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Deevinchandi
''Deevinchandi'' is a 2001 Indian Telugu language film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah and produced by Ramoji Rao under Ushakiran Movies. The film stars Srikanth, Raasi and Malavika. Cast * Srikanth as Shiva * Raasi as Lakshmi * Malavika as Swetha * Master Sajja Teja as Siva's son * Narra Venkateswara Rao as Police officer * Brahmanandam Music The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar S. A. Rajkumar is an Indian composer and lyricist. He has made music for all South Indian language films in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada. Early life Rajkumar's father was a vocalist performing in stage shows conducted by popular mu .... References External links * 2001 films 2000s Telugu-language films Films directed by Muthyala Subbaiah {{2000s-Telugu-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramoji Rao
Cherukuri Ramoji Rao (born 16 November 1936) is an Indian businessman, media entrepreneur, and film producer. He is head of the Ramoji Group which owns the world's largest film production facility Ramoji Film City, ''Eenadu'' newspaper, ETV Network of TV channels, film production company Usha Kiran Movies. His other business ventures include Margadarsi Chit Fund, Dolphin Group of hotels, Kalanjali shopping mall, Priya pickles, and Mayuri Film Distributors. He has garnered four Filmfare Awards South, five Nandi Awards and the National Film Award for his works in Telugu cinema. In 2016, he was honored with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honor, for his contributions in journalism, literature and education. Personal life Cherukuri Ramoji Rao was born on 16 November 1936 in Pedaparupudi of Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India into an agricultural family. Companies owned by the Ramoji Group include Margadarsi Chit Fund, ''Eenadu'' newspaper, ETV Network, Ramad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meka Srikanth
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 Award, and one Filmfare Award South. He has starred in films like ''Swarabhishekam'', which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for 2004. Srikanth's another 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 films. Early life Srikanth was born on 23 March 1968 in Gangavati of present-day Karnataka, India. His father, Meka Parameswara Rao (19462020), was a wealthy landlord who migrated from Mekavaripalem of Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh to Gangavati. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Karnataka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantra (actress)
Raasi (born Vijaya) is an Indian actress who predominantly appeared in Telugu and Tamil films. She is credited as Manthra in Malayalam and Tamil films. She appeared in films such as '' Subhakankshalu'' (1997), ''Gokulamlo Seeta'' (1997) and '' Pelli Pandiri'' (1998). In 2020, she made her debuted in television with Telugu soap operas ''Girija Kalyanam'' (2020 -21) and ''Janaki Kalaganaledu'' (2021). Personal life Raasi was born as Vijaya on 1976 in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. She married film director Sri Muni. Film career At the age of 10, she started acting as a child actress in the 1986 Telugu film, ''Mamatala Kovella'' (1986). She also worked in the Hindi movies ''Rangbaaz'' (1996), ''Jodidar'' (1997) and ''Suraj'' (1997) with Mithun Chakraborty. In Telugu, Raasi rose to fame with '' Subhakankshalu'' (1997). She was labelled "traditional" after ''Gokulamlo Seeta'' (1997). Later, hits like ''Snehithulu'' (1998), ''Pandaga'' (1998), ''Gilli Kajjalu'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malavika (Tamil Actress)
Shweta Konnur Menon (born 19 July 1979), known by her stage name Malavika, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil films and a few Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. Personal life Malavika's birth name is Shweta Konnur. She was born to Aishwarya and Brigadier Jayvibhav Konnur in Bengaluru. Malavika married Sumesh in March 2007. The couple have a son, born in 2008. Career Malavika shot to fame at the age of 19, with her debut in the 1999 Tamil movie ''Unnai Thedi'' with Ajith Kumar directed by Sundar C. The film went on to become a major blockbuster. She again was cast alongside Ajith in the film '' Anandha Poongatre''. She showed her acting skills in the film ''Rojavanam'', which established her as an actress and left her with three hits from three films. However, her fame was short lived as the film ''Pooparika Varugirom'' flopped, although the cast included Sivaji Ganesan. From 2000 to 2003 all her film failed at the box office except ''Vetri Kodi Kattu' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ushakiran Movies
Usha Kiron Movies is an Indian film production company founded by Ramoji Rao in 1983. It is a part of Ramoji Group. This film production house has produced over 80 films with the majority of them in Telugu, along with a few in Kannada, Hindi and other languages. History The production house is known for giving opportunity to young talent and produced many content-oriented films under Usha Kiron Movies banner. The production company started with the film ''Srivariki Premalekha ''Srivariki Premalekha'' () is a 1984 Telugu-language romantic comedy film written, and directed by Jandhyala; and produced by Cherukuri Ramoji Rao. The story is based on a Novel titled ''Premalekha'', published in "Chatura" magazine, written ...'' (1984). Partial filmography TV Serials Associated Talent This is a list of notable people introduced by Usha Kiron Movies. Awards References {{Reflist Film production companies based in Hyderabad, India Mass media companies establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajja Teja
Teja Sajja (born 23 August 1994) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Telugu films. He started his career in 1998 as child actor in the film ''Choodalani Vundi''. Sajja made his debut as an adult in 2019 with the film ''Oh! Baby''. Teja's debut as a lead came with the 2021 film ''Zombie Reddy'', which was a commercial success. His other notable films include ''Ishq'' (2021) and '' Adbhutham'' (2021). Early life and career Sajja Teja was born on 23 August 1994 in Hyderabad of present-day Telangana. He did his schooling at The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet. Sajja entered the film industry at a very young age and has acted in many successful films. Sajja made his debut as a child artist at the age of two in Chiranjeevi's Choodalani Vundi and acted in about fifty other films alongside leading actors from the Telugu industry. Sajja did other films such as ''Kalisundam Raa, Indra, Tagore, Yuvaraju, Gangotri, Vasantam, Samba, Chatrapathi, Balu'' with actors like Venkatesh, C ... [...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] |
Harini (singer)
Harini (born 30 April 1979) is an Indian film playback singer and classical singer who sings in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films, working with many leading film composers. She is married to another playback singer, Tippu. Harini learnt Carnatic music from Gowri and Radha Viswanathan from the age of four. In her later years, she learned from Sudha Raghunathan and currently from Suguna Purushotthaman. She used to participate in school competitions and in one such competition which she won, A. R. Rahman who distributed the prizes invited the winners to his studio to record their voices. Subsequently, she was called by Suhasini Maniratnam to sing "Nila Kaigirathu" for her first film '' Indira''. Her first song, "Nila Kaigirathu", was recorded at the age of 15. Since then, she has received offers from various music directors across South India. Within a career spanning a decade, she sang over 3500 film songs and several album songs, most of them in Tamil. Discography ... [...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] |
Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken by Telugu people predominantly living in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. It is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali. Telugu is one of six languages designated as a classical language (of India) by the Government of India. Telugu is also a linguistic minority in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, and the union territories of Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by members of the Telugu diaspora spread across countries like United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand in the Anglosphere; Myanmar, Malaysia, South Africa, Mauritius; and the Arabian Gulf count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Narra Venkateswara Rao
Narra Venkateswara Rao was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He hailed from Agraharam village (Ramachandrapuram) in Zarugumalli Mandal, Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Career He acted in over 500 films spanning more than three decades. Some of his hit films include '' Yuvatharam Kadilindi'' (1980), ''Neti Bharatam'' (1983), '' Kartavyam'' (1990), and ''Osey Ramulamma'' (1997). His last film was '' Mesthri'' (2009). Death Rao died of cancer on 27 December 2009 at the age of 62 years. Filmography * '' Chaduvu Samskaram'' (1974) * ''Shri Vinayaka Vijayamu'' (1979) as Indra * '' Yuvatharam Kadilindi'' (1980) * ''Prema Kanuka'' (1981) * ''Nireekshana'' (1982) as ArjunaRao Inspector * '' Chattamtho Poratam'' (1985) as Inspector * ''Pratighatana'' (1986) * ''Repati Pourulu'' (1986) * ''Jayam Manade'' (1986) as Public Prosecutor * '' Dharmapatni'' (1987) * '' Rowdy No.1'' (1988) as Sub-Inspector of Police * '' Bharata Nari'' (1989) * '' Palnati Rudrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
