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Jaya Krishna Gummadi
Jaya Krishna Gummadi (born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India) is an Indian cinematographer who has worked in Telugu and Malayalam cinema. Even though he is from same village as that of Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, they are not related. Gummadi has received the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography at the 56th National Film Awards, for his short film ''When This Man Dies''. His diploma film ''Vadhakramam'' won the critics jury award at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival. Background Gummadi was in 10th class when he got inspired by the spectacular cinematography in '' Geethanjali'' in 1989 and that's where his aspiration of being a cinematographer got wings. After getting his Degree in Photography from JNTU, he worked as an assistant to the noted cinematographer Sameer Reddy for 2 years. By 2004, he did Graduation in Motion Picture Photography from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. As a student at FTII his dialogue film won Kodak Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijayawada
Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises NTR and parts of Krishna and Guntur districts.Vijayawada lies on the banks of Krishna river surrounded by the hills of Eastern Ghats, known as Indrakeeladri Hills. It geographically lies on the center spot of Andhra Pradesh. The city has been described as the commercial, political, cultural and educational capital of Andhra Pradesh It is the second largest city in Andhra Pradesh with a population of 17,23,000 in 2021, estimated population of 19,91,189 in the Vijayawada Metropolitan Area. It is one of the fastest growing urban areas in India and among the top 10 fastest growing cities in the world according to Oxford Economics report. Vijayawada is considered to be a sacred place for residing one of the most visited and famous temples of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter (2009 Film)
''Winter'' is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language slasher film starring Jayaram, Bhavana Menon released in the year 2009. The film was shot in 2003. It was directed by Deepu Karunakaran and produced by K. Radhakrishnan. The music is scored by M. R. Rajakrishnan. Later the film was dubbed into Tamil as ''Bhayam Bhayam'' released in 2012 Plot The film tells the tale of Dr Ramdas ( Jayaram) and his family being terrorized by a series of mysterious phenomena in their new house. The woods that the house is surrounded by was previously the site of a number of serial killings of children, attributed to a psychopath. The psychopath died nearby while being chased by the police. Soon, the mysterious killings start again, and Ramdas tries to figure out the connection between his house and the serial killings. The film begins with a number of children who are kidnapped and murdered by slitting their throats in a village locality in Andhra Pradesh. One victim was found alive by the police, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dedh Ishqiya
''Dedh Ishqiya'' () is a 2014 Indian black comedy film directed by Abhishek Chaubey and starring Arshad Warsi, Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Huma Qureshi and Vijay Raaz. Produced by Raman Maroo of Shemaroo Entertainment and by Vishal Bharadwaj, it is a sequel of ''Ishqiya'' (2010). ''Dedh Ishqiya'' was released worldwide on 10 January 2014, and proved to be a moderate commercial success at the box office. It received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics upon release, with particular praise directed towards Dixit's performance. At the 60th Filmfare Awards, ''Dedh Ishqiya'' received 5 nominations, including Best Actress (Dixit) and Best Female Playback Singer (Rekha Bhardwaj for "Hamari Atariya Pe") Plot Khaalujaan (Naseeruddin Shah) and his nephew Babban (Arshad Warsi), who are partners in crime, pose as a Nawab and his attendant, and manage to run away with a prized necklace from a jewellery shop. During the police chase, they get separated; Babban escapes, Khalujaan i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pizza (2014 Film)
''Pizza'' is an Indian Hindi-language horror film directed by Akshay Akkineni. The film stars Akshay Oberoi, Parvathy Omanakuttan and Dipannita Sharma in the lead roles, while Arunoday Singh, Rajesh Sharma, Omkar Das Manikpuri and Sonali Sachdev play supporting roles. The film is a remake of 2012 Tamil film, ''Pizza'', directed by Karthik Subbaraj and was released on 18 July 2014. The film was declared to be a "Super Hit" at the box office. Produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur and Bejoy Nambiar, the film is the last production from UTV Spotboy. Plot Kunal Malkholkar is a pizza delivery boy who lives with his wife Nikita. She is an aspiring novelist and is researching for writing a horror story, whereas Kunal does not believe in supernatural powers, and is sceptical of anything supernatural. Nikki, keeps telling him that he would soon realize the presence of supernatural beings. At first, Kunal is confused and scared, and his fears are confirmed when he learns that his boss, i.e., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alif (2011 Film)
Alif may refer to: Languages * Alif (ا) in the Arabic alphabet, equivalent to aleph, the first letter of many Semitic alphabets ** Dagger alif, superscript alif in Arabic alphabet * Alif, the first letter of the Urdu alphabet * Alif, the eighth consonant of the Thaana abugida used in Dhivehi Films and TV * ''Alif'' (2015 film), an Indian Malayalam film * ''Alif'' (2016 film), an Indian Hindi film produced by Pawan Tiwari and Zaigham Imam * ''Alif'' (TV series), a Pakistani drama produced by Samina Humayun Saeed Places * Ari Atoll or Alif, a historic administrative division of the Maldives * Alif, Iran, a village in Fars Province, Iran Other uses * Alif (rapper) (born 1989), singer, lyricist, composer and recording publisher * Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, a type of spinal fusion * ALIF (Liberate Attack of the Feminist Infantry) ALIF (Attaque libératoire de l'infanterie féministe, English: Liberation Attack of the Feminist Infantry) is the pioneer female hip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andari Bandhuvaya
''Andari Bandhuvaya'' () is a 2010 Telugu-language film. It received Akkineni Award for best home-viewing feature film for the year 2010. It was directed by Chandra Siddartha. The story and dialogues was written by popular Telugu novelist Balabhadrapatruni Ramani. It is a low budget movie which did well overseas. At box office it couldn't get good collections initially but it met slow success. It was dubbed into Tamil as ''Gokulam'' (2012). It was dubbed into Hindi as "Danveer 2". Plot ''Andari Bandhuvaya'' is a sincere attempt to highlight the importance of human values in today's society. Movie shows two types of environments starts with city shifts to village and then shifts to city. Nandu is simple man who helps and lives in simple manner, he watches all as his family members. Paddu belongs to a poor family and feeds her family with a normal job. She is optimistic and straight forward. Accidentally she visits hero's village. She watches values of village. Her behavior and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idi Sangathi
''Idi Sangathi'' is a 2008 Telugu film directed by Chandra Siddhartha. The film stars Tabu and Abbas in the lead roles with Raja in a cameo role. This film marks the second collaboration of Abbas and Tabu after ''Kadhal Desam'' (1996). The film is an adaptation of the novel ''Nuvve Kaadu''. Cast *Tabu as Swarajyalakshmi * Abbas as Satyamurthy * Sunil as Neeladri *Kota Srinivasa Rao as Chief Minister *Raghunatha Reddy *Chalapathi Rao *Hema *Surya * M.S. Narayana * Venu Madhav *L. B. Sriram *Janardhan *Apoorva *Raja as Clover King (cameo appearance) *Anita Hassanandani and Samiksha as item number In Indian cinema, an item number or item song is a musical number inserted into a film that may or may not have any relevance to the plot. The term is commonly used within Indian films (Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi, and Be ...s Soundtrack Music was composed by John. P. Varki and released on Madhura Audio. Critical reception ''Rediff'' gave the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raam (2006 Film)
''Raam'' is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by N.Shankar starring Nithiin, Genelia D'Souza and Hrishitaa Bhatt in lead roles and Krishnam Raju in a very vital role. The film, produced by Nitin's father Sudhakar Reddy, has music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and was released on 30 March 2006 to good responses. The film was later dubbed and released in Hindi as ''Jeene Do: Let Us Live'' in 2008 by Sumeet Arts. Synopsis Raam, is a happy-go-lucky guy in Hyderabad. He is an upcoming cycle champion. A win in a competition takes him to the final round in Mumbai. However, life in Mumbai life pans out unexpectedly for him. He ends up unraveling the gritty knots of his family, especially that of his grandfather Dasharatha Ramaiah. Cast * Nithiin as Raam * Genelia D'Souza as Janaki / Lakshmi * Hrishitaa Bhatt as Jyotika * Krishnam Raju as Dasharatha Ramaiah * Atul Kulkarni as Veerendra, Janaki's father * Devaraj as Rahim * Prasad Babu as Raam's fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vihir
''Vihir'' (English: The well) is a 2009 Marathi film directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni which was released in March 2010 and was featured in Berlin film festival and Rotterdam International Film Festival 2010, the Netherlands. This is AB Corp Limited's first Marathi film. Plot Vihir is a story of two adolescent boys Sameer and Nachiket (cousins, who are best friends) who struggle with their unconventional outlooks on life and family. They write to each other telling each other about their doings and happenings in life. They get to meet after a long time as Sameer with his mother and sister visit Nachiket's village for a family wedding. Sameer and Nachiket both observe people in the house and try to understand their behaviour as they are not used to complexity of family relationships. Meanwhile, Sameer finds Nachiket's lonely and cut-off attitude towards the family quite strange and when he confronts Nachiket about it, Nachiket tells him about his outlook towards life which confu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbas (actor)
Abbas (born 21 May 1975 as Mirza Abbas Ali) is a former Indian actor and model from Kolkata, who has predominantly appeared in Tamil and Telugu films, and a few films in Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada. He made his debut with Kadhir's ''Kadhal Desam'' in 1996. Career Abbas grew up watching Hindi films. His maternal grandfather being an actor Farrukh Mirza acted in Neel Darpan (Bengali) and his paternal family being related to actor Feroz Khan. He partook in modelling assignments since his college days won "Face of 94" in Bangalore. Initially, after hearing that director Kadhir was looking for a new actor for his latest venture, Abbas had recommended his friends who knew Tamil to audition and took part in a speculative audition at the insistence of his friend. Kadhir was impressed with Abbas' performance and invited him to a screen test for ''Kadhal Desam'' (1996), before eventually signing him on to play a leading role. Unfamiliar with the Tamil language, Abbas memorised his lines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabu (actress)
Tabassum Fatima Hashmi (born 4 November 1971), credited as Tabu, is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Telugu, Tamil and English films. Regarded as one of the most accomplished actresses in Hindi cinema, she has often played troubled women, from fictional to literary, in both mainstream and independent cinema. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards (including a record four Best Actress (Critics)), and two Filmfare Awards South. In 2011, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian honour.Padma Awards Announced Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2011 Tabu had her first credited role as a teenager in |
