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Girl Friend (2002 Film)
''Girl Friend'' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by G. Nageswara Reddy and starring Rohit, Anitha Patil, Babloo, and Santosh Pavan. The film released to mixed reviews although the film's dialogues and music were praised. Cast *Rohit as Vamsi *Anitha Patil as Suvarna *Babloo as Babloo *Santosh Pavan as Pavan * Chalapathi Rao as Vamsi's father *Tanikella Bharani as Suvarna's father *L. B. Sriram as Babloo's father * Mallikarjuna Rao as Pavan's father *Sivaparvathi as Vamsi's mother *Padmaja Choudary as Babloo's mother *Padma Jayanti as Pavan's mother * M. S. Narayana as college principal *Ali as a film producer *Ruthika as an actress (cameo appearance in the song "Thaluku Thaluku") Soundtrack The music was composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. Reception Gudipoodi Srihari of ''The Hindu'' opined that "It is a routine film that shows the whole college in a bad light". Jeevi of '' Idlebrain.com'' wrote that "This film is a paisa-vasool () film". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marudhuri Raja
Marudhuri Raja is a Telugu people, Telugu film writer, and director. He worked as a dialogue writer for more than 200 films. He worked with noted Telugu film directors like E. V. V. Satyanarayana, S. V. Krishna Reddy, Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, K. Raghavendra Rao. His elder brother M. V. S. Haranatha Rao is a film and stage writer. He also directed some films. Personal life Raja was born in Guntur and studied in Ongole. One of five siblings, his elder brother, M. V. S. Haranatha Rao, was a noted film and stage writer and artist. Their father was a clerk and their mother was a musician. Raja wrote, directed and acted in stage plays since child hood. Before entering into the film industry he wrote 18 stage plays. Career Raja made his debut as a dialogue writer with the film ''Navabharatam''. He got many opportunities later with noted directors including E. V. V. Satyanarayana, S. V. Krishna Reddy, and Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, K. Raghavendra Rao. Filmography *Ontari Poratam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumar Sanu
Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), better known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer. He is known as the King of Melody in Bollywood. He is famous for singing thousands of Bollywood Hindi songs. Apart from Hindi, he has also sang in other languages including Marathi, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia, Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English and his native language Bengali, both in West Bengal and Bangladesh. He holds the record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer from 1990 to 1994. For his contribution to Indian cinema and music, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009 by the Government of India. Many of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time". Early life Kumar Sanu's father, Pashupati Bhattacharya, was a vocalist and composer. The two and Sanu's elder sister lived in the Sinthee area of Calcutta (now Kolkata) near Biswanath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Films
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2002 by worldwide gross are as follows: 2002 was the first year to see three films cross the eight-hundred-million-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of two eight-hundred-million-dollar films. It also surpasses the previous years record of having the most ticket sales in a single year (fueled by the success of various sequels and the first Spider-Man movie). Events * March 1 — Paramount Pictures reveals a new-on screen logo that was used until December 2011 to celebrate its 90th anniversary. * May – '' The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival. * May 3–5 – '' Spider-Man'' is the first film to make $100+ million during its opening weekend in the US unadjusted to inflation. * May 16 – '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' opens in theaters. Although a huge success, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6 Teens
''6 Teens '' is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language teen film directed by G.Nageswara Reddy making his directorial debut and produced by J.Srinivasa Reddy. The film was remade in Kannada as ''Friends'' (2002). Plot ''6 Teens'' is story about a group of five sex obsessed teenage boys who, after humiliating themselves at college, pursue a new girl neighbour from the U.S. Cast *Rohit *Ruthika *Santosh * Pavan * Abhijit *Amit * Vijaya Bhaskar *Rakhi Sawant *M. S. Narayana *L. B. Sriram * Mallikarjuna Rao *Rajitha *Ironleg Sastri Gunupudi Viswanath Sastri, popularly known by his screen name Ironleg Sastri, was an Indian comedian who predominantly worked in Telugu-language films. He acted in more than 150 films. E. V. V. Satyanarayana introduced him to Telugu Cinema. L ... Production Rohit, who worked as an assistant director for Tammareddy Bharadwaja's ''Swarnakka'' (1998) in which he also made a cameo appearance, made his lead acting debut with this film after being called in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuvve Kavali
''Nuvve Kavali'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language romance film directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar and produced by Ramoji Rao under Ushakiran Movies. A remake of the 1999 Malayalam film ''Niram'', the film stars Tarun, Richa Pallod, Sai Kiran, and Varsha (the former three make their debuts in lead roles). ''Nuvve Kavali'' released on 13 October 2000 to widely positive reviews especially for its dialogues by Trivikram Srinivas, and the songs and background score by Koti. The film had a theatrical run of 200 days in 20 screens, grossing over 20 crore at the box office. Produced on a shoestring budget of 1.2 crore, shot entirely in Ramoji Film City, ''Nuvve Kavali'' became a major sleeper hit at the time, and garnered the Best Telugu Feature Film award at the 48th National Film Awards. The film won four Filmfare Awards South, including Best Film – Telugu. Plot Tarun and Madhu are childhood best friends. They were born on the same day, in the same hospital. Even their parents a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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 Tamil speaking family from Palakkad, Kerala. He learned Hindustani classical and Carnatic music as a child, and began playing the veena at the age of five under Shri Lalitha Venkataraman. Mahadevan studied music under Pandit Shrinivas Khale and T.R. Balamani. He is an alumnus of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School, Chembur and graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai, affiliated to Mumbai University, and was a software engineer for the company, Leading Edge.After working for Leading Edge Systems (now Trigyn Technologies Limited), Mahadevan ventured into music. Musical career Mahadevan got early fame as a indipop star with his fusion of Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udit Narayan
Udit is an Indian masculine given name that may refer to: *Udit Narayan, Bollywood playback singer *Udit Narayan (politician) (born 1960), Fijian politician of Indian descent *Udit Narayan Singh (1770–1835), Indian monarch *Udit Patel (born 1984), Indian cricketer *Udit Raj, Indian politician *Udit Birla (born 1989), Indian cricketer *Kunwar Udit Swaraj, Bollywood playback singer {{given name Indian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suddala Ashok Teja
Suddala Ashok Teja (born Gurram Ashok Teja; 4 April 1954) is an Indian poet and lyricist known for his work in Telugu cinema and Telugu literature. He has written lyrics for over 2200 songs. He won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics for the song "Nenu saitam" from ''Tagore'' (2004). Early life Suddala Ashok Teja was born in Suddala village of Jangaon district, Telangana to Telugu poet Suddala Hanmanthu and his wife Janakamma. Both his parents took part in the Telangana Rebellion, fighting against the Nizam of Hyderabad. He has two brothers and a sister; Prabhakar Teja, Sudhakar Teja and Racha Bharathi. Career Ashok Teja worked as a government teacher in Bandalingapur, Medipally and Metpally villages of Karimnagar district before coming into the Telugu film industry. He started writing lyrics ever since he was a child. His nephew Uttej a well known character artiste in Telugu films helped him to get a first chance in films. He became popular after penning the lyrics for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usha (Telugu Singer)
Usha (born 29 May 1980) is an Indian singer who works predominantly in Telugu. She has sung in Kannada and Tamil also. In a career spanning about 10 years, she has established herself as one of the leading playback singers in the Telugu film industry and has worked with many major music directors. Career Music competitions Usha began her singing career with "Paadutha Teeyaga", a music based program on Eenadu Television hosted by singer SP Balasubramanyam. She stood first in the competition and later followed up by winning another music contest titled "Navaragam" on Gemini TV. Usha participated in various music-related shows on TV between 1996 and 2000. Her performance in "Endaro Mahanubhavlu" on Gemini TV won her appreciation and applause from the audience. She later participated in "Meri Awaz Suno" on Star TV and was one of the finalists in the All-India finals. She also participated in various Hindi programs on channels like ELTV and Zee TV. Movie career Usha got her maiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koratala Siva
Koratala Siva (born 15 June 1975) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. Koratala has directed films such as ''Mirchi'' (2013), ''Srimanthudu'' (2015), ''Janatha Garage'' (2016), '' Bharat Ane Nenu'' (2018) and ''Acharya'' (2022). For his directional works, he has received two Nandi Awards, and an IIFA Utsavam Award. Early life and start-up career Born into a family of social activists with communist ideologies, he began his early career working in the information technology industry as a software engineer. He then worked as a screenwriting assistant for films under his uncle, Posani Krishna Murali. Subsequently, he ventured into Telugu film industry as a dialogue writer for films such as ''Okkadunnadu, Munna, Brindavanam,'' and ''Oosaravelli.'' Film directorial career In 2013, he made his film directorial debut with '' Mirchi'' starring Prabhas which was a box-office success. In 2015, he directed action-drama film ''Srimanthudu'', which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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