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Choosoddaam Randi
''Choosoddaam Randi'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Raja Vannem Reddy and produced by Sunkara Madhu Murali under the Melody Multimedia banner. It stars Jagapati Babu, Srikanth, Rambha and music composed by M. M. Keeravani. It is a remake of the Tamil film '' Thai Poranthachu'' (2000). Plot The film begins with Bhimavaram Buchchi Babu / Babu a house broker, who profits cannily with his sidekick Anji. Once, Geeta a newcomer to the city contacts him when Babu cleverly rents a portion of his house owned by a dangerous goon Tiger Dharma. Presently, Geeta is on the hunt for her lover Aravind whose whereabouts are not known. After a toil, she detects him when he requests time for their nuptials to convince his parents and Geeta continues as Babu's tenant. Meanwhile, Dharma acquits, who has a hilarious vow not to molest a married woman. Due to this, Babu claims Geeta as his wife which leads to a series of falsehoods. Whereupon, Anji inquires Babu about the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagapati Babu
Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Rao Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in a few Tamil, , Kannada and Malayalam films. In a career spanning 33 years, Babu has appeared in 170 feature films, and has received four Filmfare Awards and seven state Nandi Awards. He has worked with noted directors like Kodi Ramakrishna, S. V. Krishna Reddy, Ram Gopal Varma, Krishna Vamsi, E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Gunasekhar, Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, A. M. Rathnam, K. Raghavendra Rao, Radha Mohan, Mohan Raja, J. D. Chakravarthy, Boyapati Srinu, and Sukumar. Early life Jagapathi Babu was born on 12 February 1962 in Machilipatnam to veteran producer-director V. B. Rajendra Prasad. He was brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu before making a mark in Telugu cinema. He married Lakshmi and has two daughters. Career 1989–2013: Lead roles Babu made his debut in Telugu with the ... [...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] |
Mahalakshmi Iyer
Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi, Assamese and Tamil songs. She has sung in many other Indian languages as well, including Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati and Kannada. Career Playback singing Mahalakshmi made her playback debut with the film ''Dus'' in 1997'','' but the film never completed and released due to the sudden passing of the film's director. The album however was released in 1999 as a tribute. She sang the track ''Ae Ajnabee'' with Udit Narayan for A. R. Rahman in Mani Ratnam's '' Dil Se..'' which was her first release as a playback singer and considered to be her debut. Mahalakshmi continued singing for Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy and A.R. Rahman in many films which followed. Since then she has also sung many serials, jingles, and original albums. She was part of several successful soundtracks such as '' Mission Kashmir'', '' Yaadein'' and '' Saathiya'' and worked with some of the biggest music composers like A. R. Rahma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukhwinder Singh
Sukhwinder Singh (born 18 July 1971) is an internationally acclaimed Indian playback singer who primarily sings Bollywood songs. He is famous internationally for singing " Jai Ho" from the film ''Slumdog Millionaire'' which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. One of his most famous songs is "Chaiyya Chaiyya" from Mani Ratnam's 1998 film '' Dil Se..'', was composed by A. R. Rahman, written by Gulzar, and sung in duet with Sapna Awasthi. Early life and career Sukhwinder Singh hails from hathi gate in bhatti family Amritsar, Punjab. He released a Punjabi album called ''Munda Southhall Da'' with T. Singh, joined Laxmikant–Pyarelal’s troupe, and quickly became a music arranger before heading to South India to look for work, wherein, he sang for the Tamil film ''Ratchagan''. Singh got his first Bollywood break with the song "Aaja Sanam" in the film named '' Khilaaf''. But h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veturi
Veturi Sundararama Murthy (29 January 1936 – 22 May 2010), known mononymously by his surname Veturi, was an Indian poet, lyricist and journalist who is popular for writing Telugu songs. His career in the Telugu cinema spanned more than four decades. He was highly admired and cherished for his deep and thoughtful lyrics in Telugu songs. Early life Veturi was born to Chandrasekhar Sastry and Kamalamba in Pedakallepalli, near Challapalli, Krishna into a Telugu Brahmin family. Veturi was a nephew of the Telugu Research Scholar Veturi Prabhakara Sastri. His grandfather Veturi Sundara Sastry was also a poet. Education Veturi completed his schooling in Diviseema, Jaggayyapeta, near Vijayawada in Krishna district, and SSLC in his grandmother's village. Later, Veturi went to Chennai for his intermediate studies and came back to Vijayawada where he completed his degree in S.R.R. Government College. He was a student of legendary Viswanatha Satyanarayana at this college. Career as a jour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirivennela Sitaramasastri
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (born Chembolu Seetharama Sastry; 20 May 1955 – 30 November 2021) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acquired the stage name Sirivennela after writing the lyrics for K. Viswanath's directorial film of Sirivennela, the same name in 1986. Sastry has garnered several awards including eleven state Nandi Award for Best Lyricist, Nandi Awards and four Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu, Filmfare Awards South for his work. He has penned lyrics for over 3000 songs until 2020. In 2019, he was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in India, for his contributions towards the field of arts and aesthetics. Early life Chembolu Seetharama Sastry was born on 20 May 1955 in Anakapalli in Andhra Pradesh, India. Career Seetharama Sastry was a lyricist for K. Viswanath with ''Sirivennela''. A particular highlight of the movie is the song "Vidhata Thalapuna", sung by S. P. Balasu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bava Nachadu
''Bava Nachadu'' is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Simran and Reema Sen, with music scored by M. M. Keeravani. It is produced by M. Arjuna Raju under the Roja Movies banner. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Hello Mama''. Plot Ajay (Nagarjuna Akkineni) is an adman (director and actor) who has a definite idea about how his future wife should be. He marries a village belle Meenakshi (Simran), handpicked by his mother from her native town Kovvuru. Meenakshi soon becomes pregnant. Sometime later, Meenakshi meets with a hairline fracture. Her entire family lands up at Ajay's house to take care of Meenakshi. She has a beautiful and greedy sister called Lahari (Reema Sen). During that period Suma (Suman Ranganathan), the regular model of Ajay meets with a fracture and Lahari replaces her as the model opposite Ajay. Lahari is lured by the modeling profession and then falls in love with Ajay. But Ajay does not have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alludugaaru Vachcharu
''Alludugaaru Vachcharu'' () is a 1999 Telugu-language drama film, produced by Sunkara Madhu Murali, Mullapudi Brahmanandam under the M.R.C & Melody Theaters banner and directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty. It stars Jagapati Babu, Kausalya, Heera Rajagopal and music composed by M. M. Keeravani. The film is a remake of the Tamil movie ''Pooveli'' (1998) which is itself an unofficial remake of '' A walk in The clouds'' (1995). Plot The film begins with Murali a professional violinist who is an orphan. He falls for a playback singer Shalini and behinds her as ''white on rice''. Howbeit, she loathes & disgraces his love when he states not to vex her anymore. Plus, a day arises when she will fell his love and proceed toward him. Parallelly, Murali gets acquainted with his childhood bestie Mahalakshmi / Maha, and hears about her love Madhu. Once he views Maha walking to a graveyard near Madhu's sepulcher when she moves rearward. Madhu & Maha are turtle doves in the college even Madhu's pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Gupta, initially as a distribution and marketing company for music labels in Andhra Pradesh. In 1996, the label Aditya Music was established, and in 2000 they began manufacturing audio cassettes. Aditya Music also dubs Telugu movies into Hindi and Bhojpuri. Soundtrack discography Telugu cinema *'' Swathi Muthyam'' (1985) *'' Oke Okkadu'' (1999) *'' Thammudu'' (1999) *''Gemini'' (2002) *''Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi'' (2003) *''Devullu'' (2000) *''Siva Rama Raju'' (2002) *'' Sri Anjaneyam'' (2004) *'' Varsham'' (2004) *''Jai Chiranjeeva'' (2005) *''Athadu'' (2005) *''Bangaram'' (2006) *''Stalin'' (2006) *'' Sri Ramadasu'' (2006) *''Desamuduru'' (2007) *''Maharathi'' (2007) *'' Guru flim'' (2007) *''Pandurangadu'' (2008) *''Magadheera'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalpana Rai
Kalpana Rai (9 May 1950 – 6 February 2008) was an Indian actress from Andhra Pradesh who predominantly appeared in Telugu films. She acted in more than 430 films. She was born in Kakinada. Personal life Kalpana Rai was born in Kakinada. She had experience in stage, through which she entered into films. Though she acted in more than 400 films she died poor. Career She made her debut as an actress with the film O Seeta Katha ''O Seeta Katha'' () is a 1974 Indian Telugu-language film directed by K. Viswanath. The film won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Silver), and the Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu). The film was later remade both in Malayalam and Tamil lan ... in 1974. She was known for comical roles with peculiar dialect of Godavari districts. Her last film was Soggadu (2005). Notable Filmography Death She died because of her illness at her residence in Indiranagar, Hyderabad. Even though she acted in more than 400 films she could not save much. Movie Arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajitha
Rajitha is an Indian actress who works in Telugu films. She has been active since the late 1980s. Career Rajitha made her debut in film industry at the age of 18 with the Telugu movie, ''Brahma Rudrulu'' in which she portrayed Akkineni Nageswara Rao's daughter. She played the role of a widow in '' Pelli Kanuka'' and won the Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian. The dialogue writer Posani Krishna Murali stated that her role involved no humor yet the awards committee decided to give Rajitha the award for best comedian. Filmography * 1986 ''Brahma Rudrulu'' *1987 ''Agni Putrudu'' *1988 '' Vivaha Bhojanambu'' *1990 ''Chinnari Muddula Papa'' *1990 '' Mouna Daaham'' Malayalam film *1990 ''Prema Khaidi'' *1991 '' Amma Rajinama'' * 1991 '' Coolie No. 1'' * 1991 ''Prem Qaidi'' (Hindi) * 1991 ''Rowdy Gaari Pellam'' * 1992 '' Chinarayudu'' *1993 ''Mogudugaru'' *1994 ''Jailor Gaari Abbayi'' *1996 ''Pelli Sandadi'' *1996 ''Ladies Doctor'' *1996 ''Jabilamma Pelli'' * 1997 ''Super Hero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rama Prabha
Rama Prabha is an Indian actress who performs in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. She has acted in more than 1,400 films and is credited as a character artist who shared screen space with superstars across all generation of South Indian Cinema with a career spanning over six decades. She formed a noted pair on Telugu screen during the 1970s and 1980s with comedian Raja Babu. She acted opposite Nagesh in Shanti Nilayam and many other films from 1968 onwards. She acted in Hindi opposite Mehmood in the movie ''Do Phool''. Personal life When she was two months old, her aunty adopted her and they shifted to Ooty. Rama's childhood was spent in that place up to 14 years then they shifted to Chennai. Currently lives in Vayalpadu, near Madanapalle. She had adopted her sister's daughter Vijaya Chamundeswari, when she was a 1-year-old child. Vijaya is married to actor Rajendra Prasad Selected filmography Awards * She won Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian - Lahiri Lahiri Lahiri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
