Umesh Gup .... Reception A critic from ''Telugu Cinema'' opined that "All in all, it is very average teenage love story with some good music". References External links * 2000s Telugu-language films Telugu films remade in other languages Films scored by Mickey J Meyer Indian teen romance films 2000s teen romance films {{2000s-T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koti (composer)
Dr.Salur Koteshwara Rao, known professionally as Koti, is an Indian composer, record producer, and singer who predominantly works in Telugu and Hindi films. He has composed music for over 475 films. The son of veteran composer S. Rajeswara Rao, in early 1980s Koti teamed with Somaraju (Raj), son of T. V. Raju, and the resulting duo was known as Raj–Koti. The duo composed music for about 180 films from their debut in 1983 till their separation in 1994. After the separation, Koti has composed music and background score for more than 350+ movies. He won Nandi Award for Best Music Director for the film Hello Brother (1994). He started his music career as an assistant to music director K. Chakravarthy. Composers such as A. R. Rahman, Mani Sharma ,Harris Jayaraj, Devi Sri Prasad and S. Thaman, worked as keyboard programmers with Koti during the initial part of their career. Roshan Saluri, son of Koti is also introduced as film score composer. Another son Rajeev Saluri started his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
