|
Filmfare Award For Best Female Debut – South
The Filmfare Best Female Debut is presented by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for South Indian films. Recipients References {{DEFAULTSORT:Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South Filmfare Awards South Film awards for debut actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare
''Filmfare'' is an Indian English language, English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, and style. The magazine also gives annually the Filmfare Awards, the Filmfare Awards South, the Filmfare Awards East, the Filmfare Marathi Awards, the Filmfare Awards Punjabi, the Filmfare OTT Awards, the Filmfare Short Film Awards and the Filmfare Style & Glamour Awards. After the businessman Ramkrishna Dalmia (1893–1978) of Dalmia Group purchased The Times Group, Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) in 1946, J. C. Jain from Bharat Insurance Company was employed to help him to run the company in 1950. In this period, Jain conceived the idea of ''Filmfare'' at the actress Kamini Kaushal's house. The magazine was launched by the industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain alongside his wife Rama in Bombay on 7 March 1952. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padmapriya Janakiraman
Padmapriya Janakiraman, (born 1983) better known mononymously as Padmapriya, is an Indian actress and model. She has acted in over 50 feature films and in 7 different languages: Bengali, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, English, and Telugu. She is also a trained bharatanatyam dancer. Padmapriya made her acting debut in the Telugu film ''Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi'' in 2003. She has won a National Film Award, two Kerala State Film Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, Three Filmfare Awards South, as well as numerous other awards. Early life Padmapriya was born in Delhi to Janakiraman, a brigadier in the Indian Army, and Vijaya. She did her schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, Telangana and studied at Loyola Academy, Alwal, Secunderabad, from which she graduated with a B.Com degree. Later, she pursued an MBA degree in finance at KIAMS, Harihar. She was then working for GE Capital as a risk consultant in Bangalore and Gurgaon. After GE she was with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mulla (film)
''Mulla'' () is a 2008 Malayalam film directed, by Lal Jose starring Dileep, Meera Nandan, Biju Menon and Saiju Kurup. Plot Lachi is a hard-working 19-year-old who supports her family after her father's mysterious death. While she was traveling on a train, Mulla (Dileep) and his gang enter. They argue over silly issues, and he discovers a baby in a bag on the train. They try to find the baby's parents but fail. Mulla decides to adopt the child, and slowly Mulla and Lachi become lovers. CI Bharathan (Saiju Kurup), who murdered Lachi's father and the baby's parents, wants to break up the two to keep his secrets. He kills Mulla's friend Ambi (Biju Menon) who helped Bharathan to kill Lachi's father as he thought that Ambi will reveal the truth to Lachi. Finally, Mulla and Bharathan get into a fight, and Mulla kills Bharathan. However, Lachi tells the police that she committed the murder and goes to prison. After five years, when she returns, she finds that Mulla has lost one leg in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meera Nandan
Meera Nandan is an Indian actress who appears mainly in Malayalam films. She also appeared in a few Tamil and Telugu films. Early life Meera Nandan was born as Meera Nandakumar on 26 November 1990 as the daughter of Nandakumar and Maya at Perandoor, Elamakkara, Kochi. She has a younger brother Arjun Nandakumar, who is also an actor. She did her schooling in Bhavans Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara. After completing her degree in English literature from St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam, she pursued her master's degree in Mass Communication with Journalism through distant education from Manipal University. She is distantly related to actress Divya Unni. Career Meera first appearance before the camera was in an advertisement for Mohanlal's Taste Buds. In 2007, she auditioned as a competitor in Idea Star Singer aired on Asianet Television but was selected as an anchor for the programme. She anchored television programmes on Amrita TV and Jeevan TV as well. She made her acting debut i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Filmfare Awards South
The 56th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honored its selection of the best 2008 in film, South Indian films of 2008 and was held on Friday, 31 July 2009, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India. Nominations The nominees for the 56th Filmfare Awards were announced live on Monday, 16 June 2009, at 12:00 a.m. Indian Standard Time, IST (7:30 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC) by Filmfare Awards, Filmfare chief editors in Mumbai. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony scheduled to take place on 31 July 2009, in Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad. The Filmfare Best Film Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The award was first given in 1954. Here is a list of the award winners and the nominees of the respective years. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer. Multiple nominations and awards The following films received multiple nominations. Kannada *Nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kattradhu Thamizh
''Kattradhu Thamizh'' (; previously titled is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film written and directed by Ram, who directs his debut film. Produced by Salmara Mohammad Sharief, it stars Jiiva, Anjali and Karunas. The film was released on 6 October 2007, to unanimous critical acclaim. The film is about an ordinary young Tamil-postgraduate, who becomes a tortured victim of Chennai city's gentrification, fueled by the booming IT industry, slowly losing his mental balance and becoming a psychopath. According to Ram, the movie explores what might become of a society, that undervalues the education and practice of arts and humanities. The film, though commercially not successful during its release, garnered a cult following later. Plot Prabhakar (Jiiva) is a Tamil teacher in a private school in west Mambalam area of Chennai, who leads a lonely life in a lodge. He is frustrated and even tries to commit suicide, in a system where knowing your mother tongue and te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjali (film 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] |
Desamuduru
''Desamuduru'' () is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by DVV Danayya. The film stars Allu Arjun and debutante Hansika Motwani. It was released on 12 January 2007 in 400 theatres. Plot Bala Govind is a program director in MAA TV, whose fights for justice regularly get him into trouble. During one of these incidents, he saves a person from goons while severely thrashing the notorious smuggler Tambi Durai's son Murugesan. Fearing retribution from Tambi Durai, the MAA TV crew sends Bala's team to Kullu Manali to shoot a travel episode. After reaching Manali, Bala sees Vaishali, a sannyasin, and soon falls in love with her. Though initially apprehensive of Bala, Vaishali recropriates his feelings. The ashram's head sannyasin, Rama Prabha also accepts their relationship. Before Bala is able to return to Hyderabad with Vaishali, Tambi Durai's henchmen kidnap her and take her to his home. The person, who was saved by Bala re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansika Motwani
Hansika Motwani (born 9 August 1991) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. Hansika began her career as a child actor in Hindi films, and later went on to appear in lead roles in Telugu films, including ''Desamuduru'' (2007), ''Kantri'' (2008) and '' Maska'' (2009). She started her career in Tamil cinema with '' Mappillai'' (2011) and then appeared in several commercially successful Tamil films such as ''Engeyum Kadhal'' (2011), ''Velayudham'' (2011), ''Oru Kal Oru Kannadi'' (2012), ''Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru'' (2013), '' Singam II'' (2013) and ''Aranmanai'' (2014). She has also acted in the Malayalam film ''Villain'' (2017). Early life Hansika Motwani was born to a Sindhi family in Bombay, Maharashtra (present-day Mumbai). Her father, Pradeep Motwani is a businessman and her mother, Mona Motwani is a dermatologist. She attended the Podar International School and the International Curriculum School, Santacruz, both in Mumbai. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
55th Filmfare Awards South
The 55th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2007 is an event that was at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai on 12 July 2008. Main awards Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. Kannada cinema Malayalam cinema Tamil cinema 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, Hy ... Technical awards Special awards References General Filmfare serves it up, and how! External links * * {{Filmfare Awards South, state=expanded Filmfare Awards South 2008 Indian film awards ... [...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] |
Devadasu (2006 Film)
''Devadasu'' is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed and produced by Y. V. S. Chowdary. The film features the debutants Ram and Ileana in the lead roles while Sayaji Shinde plays supporting role. Released on 11 January 2006, the film was commercially successful. Both Ram and Ileana won Filmfare Awards South for Best Debut. The film was remade in Bengali as ''Paglu'' (2011) and in Hindi as ''Loveyatri'' (2018). It was later dubbed into Malayalam under the same name. Plot Devdas is a poor student, while Bhanumati is a rich NRI girl whose father Katamraju is the senator of New York. They fall in love when Bhanu comes to India to learn classical Carnatic music. Coming to know about their love, Katamraju hatches a plan to separate them. He promises to get them married but takes his daughter and mother-in-law back to the USA. The rest of the story is how Devdas makes it to the USA and succeeds in attaining his girl. Cast Soundtrack The music was composed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
