Darling Darling (2001 Film)
''Darling Darling'' is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by V. Samudra. A remake of the Malayalam film of the same name, the film stars Srikanth, Shaheen and Sai Kiran. Cast Production Producer Medikonda Murali Krishna who produced ''Suryudu'' and '' Narasimha Naidu'' (both remakes) produced this film. After a string of failures, Srikanth changed his hairstyle for the film. Release The film was scheduled to release on Diwali. Jeevi of '' Idlebrain.com'' opined that "The film is one of the worst films that are made in the recent past. There is no imagination in screenplay or direction". Gudipoodi Srihari of ''The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...'' wrote that "Saikiran's character looks foolish. Srikant, playing a sadist role ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Srikanth (Telugu Actor)
Meka Srikanth (born 23 March 1968) is an Indian actor who is known for works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has appeared in more than 120 films. The actor has received one state Nandi Awards, Nandi Award, and one Filmfare Award South. He has starred in films like ''Swarabhishekam'', which won the National Film Awards, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for 2004. Srikanth's another film ''Virodhi (2011 film), Virodhi'' premiered at the Indian panorama section, at the 2011 International Film Festival of India. ''Sri Rama Rajyam'' also had a special screening at International Film Festival of India on 28 November 2011. He has also appeared in some other language films including Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil language, Tamil films. Early life Srikanth was born on 23 March 1968 in Gangavati, Karnataka, Gangavati of present-day Karnataka, India. His father, Meka Parameswara Rao (19462020), was a wealthy landlord who migrated from Mekavaripalem of Krishna district ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Varsha (Telugu Actress)
Madhavi known by her screen name Varsha is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu. She is popular for playing sister roles and in supporting roles to lead actors in many of her movies. She has also acted in a few television serials. Early life and career Madhavi was born and brought up in Hyderabad. She made her on screen debut as a child artist in the movie Panjaram in the year 1997. After completing her education she made a come back as a character artist in 1998 with the movie Khaidi Garu. She appeared as one of the lead actresses in movie ''Nuvve Kavali'' opposite Tarun and was praised for her performance. She shared her screen with many prominent Telugu actors notably Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, Mohan Babu, Rajasekhar, Tarun, Srikanth, Pawan Kalyan, Jagapathi Babu, Ravi Teja Bhupatiraju Ravi Shankar Raju (born 26 January 1968), known professionally as Ravi Teja, is an Indian film actor and producer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He is known for h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2001 Films
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The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. Histo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Idlebrain
Idlebrain.com is an Indian entertainment website that features information, news, and reviews on Telugu cinema. It is one of the oldest websites on the Internet focusing on Telugu films. The site is especially popular for its film reviews written by the founder Jeevi. It was founded in 1999 by G. V. Ramana (better know by his nom de plume Jeevi), a graduate of BITS Pilani, with the help of his friend Sunil Krishna. As of August 2022, it has an archive of nearly 1000 Telugu films reviewed by Jeevi starting with '' Iddaru Mitrulu'' (1999). The site features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, trailers, interviews, movie schedules, chat room, photo galleries and other features related to Telugu cinema. It is considered to be among the most popular websites related to Telugu film industry. History G. V. Ramana (born ), popularly known by his nom de plume Jeevi, is a graduate of BITS Pilani who had short stints in software and finance firms. While he was working in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Narasimha Naidu
''Narasimha Naidu'' is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language vigilante action drama film, produced by M.V.Murali Krishna under Venkata Ramana Productions banner and directed by B. Gopal. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Simran, Preeti Jhangiani, Asha Saini. and music is composed by Mani Sarma. The film was released on 11 January 2001 alongside Venkatesh's ''Devi Putrudu'' and Chiranjeevi's ''Mrugaraju'', to positive reviews, and was commercially successful, earning a distributor share of 30 crore on a budget of 6 — 9 crore, went on to become an ''Industry Hit''. Balakrishna won Nandi Award for Best Actor for the film. It was remade into Tamil as ''Ezhumalai''. Plot The film begins with the feud between two neighboring villages in Visakhapatnam district. Raghupati Naidu on one side and Appala Naidu on the other as arbitrators. Since Raghupati Naidu is peace-loving their village is suppressed under the toe of malice Appala Naidu. Plus, he squats the fields of their Lakshmi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Suryudu
''Suryudu'' (), also spelled as ''Sooryudu'', is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah. The film stars Rajasekhar, Soundarya, Charan Raj and Srihari, with Annapoorna, Ali, Narra Venkateswara Rao, Jeeva, Venu Madhav and Mallikarjuna Rao playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Medi Konda Venkata Murali Krishna, had musical score by Vandemataram Srinivas and was released on 1998. The film was a remake of the Tamil film Maru Malarchi. Plot Suryam is the chief of his village, he is kind-hearted and respected by the villagers, he is so respected that the people even erect his statue in the village. Suryam has dedicated his life for the villagers' welfare. In another village, Maheswar Rao is a respected village chief who lives with his uncle's family. Maheswar Rao and his cousin Chakram are known for their short tempers. Suryam is invited to open a rice shop in a remote village. After the ceremony, Suryam and his car driver baabi are on t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sudhakar (actor)
G Sudhakar (born 18 May 1959) is an Indian actor, comedian and film producer. He has appeared more than 600 films in predominantly in Telugu and Tamil language films. He produced several films in Telugu, including '' Yamudiki Mogudu''. He won two Nandi Awards. Early life and personal life Sudhakar was born in Markapuram, Prakasam district. His father was a deputy collector who traveled all across Andhra Pradesh. Sudhakar is youngest of Six Brothers, He studied till intermediate in Andhra-Christian College, Guntur and then joined a Madras film institute and ventured into films. Film career Telugu films In the beginning days in the Telugu film industry he was a lead actor in ''Srushti Rahasyalu'', Pavitra Preama, "Agni poolu",'Oorikicchina Maata'', ''Bhogi Mantalu'', ''Konte Kodallu'' and others. He then started doing comedy roles which fit him well. He is famous for his peculiar voice modulation. He became a popular comedian in the 1980s and 90s by his dialogue pronuncia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gundu Hanumantha Rao
Gundu Hanumantha Rao (10 October 1956–19 February 2018) was an Indian actor and comedian who worked in Telugu films, theatre, and television. He first appeared in Jandhyala's film '' Aha Naa Pellanta'' in 1987 and gained popularity in comedian roles in S. V. Krishna Reddy's films. He is known for his roles in ''Rajendrudu Gajendrudu,'' ''Mayalodu, Yamaleela, Srivariki Premalekha,'' ''Pellaniki Premalekha Priyuraliki Subhalekha'' (1992), '' Jodi No.1'', ''Nenu Seetamahalakshmi'', ''Kedi No.1'', ''Apparao Driving School'', ''Kalyanam'', ''Original'', ''Neramu Siksha'', ''High School'', ''Kothoka Vintha'', ''Colors'', ''Panchamukhi'', ''Sri Sai Sankalpam'', ''Mano Balam'' and the TV serial '' Amrutham''. He won three TV Nandi Awards from Andhra Pradesh Government, one of them for ''Amrutham'' serial. He was a renowned stage artist before entering into cinema, his first drama being "Ravana Bramha" at the age of 18. He acted in over 600 movies in Telugu and was a popular TV artist ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Annapoorna (actress)
Annapurna (born Umamaheswari; 17 October 1948), also credited as Annapurnamma, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu films. She is known for her portrayal as mother, mother-in-law, and grand mother, aunt, etc. She started her film career as an actor alongside Mohan Babu (debut film) in the blockbuster Telugu film '' Swargam Narakam'' directed by Dasari Narayana Rao in 1975. She appeared in over 700 films and won three Nandi Awards. Early life Annapurna was born as Umamaheswari on 17 October 1948 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh to Prasad Rao and Sitaravamma. Though she was initially credited as Uma, lyricist C. Narayana Reddy changed it when she did Dasari Narayana Rao-directed '' Swargam Narakam''. Career Annapurna has started her film career in 1975. She is well remembered for her character roles in ''Samsaram Oka Chadarangam'', ''Muthyamantha Muddu'', ''Swargam Narakam'', ''Assembly Rowdy'' and acted in almost all of the 1980s movies with Chiranjeevi as lea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shaheen Khan (Indian Actress)
Shaheen Khan, also credited as Sandhya, is an Indian actress who has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. She played the role of Sandhya in three films in 3 languages. Those films all have the same storyline. She has also appeared in music videos for Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. Personal life and early career Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tami ..., and has worked as a model with Fair & Lovely. Shaheen later quit the film industry after her marriage with Taqveem Hasan Khan. Filmography References {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Shaheen Actresses from Mumbai Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Indian film actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kaikala Satyanarayana
Kaikala Satyanarayana (25 July 1935 – 23 December 2022) was an Indian actor, producer, director, and politician who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He appeared in over 750 films and served as the Member of Parliament in the 11th Lok Sabha representing Machilipatnam constituency from Telugu Desam Party. He was the recipient of the 2011 Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and 2017 Filmfare Award for lifetime achievement in Telugu cinema. Early life Kaikala Satyanarayana was born on 25 July 1935 to Kaikala Laxmi Narayana from Kavutaram village in Krishna district. Having completed his primary education in Gudlavalleru and intermediate education in Vijayawada, Satyanarayana graduated from Gudivada College. Career Kaikala was first noticed by D. L. Narayana, who offered him a role in his film ''Sipayi Koothuru'' directed by Changayya in 1959. Though it did not do well at the box office, he was noticed for his resemblance to N.T. Rama Rao. They found him as a prospective candidate t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |