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Genelia D'Souza
Genelia Deshmukh (née D'Souza; born 5 August 1987), also credited professionally as Genelia, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu cinema, Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil language, Tamil films. Described in the media as one of the leading South Indian actresses of the 2000s, D'Souza is a recipient of several accolades including a Filmfare Award South and two Nandi Awards. After gaining attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D'Souza began her acting career with the Hindi film ''Tujhe Meri Kasam'' (2003), and earned recognition in the Tamil film ''Boys (2003 film), Boys'', the same year. D'Souza received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for portraying a bubbly girl in the romantic comedy ''Bommarillu'' (2006). She further earned praises for her portrayals in the 2008 romantic comedies ''Santosh Subramaniam'' and ''Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na''. D'Souza established herself with commercially successful films—''Satyam (2003 film), Satyam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombay, Maharashtra
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial centre, financial capital and the list of cities in India by population, most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the List of largest cities, seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Alpha, alpha world city. Mumbai has the List of cities by number of billionaires, highest number of billionaires out of any city in Asia. The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were earlier home to communities of Marathi language-speaking Koli people. For cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bommarillu
''Bommarillu'' () () is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy family drama film directed and co-written by Bhaskar in his directorial debut, and produced by Dil Raju. The film stars Siddharth, Genelia, Prakash Raj and Jayasudha. The film primarily revolves around the relationship between a father and son, in which the father's excessive concern for his son, and interference in his life, leads to the latter harbouring bitterness towards his overbearing father. The cinematography was handled by Vijay C Chakravarthy and editing done by Marthand K. Venkatesh. The music for the film was composed by Devi Sri Prasad, whose soundtrack of the film received positive reviews from critics. The film opened to Indian audiences on 9 August 2006. On its way to winning state honours and rave reviews, the film went on to win several Filmfare Awards among other prominent awards and was one of the highest grossing Telugu films of that year. Following the film's box office succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velayudham
''Velayudham'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language superhero film directed by Mohan Raja and produced by V. Ravichandran under Aascar Film. It stars Vijay in the titular role with Hansika Motwani and Genelia D'Souza, while Santhanam, Saranya Mohan, Soori, Abhimanyu Singh, and Vineet Kumar play other prominent roles. The music was composed by Vijay Antony with cinematography by Priyan and editing by B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan. The film was inspired from the 2000 Telugu film '' Azad'' and also marks Genelia's last Tamil film till date. ''Velayudham'' was released on 26 October 2011 to positive reviews and became a commercial success at the box office. Plot Bharathi, a young journalist, and her two friends investigate a series of terrorist attacks which have taken place in Chennai and also other illegal activities like human trafficking. One night, Bharathi and her friends are caught video-recording illicit activities happening in a secluded house by a group of thug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Force (2011 Film)
''Force'' is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Nishikant Kamat, written by Ritesh Shah and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. It is a remake of 2003 Tamil film ''Kaakha Kaakha''. The film stars John Abraham, alongside Vidyut Jammwal and Genelia D'Souza, Raj Babbar, Mukesh Rishi, Mohnish Bahl and Kamlesh Sawant. The songs were predominantly composed by Harris Jayaraj while Lalit Pandit served as a guest composer with one song. The background score was composed by Sameer Phaterpekar. The cinematography and editing were handled by Ayananka Bose and Aarif Sheikh. ''Force'' was released on 30 September 2011 and received positive reviews from critics. A sequel titled '' Force 2'' was released in 2016, making it the first installment of the ''Force'' film series. Plot ACP Yashvardhan "Yash" Singh is a responsible and stone-hearted officer in the NCB. He has no family or loved ones and has been alone in life. Yash meets Maya, an independent woman. Thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urumi (film)
''Urumi'' (also known as ''Urumi: The Warriors Who Wanted to Kill Vasco Da Gama''), is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language epic historical drama film written by Shankar Ramakrishnan and directed as well as co-produced by Santosh Sivan.Review: Watch Urumi for the effort . Rediff.com (1 April 2011). It features an featuring , Arya, |
Katha (2009 Film)
''Katha'' () is a 2009 Telugu-language psychological thriller film directed by Srinivas Raga. The film stars Genelia D'Souza and Adith Arun. Plot Chitra is a loner who comes to Araku seeking employment as a school teacher. Krishna is an aspiring director who comes to Araku for a test shoot and to complete the script of his debut film. Circle Inspector has a wife and young kids. Chitra spent a year in a mental asylum because she witnessed her family being murdered. Chitra and Krishna become friends. While Chitra is looking through her binoculars, she witnesses a murder where she can clearly see the victim's face. Chitra reports the incident to the police, but they find no evidence of the crime. Chitra suspects that her past mental condition is relapsing. Eventually, the police finds out that the female victim did, in fact, exist. They have a CD that shows Circle Inspector and the female victim together in a store. The victim is none other than the Circle Inspector's dead girlfri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ready (2008 Film)
''Ready'' is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Srinu Vaitla. Produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore under the Sri Sravanthi Movies banner, the film stars Ram Pothineni and Genelia, while Nassar, Brahmanandam, Sunil, Chandra Mohan, Tanikella Bharani, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Jaya Prakash Reddy play other prominent roles. The music of the film is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. ''Ready'' was a commercial blockbuster and emerged as one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of 2008. The film received three Nandi Awards, including the Best Popular Feature Film. It was remade in Kannada as '' Raam'' (2009), Tamil as '' Uthama Puthiran'' (2010), and in Hindi under the same name in 2011. Plot Raghupathi is the eldest of his three brothers — the other two being Raghava and Rajaram. They also have a sister Swarajyam. Chandu is the only son of Raghava. The family owns the shopping mall R. S. Brothers. Chandu plans the elopement of his cousin Swapna with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhee (film)
''Dhee'' () (alternatively spelled as ''Dee'') is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Srinu Vaitla and produced by Siri Venkateswara Films. The film stars Vishnu Manchu and Genelia while Srihari and Brahmanandam play supporting roles. The film was remade into Oriya as ''Tu Mo Girlfriend'' (2011) and in Tamil as ''Mirattal'' (2012). A sequel titled ''D and D: Double Dose'' has been announced in 2020. The film won two Nandi Awards. Nani worked as an assistant director in this film before making his acting debut 2 years later in ''Ashta Chamma''. The film was also dubbed and released in Hindi as ''Sabse Badi Hera Pheri''. Plot Srinivas "Babloo" Rao (Vishnu Manchu) is a happy-go-lucky guy who likes to have fun with his friends and always gets into trouble. Because of this, his father Narayana Rao ( Chandra Mohan) gets him a job with Shankar Goud (Srihari), a local mafia head don leader. Shankar and Ballu (Supreeth), a dreaded local goon, are rivals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy (2006 Film)
''Happy'' is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by A. Karunakaran and produced by Allu Aravind under his production Geetha Arts banner. The film stars Allu Arjun and Genelia in the lead roles, while Manoj Bajpayee, Deepak Shirke, Brahmanandam, Kishore and Tanikella Bharani appear in supporting roles. The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while the cinematography and editing were handled by R. D. Rajasekhar and Anthony. The film is a remake of the 2004 Tamil film '' Azhagiya Theeye'' with Radha Mohan providing the story while Karunakaran wrote the screenplay with Kona Venkat penning the dialogues. ''Happy'' was released on 27 January 2006 and became a moderate success at the box office. Later the film was dubbed and released in Malayalam as ''Happy Be Happy'', and it was a blockbuster in Kerala running successfully over than 175 days. It was remade in Odia as ''Loafer'' (2011). Plot Madhumathi "Madhu" is the daughter of MLA Suryanarayana, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachein
''Sachein'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by John Mahendran and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film stars Vijay in the titular role, alongside Genelia, Bipasha Basu, Vadivelu, Santhanam and Raghuvaran. It is an adaptation of Mahendran's 2002 Telugu film '' Neetho'' with minor changes and marked the Tamil debut of Bipasha. The score and soundtrack is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Jeeva and V. T. Vijayan handled the cinematography and editing respectively. Plot Sachein, a carefree and happy-going guy, joins a college in Ooty and falls for Shalini immediately on seeing her in first sight. Shalini studies in the same college as Sachein and is considered a popular and beautiful student, while also being a short-tempered and arrogant girl with an upper-middle class status. Sachein learns all of this information about her from Arnold aka Ayyasamy, a man who has studied in the college for about nine years and keeps studying there because he thin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sye (2004 Film)
''Sye'' ( ) is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language sports action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. The film is produced by A. Bharati under Sri Bharathi Enterprises. The film features Nithin, Genelia, Shashank and Pradeep Rawat. The story has a rugby backdrop. In the film, two rival groups in a college—Science led by Prudhvi and Arts led by Shashank—fight for superiority through the game of rugby, until a local gangster Bhikshu Yadav takes over their college. This was Rajamouli's third film post the successes of '' Student No: 1'' and '' Simhadri''. Music composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography by K. K. Senthil Kumar and editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao. The film earned ₹11 crore in distributor share’s (US$2.4 million) against a production budget of ₹10.2 crore (US$1.5 million) and was commercially successful. The film won four Nandi Awards. Plot Prudhvi (Nithiin) and Shashank ( Shashank) are the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masti (2004 Film)
''Masti'' (English translation: ''Fun'') is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language sex comedy film directed by Indra Kumar, starring Ajay Devgn, Vivek Oberoi, Riteish Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Lara Dutta, Amrita Rao, Tara Sharma, and Genelia. The film was released in 2004, and received positive responses from critics, and also managed to do well at the box office. The film spawned two sequels, ''Grand Masti'' (2013) and '' Great Grand Masti'' (2016). Plot ''Masti'' revolves around three bachelors, Meet, Prem, and Amar. Their lives are carefree until they each marry and become bitter, unsatisfied husbands. Meet marries Anchal, who is obsessively possessive about her husband. Prem marries Geeta, who is overly religious, and thus their sexual life suffers. Amar marries Bindiya, who is the daughter of an equally aggressive and workout junkie mother. Fed up, the men get together one day and plan to reintroduce the fun and excitement into their lives. They set their sights on other women but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
