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Holi (2002 Film)
''Holi'' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film starring Uday Kiran and Richa Pallod in the lead roles. Cast * Uday Kiran as Kiran * Richa Pallod as Sandhya / "Chinni" (credited as Richa Sharma) * Sunil as Raja (refers to himself as C, C++, Java and Oracle) * L. B. Sriram as Sriram * Banerjee as Kiran's friend * Sudha as Kiran's mother * Chalapati Rao as Sandhya's father * Jaya Prakash Reddy as JP JayaPrakash Kiran's foster friend * Giri Babu as Rama Chandra Murthy * Chandra Mohan Rama Chandraiah Kiran's father * Rajashree as Vasanthi * Sri Lakshmi * Swetha * Kavitha * Raghu Kunche as Sekhar * Rashmi Gautam as Shalu * Mink Brar as an item number in "Chamak Cham" Soundtrack R. P. Patnaik composed eights songs for the film. In an audio review, Sreya Sunil wrote that "RP Patnaik comes out with some impressive, some average to above average songs". * "Ounani" - R. P. Patnaik * "Priyathama" - KK * "Aadapillalu" - KK, Kavita Krishnamurthy * "O Cheliya" - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uday Kiran
Uday Kiran (26 June 1980 – 5 January 2014) was an Indian actor who primarily worked in Telugu cinema. His first three films, ''Chitram'' (2000), ''Nuvvu Nenu'' (2001), and ''Manasantha Nuvve'' (2001) were successful at the box office, earning him the title "Hat-trick Hero". The three films, all love stories, earned him a 'lover boy' image in the early 2000s. In 2001, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu for ''Nuvvu Nenu'', and became the youngest winner in the category. Subsequently, he acted in successful romantic films ''Kalusukovalani'' (2002) and ''Nee Sneham'' (2002). He also starred in the films '' Sreeram'' (2002) and '' Aunanna Kaadanna'' (2005). In 2006, he made his Tamil debut with the film '' Poi'', directed by veteran director K. Balachander. Most of his films post-2005 like ''Nuvvekkadunte Nenakkadunta'' (2012), ''Jai Sriram'' (2013) were not commercially successful. Uday Kiran died by suicide at his home in Hyderabad in January 2014. Early life Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashmi Gautam
Rashmi Gautam is an Indian actress and television presenter who appears in Telugu-language films and TV. She hosts the Telugu television comedy show ''Extra Jabardasth'' and is a conceptual team leader in reality dance show ''Dhee''. Early life and career Gautam was born in a Brahmin family of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh to an Odia-speaking mother, and a father from Uttar Pradesh. After appearing in a supporting role in the Telugu 2010 film, ''Prasthanam'', Gautam was spotted by actress Sangeetha at a reality dance show and she referred her to Mugil, who subsequently signed her on to play the lead role of Narmada in the 2011 Tamil Film ''Kandaen''. She also starred in the Kannada film ''Guru Guru ( sa, गुरु, IAST: ''guru;'' Pali'': garu'') is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is a reverential ... Filmography Films *''All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Romantic Drama Films
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2000s Telugu-language 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] |
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] |
Anoop Sankar
Anoop Sankar (born 22 May 1979) is an Indian film playback singer, songwriter, stage performer, VJ, RJ and media personality. Early life and family Anoop Sankar was born on 22 May 1979 into a family of music lovers, as the eldest son of T. A. Sankar and Latha Sankar who are ardent music lovers. Latha Sankar is a trained classical vocalist and the winner of Kerala University classical music competition. Anoop was initiated into Carnatic classical music learning at the age of six under the guidance of Sri. Chalappuram Pappa, under whom he learnt for 12 years. After completing his graduation, he moved to Chennai where he continued his learning under the renowned musician Neyveli Santhanagopalan. Anoop Sankar after completing his MCT & Master of Engineering chose to pursue his career in Music. He married Viji Viswanathan in 2009. Viji is a playback singer and a songwriter . Career Anoop Sankar came into limelight after winning the 2002 edition of the popular musical talent hunt ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suneeta Rao
Suneeta Rao is an Indian pop singer, playback singer, dancer and stage actress, popular for her songs sung in the 1980s and 1990s. Her most famous song is ''Paree Hoon Main'' from the album ''Dhuan'' (1991). Early life and career Rao was born in Germany. She completed her schooling in Mumbai and higher studies at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. During and after college, she acted in many plays such as ''Evita'' and musicals such as ''They're Playing Our Song'' and ''Greased Lightning''. Singing and stage career Rao started her career with the song ''Suneeta Senorita'' in 1989. She became popular with the song "Paree Hoon main". She released a Hindi pop album entitled ''Dhuan'' in 1991 with HMV, which sold over 75,000 copies, with music by Lesle Lewis. The song and video of "Paree" from the album made Suneeta Rao a household name, leading the press to affectionately crown her the "Paree of the Masses". Her first and only association with A. R. Rahman was "Adi Paru Mangatha", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadhana Sargam
Sadhana Sargam (née Ghanekar, born 7 March 1969) is an Indian singer known for her playback career in Indian cinema predominantly in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Tamil language films. She is a recipient of the National Film Award and Filmfare Awards South. She has also won five Maharashtra State Film Awards, four Gujarat State Film Awards, and one Orissa State Film. Early life Sargam was born to a family of musicians at Dabhol, the seaport town in Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra. Her mother Neela Ghanekar was a classical singer and music teacher and knew arranger–composer Anil Mohile, who then arranged music for Kalyanji-Anandji. He introduced Sargam to them, and she was in the children's chorus in "Pam Pararampam, Bole Jeevan Ki Sargam" sung by Kishore Kumar in G. P. Sippy's '' Trishna'' (1978). Sargam performed at music festival Sawai Gandharva at the age of 4. She sang the popular song Ek Anek Aur Ekta for Doordarshan at the age 6. The song was composed by Vasant Desai. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavita Krishnamurthy
Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded 50,000 songs in 45 various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Konkani, Punjabi and other languages. She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Awards (winning consecutively during 1995–1997), and the Padmashri which she received in 2005. She was awarded a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) for her contributions to Indian music by Bangalore-based Jain University in 2015. In 1999, she married noted violinist L. Subramaniam and resides in Bengaluru. Early life Born as Sharada into a Tamil Iyer family in New Delhi to T.S. Krishnamurthy, an employee of the Education Ministry. She began her musical training at the insistence of her aunt, Protima Bhattacharya who enrolled her to train under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK (singer)
Krishnakumar Kunnath (23 August 1968 – 31 May 2022), popularly known as KK, was an Indian playback singer. Regarded as one of the best and most versatile singers in India, he recorded songs in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Bengali, Assamese and Gujarati. KK began his career by singing advertising jingles and made his film debut in 1996 on an A. R. Rahman soundtrack. He released his debut album, ''Pal'' in 1999. The songs "Pal" and "Yaaron" from the album became popular, and are used in school graduations. His popular songs included "Tadap Tadap Ke Is Dil Se" from ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' (1999), the Tamil song "Apadi Podu", "Dola Re Dola" from ''Devdas'' (2002), "Kya Mujhe Pyaar Hai" from '' Woh Lamhe...'' (2006), "Aankhon Mein Teri" from ''Om Shanti Om'' (2007), "Khuda Jane" from ''Bachna Ae Haseeno'' (2008), "Piya Aaye Na" from ''Aashiqui 2'' (2013), "Mat Aazma Re" from ''Murder 3'' (2013), "India Wale" from '' Happy New Year'' (2014), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mink Brar
Mink Brar (born 4 November 1983) is a German model, actress and producer. Mink is known for her work in Bollywood films and on Indian television shows. She participated in the reality show ''Bigg Boss'' in 2012. Early life Mink was born on 4 November 1983 in Frankfurt, Germany to Punjabi parents who migrated from India to Germany. About her name, Mink says, "It's a very unique name. Mink is an animal that loves water and freedom, and is known for its precious fur." She was raised in Germany. Mink wanted to be a magistrate as a child. She got her education from Germany and completed a bachelor's degree. Career Veteran actor Dev Anand introduced Mink to the Indian film industry when she was 13. She made her debut in the Indian film industry with Dev Anand's Hindi film '' Pyaar Ka Tarana'', which was released in September 1993. She then appeared in several films like ''Jung'' (1996), ''Saat Rang Ke Sapne'' (1998), '' Yamraaj'' (1998), ''Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain'' (1999), '' G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
