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Chitrangada (film)
''Chitrangada'' is a 2017 Telugu-language horror film directed by Ashok G. It stars Anjali, Sakshi Gulati and Saptagiri. Synopsis Chitra, a college professor, loses her sanity after a series of traumatising experiences and is ostracised for her unpredictable behaviour. In the hope of finding a solution to her problems, she decides to go to the United States. There, she finds the place where she dreamt and starts investigating about her dream and murder and discovers that Ravi Verma, who had died, was reborn as Chitra. Cast * Anjali as Chitrangada * Sakshi Gulati as Samyukta *Saptagiri as Punjuko Babban *Rajsekhar Aningi as Mantrikudu *Jayaprakash as Chitrangada's psychologist *Deepak as Ravivarma * Swathi Deekshith *Raja Ravindra *Sindhu Tolani *Sudigali Sudheer Sudheer Anand Bayana, professionally known as Sudigali Sudheer, is an Indian actor, comedian, and television presenter who works in Telugu films and television. He has appeared in TV shows '' Jabardasth'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjali (actress)
Anjali (born 16 June 1986) is an Indian actress and model who appears predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. Following a stint in modelling, she was cast in starring roles in two Telugu productions; her debut film was the Telugu thriller film ''Photo'' (2006), before bagging a role and gaining attention in the film ''Kattradhu Thamizh'' (2007) with Jiiva. In 2010 and 2011, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil, for her performances in ''Angaadi Theru'' and ''Engaeyum Eppothum'' respectively and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for ''Angadi Theru'', subsequently becoming recognised as one of the "finest young actors" in Tamil cinema, and noted for mostly playing "performance-oriented roles"''.'' In 2013, she returned to Telugu cinema and appeared in a string of successful films like ''Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu'', ''Balupu'', '' Masala'', '' Geethanjali'' and ''Dictator.'' She also received two Nandi Awards for Best Actress for her performances in the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakshi Gulati
Sakshi Gulati is an Indian model and actress. She was the Femina Miss India 2007 runner-up. She made her acting debut in Hindi cinema with Ram Gopal Varma's 2008 film ''Contract''. She then appeared in films such as ''The Film Emotional Atyachar'' (2010), and the Telugu film ''Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appalaraju'' (2011). She finished shooting for a Hindi romantic comedy movie and a Telugu movie, '' Chitrangada'' on Sri Vighnesh Karthik Cinema banner in G. Ashok's direction. Early life Born into a Punjabi family, Sakshi hails from an Army background. She holds Economics (hons) degree from the University of Delhi. She then underwent training in acting, Kathak and Salsa. Sakshi is a trained swimmer, horse rider and a voracious reader. Apart from Femina Miss India 2007, Sakshi has been a top model and has walked the ramp for Wills lifestyle Fashion Week and top fashion designers like Manav Gangwani, Neeta Lulla, Ashima Leena and Nishka Lulla. She has appeared in many print ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saptagiri (actor)
Venkata Prabhu Prasad (born 1 May 1989), known professionally as Saptagiri, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Telugu films. He received Nandi Award as Best Male Comedian for his role in ''Express Raja'' (2016). He received Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smarakam Award at 15th Santosham Film Awards in 2017. Early life Saptagiri was born and brought up in Irala village of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh. His father was a guard in forest department. Though his birthname was Venkata Prabhu Prasad, Saptagiri changed his name after an incident which happened in Tirumala. Career Sapthagiri moved to Hyderabad to pursue his career in acting, and struggled a lot before getting a break. He started film acting career with Bhaskar's film '' Bommarillu'' he used to work as an assistant director. Saptagiri got a chance to play a comedian role. He earned name as a Mini Brahmanandam in terms of remuneration and fame in low budget comedy movies. Saptagiri who started his career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selvaganesh
V. Selvaganesh is an Indian percussionist working in the Carnatic tradition and one of the leading kanjira (south Indian frame drum) players of his generation. He is also known as "Chella S. Ganesh." Career Selvaganesh gained world fame through tours with John McLaughlin's group, Remember Shakti. He helps his father, Grammy-Nominated T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram, to run the Sri JGTV school and train a new generation of Carnatic percussionists. He has also composed and produced albums and played with the Swedish bass player Jonas Hellborg and American guitar virtuoso Shawn Lane. In 2012, Selvaganesh made his film directorial debut with ''Bodhai'', a short film in Tamil. He also composed the four-track soundtrack which was released in digital format by Saregama. Film career V. Selvaganesh made his debut composing for films with the Tamil movie ''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' (2008). Discography ; Solo Albums: * '' Soukha'' (2006) * '' Kanjourney'' (2016) ; With Jonas Hellborg: * ''Good Peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prawin Pudi
Prawin Pudi is an Indian film editor who has worked on Telugu language films. Career Prawin Pudi joined the Telugu film industry as an assistant to editor Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao in 2000, before also apprenticing under Sreekar Prasad and Marthand K. Venkatesh. He worked on Telugu films in the early 2000s as an assistant editor, before moving on to work as a free lancer for corporate films, documentaries and television advertisements, before shifting to Pawan Kalyan Creative Works as an associate editor. After making his debut as an independent editor with '' Aakasa Ramanna'' (2010), his first breakthrough came after working with Trivikram Srinivas in the action comedy ''Julayi'' (2012). Since then, Prawin has regularly collaborated with the film maker in ''Attarintiki Daredi'' (2013) and '' S/O Satyamurthy'' (2015). He has also worked closely with Vikram Kumar, working with him in the successful ''Manam'' (2014) and the Tamil film, '' 24'' (2016). He was also associated in ... [...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] |
Horror Film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apocalyptic events, and religious or folk beliefs. Cinematic techniques used in horror films have been shown to provoke psychological reactions in an audience. Horror films have existed for more than a century. Early inspirations from before the development of film include folklore, religious beliefs and superstitions of different cultures, and the Gothic and horror literature of authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley. From origins in silent films and German Expressionism, horror only became a codified genre after the release of ''Dracula'' (1931). Many sub-genres emerged in subsequent decades, including body horror, comedy horror, slasher films, supernatural horror and psychological horror. The genre has been produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayaprakash
V. Jayaprakash is an Indian actor and producer who works in Tamil and Telugu-language films. He ventured into film business in the early 2000s as a producer, making several films under his banner GJ Cinema and later turned actor, with Cheran's 2007 film, '' Mayakannadi''. Subsequently, performing a variety of supporting roles, he found more success as a character actor, with his most notable performances in ''Pasanga'' (2009), ''Naadodigal'' (2009), '' Naan Mahaan Alla'' (2010), ''Yuddham Sei'' (2011), ''Mankatha'' (2011), ''Moodar Koodam'' (2013) and ''Pannaiyarum Padminiyum'' (2014). Career Jayaprakash hails from Sirkazhi, Tamil Nadu, India. Before entering the film industry, he had worked in various fields such as dairy farming, petrol business, transport and billiards parlour. He started acting at age of 45. His first film was '' Mayakannadi'' in 2007, following which he received more acting assignments. His role as the village school teacher, Chokkalingam, in Company Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjan Bajwa
Arjan Bajwa (born 3 September 1979) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi and Telugu films. He is credited as Deepak in Telugu films where he started his career. He made a breakthrough in Bollywood with the critically acclaimed 2007 film ''Guru'' after debuting in the 2004 Hindi film ''Woh Tera Naam Tha''. He played the male lead in 2008 film ''Fashion'' for which he received the Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance. Early life Bajwa was born on 3 September 1979 in Delhi into a Punjabi Jat Sikh family. His father Swinderjeet Singh Bajwa was a former deputy Mayor of Delhi from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Bajwa holds a degree in architecture from Delhi and is a black belt in Taekwondo. Before entering films Bajwa was a successful model having walked the ramp for several big fashion designers. His breakthrough on television started off with several commercials for brands like Lux, Veet, Fiat Palio, Godrej AC etc. These advertisements featured him alongside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swathi Deekshith
Swathi Deekshith is an Indian actress who predominantly works in the Telugu and Tamil films. She starred in films such as ''Tor Naam'' (2012), '' Ladies & Gentlemen'' (2015) and ''Simba'' (2017). In 2020, she entered the Telugu reality TV show Bigg Boss (Telugu season 4), ''Bigg Boss 4'' as a wild card contestant and is evicted on day 28. Career Deekshith began her career in entertainment through the television show ''Andamaina Bhamalu'' in 2009, where she won the title. The success led her to appear in ad films and appear in two films as a child artiste. Her first major acting role was in the Bengali film ''Tor Naam'' (2012), before she worked on the Telugu drama film ''Break Up'' (2012). In 2014, Deekshith received a breakthrough after being cast in Ram Gopal Varma's Telugu horror film ''Deyyam (2021 film), Deyyam''. She was cast after the film's cinematographer Satish Muthyala had shown a trailer of ''Break Up'' to Varma. Despite almost completing shoot, the film was later s ... [...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] |
Sindhu Tolani
Sindhu Tolani is an Indian actress working in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi language films. Tolani was born in Mumbai, India on 19 July 1983. She has been a '' Fair & Lovely'' cream model in North India. Film career Sindhu Tolani started her career with the Telugu movie ''Aithe'' directed by the famous Chandra Sekhar Yeleti. Her first popular film in Telugu was ''Athanokkade with Kalyan Ram.'' She has also appeared in '' Manmadhan'' with Silambarasan in addition to many Telugu and Kannada films. She also acted in the Television series ''Kutumb'', which aired on Sony TV. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, ''Netru, Indru, Naalai''. Filmography See also * List of Indian film actresses This is an alphabetical list of notable Indian film actresses. A * Aaditi Pohankar * Aahana Kumra * Aakanksha Singh * Aamna Sharif * Aanchal Munjal * Aarathi * Aarti Agarwal * Aarti Chhabria * Aashka Goradia * Abhirami * Adah Shar ... External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
