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Kaikala Satyanarayana
Kaikala Satyanarayana (25 July 1935 – 23 December 2022) was an Indian actor, producer, director, and politician who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He appeared in over 750 films and served as the Member of Parliament in the 11th Lok Sabha representing Machilipatnam constituency from Telugu Desam Party. He was the recipient of the 2011 Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and 2017 Filmfare Award for lifetime achievement in Telugu cinema. Early life Kaikala Satyanarayana was born on 25 July 1935 to Kaikala Laxmi Narayana from Kavutaram village in Krishna district. Having completed his primary education in Gudlavalleru and intermediate education in Vijayawada, Satyanarayana graduated from Gudivada College. Career Kaikala was first noticed by D. L. Narayana, who offered him a role in his film ''Sipayi Koothuru'' directed by Changayya in 1959. Though it did not do well at the box office, he was noticed for his resemblance to N.T. Rama Rao. They found him as a prospective candidate t ...
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Kavutaram Railway Station
Kavutaram railway station (station code:KVM), is a minor station located in Kavutaram, near Gudlavalleru. This railway station is administered under Vijayawada railway division of South Coast Railway Zone. Classification In terms of earnings and outward passengers handled, Kavutaram is categorized as a ''Non-Suburban Grade-6 (NSG-6)'' railway station. Based on the re–categorization of Indian Railway stations for the period of 2017–18 and 2022–23, an NSG–6 category station earns nearly crore A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is e ... and handles close to passengers. References Railway stations in Vijayawada railway division Railway stations in Krishna district {{AndhraPradesh-railstation-stub ...
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Gudlavalleru
Gudlavalleru is a village and Mandal in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the Gudivada – Machilipatnam route. Geography Gudlavalleru is at . It has an average elevation of 1 metres (6 ft). Demographics census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ..., Gudlavalleru had a population of 10,491. The total population constitute, 5,062 males and 5,429 females —a sex ratio of 1073 females per 1000 males. 986 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 758 are boys and 742 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 79.55% with 7,561 literates, significantly higher than the district average of 73.70%. See also * Villages in Gudlavalleru mandal References {{Mandal headquarters in Krishna district Vil ...
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Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native speakers, and was additionally a second or third language for around 13 million non-native speakers in Karnataka. Kannada was the court language of some of the most powerful dynasties of south and central India, namely the Kadambas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Yadava Dynasty or Seunas, Western Ganga dynasty, Wodeyars of Mysore, Nayakas of Keladi Hoysalas and the Vijayanagara empire. The official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka, it also has scheduled status in India and has been included among the country's designated classical languages.Kuiper (2011), p. 74R Zydenbos in Cushman S, Cavanagh C, Ramazani J, Rouzer P, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition'', p. 767, Princeton Unive ...
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Swarna Gowri
''Swarna Gowri'' is a 1962 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by D. R. Naidu. The film stars Rajkumar, Krishna Kumari, Udaykumar and Narasimharaju. The film has musical score by M. Venkataraju. The movie was simultaneously shot in Telugu with the same name by the same producer and director with Kanta Rao and Krishna Kumari in the lead roles. Cast * Rajkumar as Kaalinga/Chandra * Krishna Kumari as Gowri *Udaykumar as Maharaja * Narasimharaju as Ganapati *K. S. Ashwath Karaganahalli Subbaraya Ashwathanarayana (25 March 1925 – 18 January 2010) was an Indian veteran actor who appeared in Kannada films He appeared in over 370 films during his five-decade-long career. His only memorial in the whole of Karnata ... as Narada * Sathyanarayana as Lord Shiva * H. R. Shastry as Shambudasa *Sandhya as Goddess Partvati * Rajasree as Malini * M. N. Lakshmi Devi as Gomathi *Ramadevi as Chandi * M. Jayashree as Maharani *Vadiraj as Giri *Ganapathi ...
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Raja Makutam
''Raja Makutam'' () is a 1960 Indian swashbuckler film, produced and directed by B. N. Reddy under the Vauhini Studios banner. Filmed simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil languages, it stars N. T. Rama Rao and Rajasulochana , with music composed by Master Venu. Plot During the time of a festival, the King of Gandhara was killed by his younger brother Prachanda the army commander of the kingdom. At that time, Prince Pratap was away, learns about his father's death, and returns to the kingdom. On the way, Prachanda makes an unsuccessful attempt to eliminate the prince, Pratap to place his son Bhajaranga on the throne, where he is wounded. While he is unconscious, a girl Pramila belonging to a rebel group takes him to the palace on her cart. Believing his uncle Prachanda's words, Pratap orders the execution of a few persons held responsible for his father's murder and they include Pramila's brother and rebel leader Soorasena's father. Pramila vows to kill Pratap not knowing the Pa ...
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Nandi Awards
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 als ...
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Filmfare Awards South
Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Indian film industry encompassing four languages, namely, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. They were introduced in 1954, around the films released in 1952-53 and Filmfare Awards initially recognizing the Hindi film industry. In 1964 awards were extended in Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi, around the films released in 1963. The inclusion of the Malayalam cinema in the awards came in 1967 while Kannada cinema was recognized in 1970. Each industry is given its own set of creative awards in annual ceremonies that have predominantly been held in Hyderabad and Chennai. Before 1976, the Awards ceremony was held in Mumbai along with Hindi awards. From 1976, Southern region film awards were separated from Hindi and moved to Chennai. Kamal Haasan and Uday Kiran hold the rec ...
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59th National Film Awards
The 59th National Film Awards, presented by the Directorate of Film Festivals, honoured the best of Indian cinema for 2011 and took place on 3 May 2012 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Awards were presented in 38 categories in the Feature Films section, 20 categories in the Non-Feature Films section and two categories for the Best Writing on Cinema section; 41 jury members chose the winners from 392 entries. The ceremony was hosted by actors Vinay Pathak and Saumya Tandon. Awards were presented by the Vice-President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari. The ceremony was broadcast live on three television channels, eleven All India Radio stations, and webcast live. ''Deool'', a Marathi film, and ''Byari'', the first and only Beary film, shared the award for the Best Feature Film. The award for the Best Non-Feature Film was given to the Hindi‐English documentary ''And We Play On''. The book, ''R. D. Burman: The Man, The Music'', co-authored by Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal ...
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Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi. The maximum membership of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552 (Initially, in 1950, it was 500). Currently, the house has 543 seats which are made up by the election of up to 543 elected members and at a maximum. Between 1952 and 2020, 2 additional members of the Anglo-Indian community were also nominated by the President of India on the advice of Government of India, which was abolished in January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019. The ...
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Muddula Mogudu (1997 Film)
'' Muddula Mogudu'' () is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language drama film produced by K. Nageswara Rao, presented by Kaikala Satyanayana and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Meena, Ravali, and music composed by Koti. The film was released on 25 April 1997. Plot The film begins with Vamsi an energetic guy who is under authentication that he is a reincarnation of Salim the son of 16th century Mughal Emperor Akbar. Plus, he has detached from his turtle dove Anarkali by walling up. Presently, he hunts her as Sirisha and chases her as ''white on rice''. Since Vamsi vexes her, she make fool of him. Anyhow, Sirisha too flourishes after the apprehension of Vamsi's true love when he self-immolates. Shakuntala Devi crude woman of vanity is the mother of Sirisha who senses their love affair. Gnaneswara Rao the sly brother of Shakuntala ruses to knit Sirisha with his son Giri. So, Shakuntala proceeds to Vamsi and is aware that the nephew of her husband Bhaskar ...
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Bangaru Kutumbam
''Bangaru Kutumbam'' ( ''Golden Family'') is a 1994 Telugu-language drama film, produced by Kaikala Nageswara Rao under the Ramaa Films banner, presented by Satyanarayana and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jayasudha with music composed by Raj–Koti. The film was a box office success and won two Nandi Awards. Plot The film begins with a conscientious joint family, Srinivasa Rao is its paterfamilias and leads a pleasant joyful family life with his ideal companion Savitri and 3 sons Hari, Suryam & Kumar. Time being, the 3 sons get married and they too are blessed with kids when disputes erupt which turns into turbulence. Here Srinivasa Rao understands this situation is due to a joint family and decides to separate his children which Savitri refuses. So, Srinivasa Rao plays a drama and splits his children. Thereafter, the affection among them again flourishes. Soon, Savitri learns the truth and asks her husband to get back the children but he ...
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Kodama Simham
''Kodama Simham'' () is a 1990 Indian Telugu-language revisionist western action film directed by K. Murali Mohana Rao, starring Chiranjeevi, Mohan Babu, Sonam, Radha, and Pran in pivotal roles. The film was simultaneously dubbed into English as ''Hunters Of The Indian Treasure'' and Hindi as ''Main Hoon Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi''. The film received positive reviews and turned out to be a hit, running in nearly 20 centers for over 100 days. Plot During crown rule in India criminal activities like extortion, robbery, rape and murder are on the rise. Bharath, is a rough and tough rancher with a heart of gold living in a boomtown with gun-slinging cowboys, dastardly outlaws, swinging saloon doors, one-room jailhouses, and liquor-fuelled shootouts. When Bharat spoils the gambling and prostitution activities of a unchivalrous mayor, His parents are fatally attacked by the mayor's hench men. His dying father advises him to explore the whereabouts of his real parents. He finds his mot ...
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