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Janardhana Maharshi
Janardhana Maharshi (born 16 May) is an Indian screenwriter, poet, producer, lyricist & director who works predominantly in Telugu cinema and Kannada cinema. His directorial movies namely "Devasthanam" and " Viswadarshanam" are screened in many Film festivals. Early life Born in Kandukuru, Prakasham district completed his schooling and higher education in Chittoor. In his college days he acted and written stage plays and published his poems and stories in many famous weeklies. He joined as a Script Assistant to Tanikella Bharani in the year 1989 and assisted him for almost 10 films and later became an independent writer in the year 1993. Right from his childhood he is a great admirer and devotee of the legendary director K. Viswanath. Maharshi proudly says that "My mother used to explain the intricate details of all K. Viswanath films due to which he became my god". Personal life He is married to Lakshmi Sunitha in the year 1995. The couple have two daughters Sravani Sarvama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kandukur, Prakasam District
Kandukur or Kandukuru is a town in SPSR Nellore district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Kandukur mandal as well as Kandukur revenue division. Kandukur Mandal is located at the south-east side of the Prakasam District having geographical area around 225 sq km.There is only 1 city in the Kandukur Mandal, which is Kandukur Municipality having an area of 37.63 sq km. Etymology History Kandukur has a strong historical background and came under the rule of the king Sri Krishna Devaraya. Ankamma Talli Devalayam is the most famous religious attraction in Kandukur and other landmark Hindu temples in the town include Ayyappa Swamy Temple and Shirdi Saibaba Temple. There is also a beautiful church in Kandukur called JD Bogesss Church and two mosques namely Makkah Maszid and Jamia Mosque. Geography Kandukuru (earlier known as Skandapuri) is located at . It has an average elevation of . Kandukur was a part of the erstwhile Nell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meravanige
''Meravanige'' (Kannada: ಮೆರವಣಿಗೆ) is a 2008 Indian Kannada romantic drama film directed by Mahesh Babu and starring Prajwal Devaraj and Aindrita Ray. Cast *Prajwal Devaraj as Vijay *Aindrita Ray *Sadhu Kokila * Komal *Harish *Vinayak Joshi *Bhanu Chander *Avinash *Sudha * Vidya Murthy *Rajaram. H. S. *Jaidev *Roopesh Gowda *Ravi Kale as Basheer *Ramya as Guest appearance Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by V. Manohar. Reception A critic from ''Rediff.com Rediff.com (stylized as ''rediff.com'') is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal. It was founded in 1996. It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City. , it had more than 300 e ...'' wrote that "Watch ''Meravanige'' for its freshness and visuals". References External links Review 2008 films 2000s Kannada-language films Films scored by V. Manohar {{2000s-Kannada-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilla Nachindi
''Pilla Nachindi'' () is a 1999 Telugu-language comedy film directed by E.V.V Satyanarayana. The film stars Srikanth, Rachana and Sanghavi. Music for this film was composed by Koti. Plot Dattu (Srikanth) is the son-in-law of a rich man Kutumba Rao (Kota Srinivasa Rao). His wife Preethi (Sanghavi) dies in a car accident. As per the wish of his dying daughter, Rao looks after Dattu and is even on the hunt out for a new bride for him. In the process he interviews some girls to keep them as his personal assistant, which in fact is a cover-up for selecting the fiancée for Dattu. Lingam (MS Narayana) suspects every move of his boss Rao, and tries to spoil his efforts at all stages and only when he informs Rao's wife (Rajitha) about this, the truth comes out into the open. These scenes, like a few others in the movie are meant for comic relief. Lahari (Rachana Banerjee) runs a comedy club in which AVS, Bharani and others entertain the audience with skits and comedy plays. Rao is im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Bolo Telangana
''Jai Bolo Telangana'' ( ''Hail Telangana!'') is a 2011 Telugu-language historical drama film based on the Telangana Movement, produced & directed by N.Shankar on Mahalakshmi Arts banner. Starring Jagapathi Babu, Smriti Irani, Meera Nandan, Sandeep Singh and music composed by Chakri. Cinematography by T. Surendra Reddy. Beginning with the 1948 movement against the annexing of the Seemandhra region with Hyderabad into a state of Andhra Pradesh, and the circumstances that arose since then, the movie covered the significant events until the tumultuous days at Osmania University in 2009. With the police beating up many peaceful Telangana agitators and Telangana people committing suicide for the formation of a separate Telangana state- all real-life incidents. It also shows how politicians from the Seemandhra region have manipulated and bribed the media often. The film has won five Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards, including the Sarojini Devi Award for a Film on National Integration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maavidaakulu
''Maavidaakulu'' () is a 1998 Telugu-language drama film, produced by J. Bhagavan and D.V.V. Danayya under the Sri Balaji Art Creations banner, directed by E.V.V. Satyanarayana and cinematography by Chota K. Naidu. It stars Jagapati Babu, Rachana and music composed by Koti. This film is Ravi Babu's debut as an artist. Plot Pratap & Priya works as creative heads on opponent T.V. Channels AAHA & OOHO respectively, they always have a tough clash. Both of them are divorced couples. Pratap has a daughter Puppy & Priya has a son Babloo, who is fed up with single-parent love and craves for father and mother. So, Pratap & Priya decide to act as their parents when Bapineedu, Pratap's ex-father-in-law whose life ambition is to perform remarriage to his son-in-law, plays a drama and shifts them into a single house. During this period, Pratap & Priya start loving each other. The rest of the story is about how they get married. Cast *Jagapati Babu as Pratap * Rachana as Priya *Neelam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bava Nachadu
''Bava Nachadu'' is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Simran and Reema Sen, with music scored by M. M. Keeravani. It is produced by M. Arjuna Raju under the Roja Movies banner. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Hello Mama''. Plot Ajay (Nagarjuna Akkineni) is an adman (director and actor) who has a definite idea about how his future wife should be. He marries a village belle Meenakshi (Simran), handpicked by his mother from her native town Kovvuru. Meenakshi soon becomes pregnant. Sometime later, Meenakshi meets with a hairline fracture. Her entire family lands up at Ajay's house to take care of Meenakshi. She has a beautiful and greedy sister called Lahari (Reema Sen). During that period Suma (Suman Ranganathan), the regular model of Ajay meets with a fracture and Lahari replaces her as the model opposite Ajay. Lahari is lured by the modeling profession and then falls in love with Ajay. But Ajay does not have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goppinti Alludu
''Goppinti Alludu'' () is a 2000 Telugu-language comedy film, produced by Nandamuri Rama Krishna on Ramakrishna Horticultural Cine Studios banner and directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Simran, Sanghavi, Sadhika, and music composed by Koti. It is a remake of the Hindi film ''Hero No. 1'' (1997). The film was released on 21 July 2000. Plot The film begins in a multi-millionaire Achyuta Ramayya's family resides his 3 daughters, their wayward husbands, and Sowya & Jalandhara the two daughters of his deceased son. In that house, no one likes each other and it runs always between quarrels. As a result, no man advances to work therein. Apart from that, Sowya is demeaned by the entire family except for Achyuta Ramayya as she is the illicit progeny of her father. Jalandhara showers fake affection but internally envies and enemies her. Besides, Murali Manohar is the son of a tycoon SVR who returns from abroad after completing graduation. SVR aspire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chala Bagundi
''Chala Bagundi'' is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language film directed and produced by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. The film stars Srikanth, Vadde Naveen, Malavika and Asha Saini. The film was a hit at the box office and was remade in Kannada as ''Bahala Chennagide'' with Shivrajkumar. The film won two Nandi Awards. Plot Sivaji (Vadde Naveen) is an orphan and a child laborer, who saves Vamsi's (Srikanth) father from an accident despite his employer's wishes of not getting involved. Sivaji is left behind after his angry employer leaves him and manages to save Prasad (Srikanth dad) by hailing help. Vamsi's parents, grateful for his timely rescue, take Sivaji home and treats him as their own son. Sivaji has only one condition - he will stay only if they don't object to his drinking. Sivaji and Vamsi share a strong bond of friendship growing up. Vamsi is a teetotaler and together with Sivaji they look after their father's business, which blooms under their smart governance. Sivaji stays sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanyadanam (1998 Film)
''Kanyadanam'' is a 1998 Telugu-language drama film starring Srikanth, Upendra and Rachana Banerjee, directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana and produced by Ambica Krishna. The film's music was composed by Koti. The film released on 10 July 1998 across Andhra Pradesh. Synopsis The movie revolves around some bachelors who come into the city to find work. Upendra and Rachana fall for each other during their first encounter. But Rachana later marries Srikanth. When Srikanth learns that his wife loves Upendra, he arranges a marriage for both of them. The movie has a good blend of comedy scenes with Brahmanandam, situational background score, and a nice storyline. The movie has depicted the lover-boy role of Upendra, despite his eccentric image. Cast * Srikanth as Niwas * Upendra as Venkat * Rachana as Vandana * Sivaji * Rajeev Kanakala * Varsha Production ''Kanyadanam'' was Upendra's debut movie in Telugu along with Srikanth. The film explored the soft and romantic side of Srikant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandi Award
The Nandi Awards are the awards that recognise the excellence in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu television, and Lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. Presented annually by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the award is named after the big granite bull at Lepakshi — a cultural and historical symbol of the Telugu people. Nandi Awards are presented in four categories: Gold (Swarnam), Silver (Rajatam), Bronze (Kamsyam), and Copper (Raagi). A variant, the Nandi Natakotsavam Awards for Theatre, is also given every year by the government for social, mythological and poetic dramas. History The Government of Andhra Pradesh commissioned the Nandi Film Awards to recognise and commend the best films produced in the Telugu language in Andhra Pradesh from 1964 onwards. The objective of the film awards is to encourage the production of films in the Telugu language with high technical excellence and aesthetic values bearing cultural, educational, and social relevance and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maa Nannaku Pelli
''Maa Nannaku Pelli'' () is a 1997 Telugu-language drama film starring Krishnam Raju, Srikanth, Simran and Ambika. The film won two Nandi Awards. The film was a breakthrough for M. S. Narayana. Plot Balaraju ( Srikanth) is the only son of Raghava Raju (Krishnam Raju) and grandson of Subbaraju (Kota Srinivasa Rao). Balaraju lost his mother when he was a child. Raghava Raju brings him up with great care so that he will not miss his mother. He does not consider marrying another lady because he thinks that it might deprive his love for his son. Balaraju falls in love with a girl, Lahari (Simran) during a flight journey. He also gets his love accepted by everyone. One day, he happens to read his father's diary and realizes that his father had suppressed feelings for a lady called Sravani (Ambika). He wants to get his father married to Sravani along with his marriage. He is even ready to sacrifice his love when Lahari misunderstands his intentions. Knowing his son's broken love, Rag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungama (2005 Film)
''Hungama'' is 2005 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy starring Ali, Abhinayasri, Venu Madhav and Brahmanandam. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film '' Mattupetti Machan'' (1998). Plot Pedda Babu and Chinna Babu are step brothers and also neighbors each with a beautiful daughter. Balaraju gets insulted when he visits the house of Chinna Babu for a marriage proposal. Balaraju wants to seek revenge by making sure that Vidya Jyothi – daughter of Chinna Babu – would get the worst youngster as husband. After research, Balaraju closes on Balu who is an herb selling fraudster. Due to certain misunderstanding, he enters the house of Peda Babu and tries seducing his daughter, Divya. Bala Raju finds another worthless youngster called Badri who is a pimp by profession. Both Balu and Badri claim themselves as sons of billionaire Jamindar to impress Chinna Babu and Pedda Babu. Balu and Badri make Divya and Vidya fall in love with them res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |